RCB vs GT, IPL Final: Chasemaster Virat Kohli gets his moment, gives RCB their second trophy win – Action in Images
Virat Kohli's 75* is at the heart of RCB's victory as they down GT with ease to take the final, and register back-to-back wins!
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Back-to-back IPL crowns for RCB, putting a cap on a season which has seen them be the most successful, most dominant, most comfortable team in the league all year! The confidence pays dividends as the bowling curtails GT to 155, before Virat Kohli’s brilliant 75* guides the chase to help the team join a very special group of teams to manage to defend their title.(AP Photo)
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Early in the game, RCB had the first call go their way as they opted to bowl. Wickets of the openers were always going to be key against a GT team which is dependent on runs from the top order – and that’s exactly what Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar provided, removing Gill and Sudharsan respectively to swing the needle in RCB’s favour early.(PTI)
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From there, the squeeze was on. The odd wicket kept falling – the most important of these being Jos Buttler, who took time to restructure the innings but then fell to a brilliant Krunal Pandya as soon as he tried to begin his attack.(PTI)
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RCB’s bowling leader on the night was Rasikh Salam Dar – perhaps the least-touted of the star RCB pace unit, but one who has come into his own this year. On the night in Ahmedabad, he took three wickets, but the majority of the RCB bowling chipped in to ensure that GT always looked well short of any competitive total.(PTI)
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