Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore produced one of the more complete T20 chasing performances of the 2024 IPL season, overhauling Gujarat Titans' 200/3 with 9 wickets to spare at Narendra Modi Stadium on 28 April 2024. RCB finished on 206/1. The match was in their hands from the powerplay, where they put on 63 runs against a venue average of 43, and never loosened their grip. Will Jacks was named Player of the Match. Gujarat Titans had batted well enough to post a competitive score, adding 62 runs in the death without losing a wicket, but the chase began at a pace that made their total look ordinary.

Gujarat's innings was solid rather than spectacular. They scored 42/1 in the powerplay, built steadily through the middle with 96 runs for 2 wickets, and finished hard. Posting 200/3 at a ground where the average first-innings score across 95 matches sits at 206 meant they were fractionally below par, but only fractionally. On most evenings that total demands a serious chase. RCB did not find it serious in the slightest.

The difference was RCB's middle-over batting. Between overs seven and fifteen, they scored 114 runs without a single dismissal. No bowling attack survives that kind of pressure, and Gujarat Titans' could not. By the time the death overs arrived, the match was done. RCB knocked off the remaining 29 runs without losing another wicket and completed a win that drew the all-time head-to-head level at three wins apiece.