Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fans got a big shock on Sunday when Gujarat Titans defeated RCB. With the defeat the Bangalore team was out of the tournament. If Bangalore had won, their seat in the playoffs would have been confirmed, but due to the defeat, Mumbai benefited and Rohit’s platoon reached the playoffs with 16 points. At the same time, Bangalore ended the campaign with 14 points. Mumbai will now face Lucknow Supergiants in the Eliminator.
Earlier, RCB fans were speculating that the Bangalore team would register a win against Gujarat at their home ground. In such a situation, Bangalore would have faced Lucknow in the Eliminator. Fans would have liked to see Virat Kohli vs Gautam Gambhir and Naveen Ul Haq, but it did not happen. While Bangalore fans were left disappointed, Lucknow’s Naveen-ul-Haq shared a funny meme in his Instagram story after Bangalore’s defeat.
In that meme, a person is seen laughing out loud and clapping at the same time. From his cryptic post, it looks like he is teasing Kohli and his team and celebrating RCB’s defeat. Earlier, Naveen-ul-Haq had to face hooting by the fans in the last few matches. When he came near the boundary for fielding, the fans used to shout Kohli-Kohli to tease Naveen and Gambhir. However, now from the meme shared by Naveen, it seems that he has once again messed with Kohli.
The LSG team will now face Mumbai in the Eliminator on May 24 at Chepauk. Earlier on May 23, Qualifier-1 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans. The winning team will directly reach the finals. Whereas, the team that wins the Eliminator will play Qualifier-2.
Gujarat Titans, who defeated Chennai in the first match of IPL 2023, defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the last league match. Batting first, RCB scored 197 runs losing five wickets. In response, Gujarat scored 198 runs in 19.1 overs losing four wickets and won the match. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 101 for Bangalore. At the same time, Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 104 for Gujarat.
