Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Titans by 4 wickets at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on 4 May 2024. Gujarat Titans were bowled out for 147, a total that sat nearly 50 runs below the venue's average first-innings score of 196 across 142 matches. Mohammed Siraj earned the Player of the Match award for his bowling performance. RCB knocked off the target, finishing on 152 for 6, though they lost a clutch of wickets through the middle overs after a blistering powerplay start.

RCB won the toss and chose to field, in keeping with the ground's trend. Seventy-six per cent of captains at Chinnaswamy opt to bowl first after winning the toss, and the logic was validated almost immediately. Gujarat Titans were reduced to 23 for 3 inside six overs, a powerplay collapse from which they never managed to build a genuinely threatening total. The middle overs produced 79 runs for 2 wickets, steadying the innings to a degree, but a late flurry at the death added just 45 runs for 5 wickets, leaving 147 as the final tally.

RCB's response was extraordinary in the powerplay. They scored 92 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the first six overs, setting up a chase that was functionally over before half the innings had been bowled. The middle phase tightened, with RCB losing 5 wickets for 60 runs between overs 7 and 20, but the required rate was never steep enough for those wobbles to seriously matter. They crossed the line at 152 for 6.