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GT vs RCB IPL 2024: Virat Kohli's 70-run explosive knock led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to their second back-to-back victory in IPL 2024. Apart from hitting his 4th half-century this season, Virat Kohli also completed his 500 runs in IPL 2024 and strengthened his points at the top of the highest run scorers list. Virat Kohli broke his silence on the criticism he is receiving for his poor strike rate and said it's very different to sit and talk about the game from the box.

GT vs RCB IPL 2024: The veteran players and the internet have some very critical opinions about India's star batter, Virat Kohli, and there is intense debate around his position in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad, but the RCB opener seems steadfast with all the doubts raised about his capabilities. Virat Kohli displayed the power of his intense focus on Sunday as he slammed his fourth half-century in IPL 2024 against Gujarat Titans. The script looks similar in every match now as Virat Kohli's opening partner and RCB skipper Faf du Plessis loses his wicket early, and the burden to steer the team's innings falls on the 'King.' While the critics raise questions about his average strike rate in IPL 2024, Virat Kohli understands the value of his wickets and focuses on weaving partnerships to take the game forward.

GT vs RCB IPL 2024: Young batter Shahrukh Khan is playing an explosive knock against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as Gujarat Titans (GT) claw back from the poor start at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Shahrukh Khan smashed his maiden IPL half-century in just 24 balls and supported Sai Sudharsan well to take his team's score towards a big score. Gujarat Titans lost their openers early as Swapnil Singh dismissed Wriddhiman Saha in the first over, while spinner Glenn Maxwell took out GT skipper Shubman Gill after the first powerplay.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will clash with Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 29 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR, having won 5 out of 8 matches, are at number 2 on the points table at the moment. They have won 2 out of their last 5 matches.

Sanju Samson led from the front on Sunday with a blistering knock of 71 off 33 balls to guide his team to a comfortable 7-wicket win over LSG in Lucknow. Meanwhile, LSG captain KL Rahul (76 off 48 balls) also scored a half-century, but his innings was far less impactful than his counterpart's. In fact, the RR skipper has been in superb form this season, amassing 385 runs in the 9 matches so far at a strike rate of 161.09 and an excellent average of 77.

Mumbai Indians' wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been reprimanded and fined 10 per cent of his match fees for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Saturday. Kishan committed a Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 of the IPL's Code of Conduct. He admitted to the offence and accepted the Match Referee's sanction. For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee's decision is final and binding. In the match, Jake Fraser-McGurk's powerful knock, followed by Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed's supercharged pace attack helped Delhi Capitals (DC) defeat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match here at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

RR vs LSG: Top highlights of the match The well-settled opening pair of KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock opened the innings for LSG at the Ekana Sports City Stadium. The left handed de Kock started the innings with two back to back boundaries until he was knocked over by an inswinging delivery from Trent Boult.

Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed 84 off 27 deliveries to fire Delhi Capitals to 257-4 and a 10-run win over Mumbai Indians in another IPL high-scorer on Saturday. Delhi, at their home Arun Jaitley Stadium, posted their best-ever total in the T20 tournament, a day after Punjab Kings chased down a record target of 262. Delhi's previous best was 231-4 in 2011 against Punjab Kings. This edition Sunrisers Hyderabad have twice smashed IPL records with totals of 277 and 287.

Fraser-McGurk gave the scorching Delhi heat competition with a sizzling 27-ball 84 that powered Delhi Capitals to a massive 257 for four against Mumbai Indians in an IPL contest here on Saturday. While McGurk sparkled upfront, Tristan Stubbs dazzled with an unbeaten 48 off 25 balls at the death overs as DC put up a superlative batting effort to register their highest-ever score in IPL. Opening for DC for the second time this season, the 22-year-old Fraser-McGurk equalled his own record for the fastest fifty this season getting the milestone off just 15 balls after the hosts were put in to bat by MI. With McGurk in the middle, it was raining boundaries and sixes at the rather small Arun Jaitley Stadium. He hit 11 fours and six maximums. He got 19 runs off the first over bowled by Luke Wood, setting the tone as he skilfully exploited the field restrictions in the powerplay to nab 92 runs.

