Match overview
Royal Challengers Bangalore produced one of the more complete T20 chasing performances of the 2024 IPL season, overhauling Gujarat Titans' 200/3 with 9 wickets to spare at Narendra Modi Stadium on 28 April 2024. RCB finished on 206/1. The match was in their hands from the powerplay, where they put on 63 runs against a venue average of 43, and never loosened their grip. Will Jacks was named Player of the Match. Gujarat Titans had batted well enough to post a competitive score, adding 62 runs in the death without losing a wicket, but the chase began at a pace that made their total look ordinary.
Gujarat's innings was solid rather than spectacular. They scored 42/1 in the powerplay, built steadily through the middle with 96 runs for 2 wickets, and finished hard. Posting 200/3 at a ground where the average first-innings score across 95 matches sits at 206 meant they were fractionally below par, but only fractionally. On most evenings that total demands a serious chase. RCB did not find it serious in the slightest.
The difference was RCB's middle-over batting. Between overs seven and fifteen, they scored 114 runs without a single dismissal. No bowling attack survives that kind of pressure, and Gujarat Titans' could not. By the time the death overs arrived, the match was done. RCB knocked off the remaining 29 runs without losing another wicket and completed a win that drew the all-time head-to-head level at three wins apiece.
Venue and conditions
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is one of the largest cricket grounds in the world and has now hosted 95 T20 matches in our records. The average first-innings score is 206, which places it firmly in the high-scoring bracket. Chasing sides have succeeded 53 per cent of the time, a slight but consistent advantage that explains why teams have elected to field after winning the toss in 60 per cent of matches here.
The powerplay tends to be productive. The venue's average powerplay score is 43 runs. Sides that clear 50 in the first six overs put themselves in a strong position. RCB's 63 in the powerplay was a significant overshoot of that benchmark and effectively set the tone for the chase before a quarter of the innings had elapsed.
Death-over conditions matter here too. The average death score at the ground is 38 runs. Gujarat Titans scored 62 in that phase, which was comfortably above the norm and shows their lower order contributed meaningfully. In a closer match it might have been decisive. Against RCB's batting line-up on this form, it merely inflated the winning margin.
How to watch
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Recent form
Gujarat Titans arrived at this fixture with a mixed run. Their five most recent results before this match showed two wins, against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, alongside three defeats to Delhi Capitals (twice) and Lucknow Super Giants. That pattern of inconsistency had been a feature of their 2024 campaign and was difficult to ignore heading into a high-stakes game.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's form was no more convincing on paper. They had won their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad but had lost four of their last five fixtures overall, falling to Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers, Mumbai Indians, and Rajasthan Royals. Form guides sometimes tell you very little about T20 cricket, and this match was a case in point. RCB's performance bore no resemblance to a side that had lost four of its previous five. The result moves the head-to-head to three wins apiece, and both sides will face each other again with that symmetry intact.
