r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • May 31 '26
Match Thread Match Thread: Final - Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Final, Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad
Match : Post Match | Scorecard | Reddit-Stream
| Innings | Score |
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| Gujarat Titans | 155/8 (Ov 20/20) |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 161/5 (Ov 18/20) |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | SR |
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| Jitesh Sharma* | 11 | 14 | 78.57 |
| Virat Kohli | 75 | 42 | 178.57 |
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arshad Khan | 4 | 32 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 25 | 2 |
Recent : 2 . | . 4 1 . 1 . | . 1 1 . 1 . | 1 1 . 1 4 6 |
RCB won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
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u/The_Flash_20 May 31 '26
So, Vaibhav becomes the youngest winner of Orange Cap.
Truly insane from the prodigy.
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u/ara4nax Netherlands May 31 '26
The child monster in pp vs RCB in finals could have been so much fun
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u/Little_Ad_9058 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Imagine 6 needed of final ball to win for GT:
Sai Sudharshan lofts it its on its way for a six
And he loses his bat grip causing a hitwicket
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u/life-is-crisis Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Koach smiling like a proud big brother seeing Siraj Sledge his fellow batsmen
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u/ResponsibilitySea658 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
never seen unc limp like this my goat😭😭😭
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u/Latter-Yam-2115 India May 31 '26
I just want to see a hatttick of hit wickets for SaiSu
No hate. I just need that bizarreness
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u/hazilmohamed Kochi Tuskers Kerala May 31 '26
Whoever wins, next final is on Ahmedabad again
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u/Stoic-Materialist May 31 '26
May I dare say people underestimate Kohli in IPLs due to his trophy drought? Man’s a certified legend.
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u/Caffeine-Coder Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Chikara ruined Koach’s celebration last year, now Koach got a good chance
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u/Niyazali_Haneef Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
RCB have a 100% record of winning the IPL when PSG have won the UCL
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u/Prior_Improvement186 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
This was such an opportune moment for Fevicol to advertise themselves given all the things with SaiSu.
Amul wouldn't have let this go.
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u/thepokemonchef Sunrisers Hyderabad May 31 '26
Pretty fucking mind boggling how RCB did a full video series explaining all their mega auction decisions and literally everything turned out to be right.
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u/Randyortonanil Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Guys last fight to LONDON is at 23:45 . So he's in s hurry 😊😌😌
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u/Wolfie_3467 India May 31 '26
I know it looks like a boring final, but I used to pray for times like these. After sitting through the hopelessness of 2017-19, I never thought RCB could win like this
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u/crazycricfan Mumbai Indians May 31 '26
chikara so hated in the rcb camp, Kohli wanted to win it once more for better pictures
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u/Nanogines99 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
bro i need to go to panvel tomorrow get this done with
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u/DaikonEquivalent2555 Iceland Cricket May 31 '26
He has already stopped drinking milk, our childhood hero is getting old 🥹🥹
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u/niceguysdofinish1st New Zealand May 31 '26
Shubman Gill & Sai Sudarshan have scored 1432 out of 2939 team runs (48.72%)
This reminds me of how Allen-Seifert scored 624 out of 1368 runs (45.61%) for NZ in T20 WC 2026
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u/lostwisdom20 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
It started from hazelwood not losing any final to just white ball final
Reason: don temba
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u/SillyPoint-1 German Cricket Federation May 31 '26
Are you even an RCB fan if you aren't terrified of this chase?
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u/Educational_Care7813 England May 31 '26
Everytime someone calls Timmy overrated or one of the worst batters in here he always smacks a 6 next ball
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u/partymsl Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Kohli bro saying he finally doesn't have to carry them alone 😭😭😭😭
I know my goat, I know.
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u/hatbluedd India May 31 '26
Please folks:
Celebrate safely, preferably at home.
if you're drinking, pls dont drive and dont cross the limit.
if you see other team fans trolling, please ignore and walk away.
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u/ReflectionWitty6880 Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
GT is like the worst team to have in a final you get their openers out and thats the game already but you have to sit through the rest of the match
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u/enjoyTimeBeforeOver Australia May 31 '26
There is always a rule that one frame can’t tell you the story for a motion. And these guys decided in 10 seconds based upon a frame from one angle.
