2017 IPL Twentieth Match Highlights: Gujarat Lions VS. Royal Challengers Bangalore
The 20th match of the 2017 IPL was played between Gujarat Lions and Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was the match played between the two lowly teams of the IPL 10 so far. Both the teams have been constantly placed at the bottommost positions on the points table in the current season of the tournament. Speaking of this specific match, it was played on 18 April in Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot at 20:00 as per IST and 02:30 according to GMT. When two teams of the same league come to play, you can expect a lot of thrills and chills. And this particular match was no exception to it. As the match came to an end, Royal Challengers Bangalore roared as the winners defeating Gujarat Lions by 21 runs. Here is what all happened in the match. Let’s have a look.
Match Apotheosis as it Took Place
So, this particular match belonged to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bowl. Henceforth, team Bangalore came in to bat. What a lucky day it was for Royal Challengers! Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli scored 77 runs and 64 runs respectively. On a fall of just 2 wickets, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to build a magnanimous score of 213 runs. Dhawal Kulkarni and Basil Thampi of Gujarat Lions took one wicket each. Gujarat Lions had a huge score in front of them to chase. Brendon McCullum scored 72 runs on 44 balls. Therefore, team Gujarat managed to amass a score of 192 runs. But unfortunately the team stumbled on 7 wickets in 20 overs. Hence, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 21 runs.
Royal Challengers Proved their Ascendancy
So far, both the teams have been struggling in the current season of the Indian Premier League. Fortunately, Royal Challengers Bangalore came out as the winners of this match. Chris Gayle showcased the example of highly aggressive but skilled batting by scoring 77 runs on 38 balls with a strike rate of 202.63. As a result, he was given the player of the match title. With this, Gayle became the first ever player to score 10,000 runs in T20s.
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