The final league match (Match 70) in the IPL 2023 will take place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on May 21, 2023, with the defending champion Gujarat Titans travelling to Bengaluru to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore.
When these two teams last played one another, RCB won by an eight-wicket margin and they will surely like to repeat the same in the upcoming clash. Hardik Pandya’s excellent captain’s knock of an unbeaten 62 helped GT to 168/5 in T20 overs while batting first.
Virat Kohli’s 73 looked incredible in response, as RCB easily won the chase by an eight-wicket margin. Maxwell was unbeaten for his 40 from 18 balls, and Faf chipped in with 44 runs. Check complete details on RCB vs GT head-to-head records.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
As a result of Virat Kohli’s outstanding performance against SRH in the previous game, Royal Challengers Bangalore will enter the match with confidence. They are ranked fourth in the points chart with a positive NRR after scoring 14 points in 13 games.
To guarantee their place in the playoffs, they only need to win. If MI loses their final game, a narrow loss can still help RCB qualify. If RCB loses to GT, they will still be able to qualify but they have to depend on other results.
Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans will enter the match on the strength of Shubman Gill’s outstanding performance against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their most recent match, which they won by a comfortable margin of 34 runs despite Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s five-wicket haul.
They were the first team to earn a spot in the playoffs and will compete in Qualifier 1. With 18 points in 13 games, they’d like to finish the league stage strong and will test the depth of their bench in the last game.
Head-to-Head IPL 2023 Record of RCB vs GT
In the two matches played between the two teams, both have managed to win once.
Total – 2
RCB – 1
GT – 1
List of matches played between RCB and GT since IPL 2008
| Date | Winner | Margin | Venue |
| 19-May-2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 Wickets | Mumbai |
| 04-30-2022 | Gujarat Titans | 6 Wickets | Mumbai |
Most runs in RCB vs GT fixtures
Virat Kohli (RCB) – 131 runs
Most wickets in RCB vs GT fixtures
Rashid Khan (GT) – 3 wickets
Squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav
Gujarat Titans Squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel
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