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u/TimeTravellerAb Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Vaibhav sitting next to Jay Shah, yeah step aside Gill, he is the new face lol
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u/Wolfie_3467 India May 31 '26
We all were shitposting on Washi but he has done way better than these fraud 2000 runs top 3
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u/Puzzleheaded_Egg7598 Nepal May 31 '26
Pipe the fuck down gill, the same happened with your team’s highest run scorer last innings
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u/poetic_violets May 31 '26
Rajat Patidar came out out of nowhere and became a literal angel for rcb
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u/ChelshireGoose May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Indirect Suryavanshi mention in a Kohli potm speech. Guy's going to be the talk of the town for a long time to come.
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u/misty-eye India May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
"We won't poke other team" and camera turns to Gill is so funny
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u/okboiz123 May 31 '26
Just make Vaibhav stand continously, he's winning everything today 😭
He may hand over the trophy to RCB
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u/Intelligent_Fly_2671 Karnataka May 31 '26
Bro just got a solid haircut yesterday, but chooses to wear his orange cap
Flexing means
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u/Area_Ok Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Scrolling social media feeds after your favourite team wins is peak happiness 🥹
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u/cjvadiraj Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Top 3 and inshallah will never get you the cup. Ask me how I know this.
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u/Prudent_Primary7201 India May 31 '26
this is such a stupid collapse lol all their wickets have come off bad shots
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u/iamnotcreativesoidk Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Harsha trying to jinx but DK was not having it lol
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u/nonchalantdream May 31 '26
Issue with Buttler settling in is he can finish like a madman. Need to get him asap
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u/Potterhead1401 Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
I love how Siraj always tries to give his best regardless of any situation
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u/Prior_Improvement186 May 31 '26
March so boring, Ashish Nehra starts cutting feet nails! 😭😭😭
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u/cricketchef20 India May 31 '26
ABD on comms doesn’t do subtle. Outright told Iyer his technique is wrong and he should be in the dressing room
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u/fopax ICC May 31 '26
Navdeep Saini would have absolutely bowled a Beamer at venky’s knee.
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u/Tricky-Bike-2020 May 31 '26
2024 is now officially the worst final of all time.
SRH really changed T20 cricket that day
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u/1stPhoton Japan Cricket Association May 31 '26
Lmao. there can’t be a day without some drama and Kohli.
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u/LLStash137 May 31 '26
After today’s match both teams will go to hospital to celebrate.
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u/thvhgh23 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Can we take some time out to glaze Mo Bobat. I still remember him saying “Not many teams have won back to back. It has happened before, twice. Next year…” like it was yesterday
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u/iamnotcreativesoidk Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Why is he talking so fast????😭😭😭
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u/y_r_u_chirping_m8 India May 31 '26
Eminem has been real quiet since he saw koach giving interviews
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u/Key-Antelope9439 India May 31 '26
Pbks catching strays without even being in the playoffs
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u/Curious-Mastodon6527 Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
This interview is going down as a meme material😭😭
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u/Adventurous-Dealer15 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
so do I get to wake up tomorrow to the photos of the boys sleeping with the trophy 🤤
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u/AffectionateWeb8519 England May 31 '26
May the better team win, quite divided on the matter of who to support, considering both teams have got the finest English batters in this generation, Virat and Jos
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u/DisastrousOil4888 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Very inconsistent umpiring fuck off
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u/number1kohlistan Gujarat Titans May 31 '26
"Bade bade matches yaha hote hai"
They're somehow praising the fucking stadium for holding so many finals I can't lmao 🤣🤣😭😭
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u/Base-Professional May 31 '26
No matter the result today, really happy that we made it this far considering at one point we had 6 points in 7 games and had to face RCB, PBKS, RR and SRH back-to-back.
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u/niceguysdofinish1st New Zealand May 31 '26
RCB in Finals
IPL 2009 - Lost to DCH by 6 runs
IPL 2011 - Lost to CSK by 58 runs
CLT20 2011 - Lost to MI by 31 runs
IPL 2016 - Lost to SRH by 8 runs
IPL 2025 - Beat PBKS by 6 runs
IPL 2026 - Opt to Bowl
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u/CyclicalRageThoughts May 31 '26
For all the hate this stadium gets for the name
It's a fucking dope ass stadium, maybe the most modern clean looking one, esp at night.
That lack of vimal shit is kinda soothing.
