Englishman's belligerent 41-ball unbeaten ton and Kohli 's 70* help RCB decimate Titans
AHMEDABAD: Virat Kohli was in his element on Sunday while Englishman Will Jacks demonstrated his range of ballistic batting as the duo decimated the Gujarat Titans , at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Kohli cut, pulled, lofted, treating the Ahmedabad crowd to a wide array of strokes, while Jacks heaved and pulled his way to a belligerent ton to headline Royal Challengers Bengaluru 's nine-wicket triumph.
The duo plundered 166 runs off 74 balls with Jacks (100 off 41 balls; 5x4, 10x6) and Kohli (70 off 44b; 6x4, 3x6) treating all Titans' bowlers with disdain.
When the 15th over of Royal Challengers innings began, Jacks was batting on 44 and Kohli on 69. However, the English batter took matters in his hand, bludgeoning pacer Mohit Sharma over the leg-side boundary and took 29 runs (three maximums, two fours and a two) to gallop beyond the Indian.
Kohli guided Rashid Khan's first ball of the next over for a single before Jacks smashed three more sixes and a four to march to his hundred in style and guide his team to a comprehensive win.
Coming into bat at the fall of captain Faf Du Plessis (24 of 12b, 1x4, 3x6), who was caught at deep mid-wicket by substitute fielder Vijay Shankar off R Sai Kishore's bowling, Jacks seemed circumspect against the spin initially, a period during which Kohli batted beautifully to take the pressure off the Englishman.
Kohli began with a lofted on-drive off Sandeep Warrier's bowling before hitting leg-spinner Rashid Khan straight down the ground off the backfoot. He smashed Sai Kishore for two sixes before slog sweeping left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmad for a four and six to keep Royal Challengers ahead of the asking rate. With 53 required off 36 balls, Jacks finished the match in two overs.
Earlier, M Shahrukh Khan, promoted to number four in the batting line-up, injected momentum to Titans' sedate start by taking a liking to Karn Sharma. He smashed the leg-spinner and medium-pacer Cameron Green for two maximums before a full delivery by Mohammad Siraj ended his innings.
The momentum his innings of 58 (off 30b; 3x4, 5x6) gave was sustained by southpaws Sai Sudharsan (84 off 49b; 8x4, 4x6) and David Miller (26 off 19b, 2x4, 1x6) who propelled the Titans to 200/3, which, eventually, proved to be insufficient.
Siraj (1/34) and left-arm pacer Yash Dayal (0/34) bowled well towards the death overs, not allowing the Titans to run away to a mammoth score.
RCB's third win in 10 matches doesn't alter the league table with RCB rooted to the 10th place while Titans' slim hopes of making it to the qualifiers took further beating with their sixth loss in 10 matches. The hosts have now tasted defeat in their last three home matches.
AHMEDABAD: Virat Kohli was in his element on Sunday while Englishman Will Jacks demonstrated his range of ballistic batting as the duo decimated the Gujarat Titans , at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Kohli cut, pulled, lofted, treating the Ahmedabad crowd to a wide array of strokes, while Jacks heaved and pulled his way to a belligerent ton to headline Royal Challengers Bengaluru 's nine-wicket triumph.
The duo plundered 166 runs off 74 balls with Jacks (100 off 41 balls; 5x4, 10x6) and Kohli (70 off 44b; 6x4, 3x6) treating all Titans' bowlers with disdain.
When the 15th over of Royal Challengers innings began, Jacks was batting on 44 and Kohli on 69. However, the English batter took matters in his hand, bludgeoning pacer Mohit Sharma over the leg-side boundary and took 29 runs (three maximums, two fours and a two) to gallop beyond the Indian.
Kohli guided Rashid Khan's first ball of the next over for a single before Jacks smashed three more sixes and a four to march to his hundred in style and guide his team to a comprehensive win.
Coming into bat at the fall of captain Faf Du Plessis (24 of 12b, 1x4, 3x6), who was caught at deep mid-wicket by substitute fielder Vijay Shankar off R Sai Kishore's bowling, Jacks seemed circumspect against the spin initially, a period during which Kohli batted beautifully to take the pressure off the Englishman.
Kohli began with a lofted on-drive off Sandeep Warrier's bowling before hitting leg-spinner Rashid Khan straight down the ground off the backfoot. He smashed Sai Kishore for two sixes before slog sweeping left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmad for a four and six to keep Royal Challengers ahead of the asking rate. With 53 required off 36 balls, Jacks finished the match in two overs.
Earlier, M Shahrukh Khan, promoted to number four in the batting line-up, injected momentum to Titans' sedate start by taking a liking to Karn Sharma. He smashed the leg-spinner and medium-pacer Cameron Green for two maximums before a full delivery by Mohammad Siraj ended his innings.
The momentum his innings of 58 (off 30b; 3x4, 5x6) gave was sustained by southpaws Sai Sudharsan (84 off 49b; 8x4, 4x6) and David Miller (26 off 19b, 2x4, 1x6) who propelled the Titans to 200/3, which, eventually, proved to be insufficient.
Siraj (1/34) and left-arm pacer Yash Dayal (0/34) bowled well towards the death overs, not allowing the Titans to run away to a mammoth score.
RCB's third win in 10 matches doesn't alter the league table with RCB rooted to the 10th place while Titans' slim hopes of making it to the qualifiers took further beating with their sixth loss in 10 matches. The hosts have now tasted defeat in their last three home matches.
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