Gautam Gambhir looked very upset with the decision of the on-field umpires and was seen having an animated chat with the fourth umpire, who was seen calmly explaining the rules. The incident occurred during the 14th over of KKR's innings, when Andre Russel was batting on the crease and tried to steal a run from an overthrow. The on-field umpire denied the single to Andre Russel as he had already called it over after the fielder picked the ball.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a South Indian derby on April 27 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, also known as Chepauk Stadium, in Chennai. CSK, having won 4 out of 8 matches, are at number 5 on the points table at the moment. They have won 2 out of their last 5 matches.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Gujarat Titans (GT) will lock horns with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on April 27 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. GT, having won 4 out of 9 matches, are at number 7 on the points table at the moment. They have won 2 out of their last 5 matches.

Shreyas Iyer looked in great touch, hitting the PBKS bowlers for runs all over the ground. Iyer scored 28 runs from the 10 balls he faced, with a strike of 280, before he was finally dismissed by PBKS' Arshdeep Singh.

KKR and PBKS will certainly go down in the history books as a reminder to teams that even a 250-plus total is not safe target in the tournament anymore. The match featured 42 sixes and all four openers went past the 50-run mark.

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024: Sunil Narine, the surprise factor introduced by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2024, continues to maintain his brilliant form as he provided his team with another strong start against Punjab Kings (PBKS). Phil Salt and Sunil Narine's 138-run opening partnership laid a strong foundation for KKR, which ended up with another high score of 261/6 after 20 overs. This score could have been much higher, but the middle-order batters should have capitalized on the excellent start.

Jonny Bairstow's incredible hundred, Punjab Kings set a new world record for the highest run chase in the history of T20 cricket as they overhauled the 262-run target set by Kolkata Knight Riders with eight wickets to spare in the IPL here on Friday. PBKS bettered South Africa's 259/4 against West Indies in March last year. In the IPL, Rajasthan Royals held the previous record for chasing down 224 against KKR at Eden Gardens recently, equalling the record they had set against then Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2020 in Sharjah. Sent into bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261/6 but PBKS completed the chase with eight balls to spare. KKR rode on a 138-run partnership between openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls).

Virat Kohli started the innings aggressively with Faf Du Plessis, but after the wicket of his opening partner and the subsequent end of the 6-over powerplay, the veteran batsman seemed more focused on taking singles rather than hitting the big shots. Moreover, the experienced batsman did not hit a single boundary after the 4th over mark and instead scored the next 28 runs of his innings at less than a run a ball even as Rajat Patidar continued to hit the SRH bowlers for boundaries and sixes. Speaking about Kohli's inability to hit the big shots during commentary, Gavaskar said, “It's just been singles, singles and singles from Kohli.

Disney Star stated that it has witnessed continued rise in TV viewership for the marquee tournament. According to the latest data released by BARC, Disney Star, in the first 34 matches, has achieved a cumulative reach of 47.5 crore viewers, recording a growth of 5 per cent on TV reach for Live Broadcast compared to the previous highest recorded in 2019. Moreover, the broadcaster has seen an 18 per cent growth from previous edition in minutes of total watch time with 24,500 crore minutes spent.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) on April 26 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. DC, having won five out of seven matches, are at number two on the points table at the moment. They have won two out of their last five matches.

Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant played an exceptional game with his unbeaten on 88 off 43 balls with 5 fours, 8 sixes against the Gujarat Giants (GT) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 24. During Pant's explosive innings, one of his sixes accidentally hit a camerapersons from the BCCI Production Crew. In a post on X, the IPL has shared a heartfelt video from Pant where he apologised to cameraman Debashish.

ALSO READ: PBKS vs GT IPL 2024: Shubman Gill says he doesn’t want to think too much about captaincy while batting 1) Rashid Khan (24 years and 221 days) 2) Shubman Gill (24 years and 229 days) 3) Virat Kohli (25 years and 182 days) 4) Sanju Samson (25 years and 335 days) 5) Piyush Chawla (26 years and 108 days) In the ongoing IPL season, Gill has scored 298 runs in 9 matches, at an average of 42.57 and a strike rate of 146.79. He has also scored two half-centuries; his highest score is an unbeaten 89. Shubman Gill has scored 3,094 runs in 100 IPL matches, at an average of 38.12 and a strike rate of 135.14.