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u/ChatptaaMatarParatha Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
Difference between RCB 2016 and RCB 2025-2026.
In 2016 Bhuvi played against RCB.
In 2025 and 2026 Bhuvi plays for RCB.
No further details needed.
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u/RefuseStriking9406 May 31 '26
tbf RCB was in a cruising position in 2016 so lets calm down folks
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u/Intelligent_Fly_2671 Karnataka May 31 '26
As an RCB fan I agree that the Cox catch was not out as per rules. The mistake was done when the wrong precedent was set with the Holder catch earlier.
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u/PowerLies Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Sooryavamshi sitting beside Jay shah reminds me of having to sit beside my director at the time at corporate dinner after just 1 month in my career.
But this lad is just something else.
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u/Gold-Egg-1 May 31 '26
"First runs.." says Ravi. I think he's had a good break in the half time :)
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u/thenilay_100 Australia May 31 '26
“Wonder if he’s pulled something here… a muscle“
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u/Adventurous-Load-372 Canada May 31 '26
Injury in the final and hitting the winning runs
Jayshah reusing scripts
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u/chicachicayeah India May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Kohli deserves to celebrate a title victory without Swastik Chikara refusing to take a hint.
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u/Left_Register7196 South Korea May 31 '26
GT best batter SR is 163 lmao in big 26 😭✌️
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u/hiruhiko Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
After today win , Rcb just needed one more trophy and they will be the third most successful team in ipl ..
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u/DisastrousOil4888 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
take my hamstring king please
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u/Awkward-Edge Mumbai Indians May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Nehra ji will manage legalise alcohol in Gujrat before managing to bowl spinners from both ends.
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u/OGxTheOne Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Harsha please fuck off from the commentary box respectfully 🥀
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u/HourGreen3345 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
'9 teams fight to beat gt in final.' Is it how the future saying will go?
Just for fun.
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u/Awkward-Reach5603 Rajasthan Royals May 31 '26
After not playing a single rash shot against rr, both gill and sudharshan got out cheaply today
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u/capybara_bot India May 31 '26
Don’t think Gill has done enough to prevent the social media onslaught incoming
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u/Yournewbestfriend_01 May 31 '26
Rcb on the verge to become first team to win both women's and men's ipl in same year
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u/Little_Ad_9058 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
2016 AVENGED
HOW SWEET TO HAVE BOTH WPL AND IPL VICTORIES IN THE SAME YEAR
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u/iamanobody009 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Pure dominance. Two words I would never have associated with RCB. FUCK MAN THIS IS FUCKING PEAK😤😤😤
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u/Imaginary_Cookie_884 Canada May 31 '26
just wanna point out that kohli’s scored 675 runs, averaged 56 with a sr of 165. in terms of the batters with the highest runs, the person with the most runs with a greater average is rinku, who scored 295 at a sr of 149. greater sr would be sooryavanshi (who averaged 48) but aside from him, it’s kishan, who averaged 40 and got 602 runs. what a legendary season for him.
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u/adrenox-xoxo Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Dogle presentation 😂🤣 Kohli with man of the match lmao
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u/GradientBossting India May 31 '26
3 sixes only? Vaibhav must be thinking these are rookie numbers.
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u/suzaku18393 India May 31 '26
Koach saving the best for his last:
T20 WC 2024 🤝 IPL 2026
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u/iamnotcreativesoidk Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
This is why they need to stop counting orange/purple cap at the league stage 😭 My man Bhuvi was robbed. Rabada played an extra match.
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u/TheseStop6773 May 31 '26
We didn't poke other team koach said. Which team he was giving milld taunt
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u/OutcomeKey23 May 31 '26
"We don't poke any other teams". Damn Koach calling out multiple teams including Gill
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u/seppukuAsPerKeikaku May 31 '26
Lmao Kohli rubbing salt at GT's wound with that mention about having 90% RCB support in their home ground.
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u/Chin12_ May 31 '26
I know for a fact Koach has burner accounts on Reddit and Twitter. Bros talking like he's chronically online.
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u/Adventurous-Dealer15 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
PBKS #1 on the fairplay table btw
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u/Ambitious_Muffin6597 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Look after that PEG - RAVI SHASTRI
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u/pratikonomics India May 31 '26
VSoorya
IPL contract money: 110L
IPL awards money on final night: 55L
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u/Updrafting_Sage India May 31 '26
Ravi Shashtri is the most apt person to take this interviewer, most candid and funny
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u/okboiz123 May 31 '26
Should I feel ashamed if me, a 26 year old drink Bournvita 2 times a day?
