The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have gotten off to a strong start in the chase as Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal are in fine touch. Virat Kohli was dropped on 0, and that has paid the price. You simply cannot drop the chase master, as he may have dropped the match itself. Jacob Bethell got a couple of boundaries early on, but he was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj. The Gujarat Titans must have let out a sigh of relief, but Devdutt Padikkal smashed a six off the first ball to begin his innings. Since then, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal have gone apart in their innings in a dominant fashion.

The Gujarat Titans are not entirely out of the chase, but they will need a couple of quick wickets to pull the game back. In run chases such as these, the fielders need to step up their game, but they have let down their bowlers. With plenty of batting to come down the order, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be in the driver’s seat as they have the upper hand in the run chase.

Fans hail ‘King Kohli’ as dropped chance proves costly and RCB take control=

The fans on X have hailed the knock of King Kohli, as today is April 24th, and he has broken his curse of not scoring runs. Devdutt Padikkal has been absolutely flamboyant this evening, and Rashid Khan got the better of him with a gogly. Here are some of the reactions on X:

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 141/2 at the moment, and the Gujarat Titans will need some magic to get back into the game.