Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206 for 1 (Jacks 100*, Kohli 70*) beat Gujarat Titans 200 for 3 (Sai Sudharsan 84*, Shahrukh 58, Swapnil 1-23) by nine wickets
That is till Jacks decided to remind everybody of his presence and hitting abilities. He went on a six-hitting spree to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ransack 58 off the next two overs and overhaul the 201 target with four overs to spare. In the process, he also completely sidetracked Kohli’s knock and blitzed to a 41-ball century, his first in the IPL, with minimum fuss. It was an innings that changed speeds in a blink of an eye, and had Kohli gesturing that he missed only a bucket of popcorn and a cold drink from the best seat in the house to witness the Will-storm.
Thereon, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan merely consolidated. Their attempts to free the shackles did not bear fruit as they could manage only one four in the last three overs of the powerplay to finish on 42 for 1. Glenn Maxwell, back in the XI for RCB, then preyed on Gill’s quiet start to have him caught brilliantly at long-on in a diving effort by Cameron Green.