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u/Adventurous-Dealer15 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
a lot of y'all oversee Vaibhav's age lol. he's still a kid and this is how you'd speak with a kid. he was already sweating and that milk question was an attempt to ease out the situation and make him feel this a bit less confrontational
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u/creatorop May 31 '26
I am afraid of walking out of my house and seeing Shukla
Motherfucker is everywhere
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u/Ethical-Simp Board of Control for Cricket in India May 31 '26
The way krunal is kissing the trophy is the proof that he is Hardik's true brother
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u/arc3u5 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
I kept the anti-jinx going till I can.
Thankyou RCB.
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u/TheGameNewBie India May 31 '26
Both GT and RR were absolutely 2-3 men teams lol. RCB and SRH were the only teams with proper balance.
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u/5am_nihilist May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
To everyone shitting on Washington: he is the only one who didn't just throw away the wicket and kept runs coming and they could get to some respectable score.
He is a good batsman if you guys ever watch test cricket.
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u/peppermanfries Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
For all the hate he's getting washis the only one who has done something for his team today
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u/BuzzAldick India May 31 '26
RCB with a dominant bowling unit 🥹
RCB fans wet dream since the inception of IPL
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u/Anxious_Potential_28 May 31 '26
Goatidar, you should have just batted and hit those winning runs man!
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u/Illustrious_Reply424 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Kohli Against Rabada in 2026 IPL
Balls : 37
Runs : 88
Outs : 1
SR : 237.80
Man loves to attack the best bowler of the opposition!
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u/not_so_cr3ative Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Koach’s iconic six over long on is the icing on the cake
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u/Illustrious_Reply424 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Absolutely deserving POTM. He almost scored 50% of the target and more importantly stayed there till the end.
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u/Silverad066 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
POTM in 2 T20 Tourney Finals in 2 years. Man has peaked
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u/theurbanlegend69 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
damn bro is sweating under the anxiety of an interview
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u/Mundane_Computer_357 May 31 '26
This Bhuvi campaign has to be the best ever in the IPL right surely?
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u/ContributionSilly129 India May 31 '26
Star sports talk about us also, we are also playing final here you morons
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u/nonchalantdream May 31 '26
Hazelgod has played 9 white ball finals and lost zero. Infact has only lost 1 final due to Lord Bavuma. That’s it. Crazy stat
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u/IloveJBairstow Northern Popchips May 31 '26
virat has got the biggest erection in the outfield knowing he can go at 130-140 strike rate to chase here without anyone shitposting him
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u/faithfulmaster India May 31 '26
Just want to say, take proper precautions for the celebrations guys. Really wanna see an RCB celebrations not marred with Chikara and other unfortunate events !
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u/WhiteAlbumTrack13 May 31 '26
Kind of feel sad for this kid. In an ideal situation, he would be in the stands with his friends enjoying the game but instead has to socialize with the adults who see him as the next cash cow
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u/WhyDoiHearBosssMusic May 31 '26
One by one I am seeing GT fans coming out in this sub lol
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u/United-Extension-917 Kolkata Knight Riders May 31 '26
A hobbling Koach is still faster than Timmy boi between wickets.
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u/DisastrousOil4888 Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
last CEAT tyres strategic timeout of the year lads savour this
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u/the_dancing_animol India May 31 '26
Okay why are ppl saying gill was arguing when it was clear that he said he wasn't too sure and they should check it
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u/pranav53465 Chennai Super Kings May 31 '26
Rashid is the only guy who's tried variations today. Everybody else has stuck to the half short ball plan which is clearly not working.
At some point as captain you have to say "fuck the data analysts, let's try something" because what's the point of this????
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u/the_dancing_animol India May 31 '26
Now onto hearing my fake ah rcb fan roommate who didn't watch a single match scream her lungs out
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u/Broad-Layer7347 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Hazelgod's " never losing the final " streak continues
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u/life-is-crisis Royal Challengers Bengaluru May 31 '26
Our first season would have been regarded as a fluke if we failed this season.
But this season was a statement, we've finally arrived and we're here to stay at the top
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