IPL 2023: RCB’s Dinesh Karthik ends season with unwanted batting records to his name | Cricket News – Times of India

<p>Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill hit a superb century to outdo Virat Kohli’s second successive ton as Royal Challengers Bangalore were eliminated from the IPL on Sunday.</p>

<p>Gill followed his century against Sunrisers Hyderabad with an unbeaten 104 off 52 balls as Gujarat reached 198/4 with five balls to spare for a six-wicket win.</p>

<p>Kohli with 101 not out — his record seventh century in the IPL — anchored RCB to 197/5 but Gill powered Gujarat’s run chase by hitting eight sixes and five fours.</p>

<p>After the start was delayed by nearly an hour because of rain, Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis combined in a 67-run opening stand off 43 balls. </p>

<p>But Gujarat spinner Noor Ahmad (2/39) and Rashid Khan (1/24) squeezed the runs in the middle overs as Kohli raised his half-century off 35 balls. </p>

<p>Kohli upped the scoring rate in the death overs with his superb drives on both sides of the wicket and became the first batter in IPL history to score seven centuries. </p>

<p>Kohli scooped Mohit Sharma (0/54) to long on in the final over for a single to raise his hundred off 60 balls only to see Gill’s brilliance take the win away from his team. </p>

<p>Gill defied the data favoring teams batting first and winning at Bangalore in the recent past with his superb stroke play. </p>

<p>Gill and Vijay Shankar (53) put on a match-winning stand of 123 runs for the second wicket. </p>

<p>Gill raised the victory and also completed his second successive century with a straight six off Wayne Parnell in the final over. </p>