Tewatia, Miller guide Gujarat Titans to 6-wicket win over Royal Challengers

Fine rearguard knocks by Rahul Tewatia and David Miller who shared an unbeaten partnership of 79 runs for the fifth wicket helped Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in Match 43 of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium here on SaturdayTewatia scored an unbeaten 42 while Miller remained not out with 39 as Gujarat came back strongly to score 1744 in 193 overs after restricting Royal Challengers Bangalore to 1706 in their 20 oversElecting to bat first on a scorching hot day in their first afternoon match Royal Challengers rode on halfcenturies by Virat Kohli 58 and Rajit Patidar 52 to reach a modest totalGujarat at one time looked in trouble after losing Wriddhiman Saha Shubman Gill Hardik Pandya and Sai Sudharshan with 95 runs on the boardBut Tewatia and Miller ensured that they did not lose any further wickets and romped to a sixwicket for their eighth win in nine matches Gujarat thus moved to 16 points from nine matches and extended their lead at the top of the standings to four pointsRCB remained at the fifth position with 10 points from 10 gamesGujarat Titans ended the powerplay with 46 runs for no loss on the board with Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill keeping up a decent scoring rateSaha who struck Mohammed Siraj for two fours in an over was the first to get out caught by Rajat Patidar off a wrongun bowled by Wanindu Hasaranga with the score 51Gill was the next to go given lbw off Shahbaz Ahmed missing the ball completely He reviews the decision but the video replays show no involvement of the batSkipper Hardik Pandya also had an off day as he tried to whip away a fulllength delivery by Shahbaz but could offer only the bottom edge and sent it straight down the throat of Mahipal Lamror And when Sai Sudarshan too departed after getting a start caught by substitute Anuj Rawat 20 who was keeping wickets in place of Dinesh Karthik who was ill it looked like Gujarat were slipping into a deep gorgeHowever David Miller and Rahul Tewatia came to the rescue of Gujarat Titans as they raised a superb unbeaten 79run partnership for the fifth wicket and guided the team from Ahmedabad home with six wickets in handMiller struck Hasaranga for a four followed by a six in the 15th over and cracked a brilliant cover drive off a cutter on good length by Harshal PatelTewatia too had started cautiously before exploding into action towards the end of the innings He hammered a six and a four on successive balls off Josh Hazlewood in the 18th over the six a superb flick over fineleg and ended the over with another four placing the ball between two fielders around deep square leg boundaryTewatia who struck Harshal Patel over extra cover for a superb six ended the match with fours off Hazlewood in the 20th over Their unbeaten partnership of 79 runs came off 40 balls and propelled Gujarat Titans to their eighth victory in nine matchesKohli former India and Royal Challengers captain who was advised by former team India coach Ravi Shastri to take a break from IPL to revitalise his batting gave glimpses of a welcome return to form as he struck a fine halfcentury and raised 99 runs for the second wicket partnership with Rajat Patidar who struck 52 off 32 deliveries as the two set up a good platform for RCBBrief scores Royal Challengers Bangalore 1706 in 20 overs Virat Kohli 58 Rajat Patidar 52 Glenn Maxwell 33 Pradeep Sangwan 219 Rashid Khan 129 lost to Gujarat Titans 1744 off 193 overs David Miller 39 not out Rahul Tewatia 43 not out Wanindu Hasaranga 228 Gujarat Titans won by six wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever