Ahmedabad, Apr 29: Jack’s century secured Royal Challengers Bangalore their third win of the season as they defeated Gujarat Titans by nine wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Will Jacks, Player of the Match, said,Ā Ā Amazing feeling right now. Faf and Virat got us off to a very good start. I struggled early on, Virat kept his intensity up and I had the chance to get my rhythm. Once we had the time-out, we said let’s get two really good overs and win the game. I just kept going and amazing feeling right now. I was trying to be positive (against spin early on), just struggling. I was trying to overhit the ball, probably little bit tensed. Once I got one away off Mohit, I relaxed and trusted myself. Next game, hopefully I do that earlier. (Batting with Kohli) It’s amazing, he’s a legend of the game and is someone everyone looks up to.Ā To spend some time in the middle is a great feeling a huge learning curve. When I go way from the IPL, I’ll try to take all on board. I need to be adaptable at the beginning of the innings and start off quicker. I was a bit lucky today.
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Faf du Plessis, RCB captain, said,Ā Ā I thought it was a really good wicket. When we bowled, we thought it was a total we could score. It feels like we’ve made progress in both departments. We were way off in the beginning of the tournament, but it feels like there’s confidence in the group. The guys are doing a very good job. The game has changed so much. We are doing the basics much better now.
Shubman Gill, GT skipper, said,Ā I think it was great hitting by them (Kohli and Jacks.) We need to come up with better plans in the next match, also need to execute them. When you are batting you can always think of scoring 15-20 runs more. We thought 200 was a good enough total for us, unfortunately it didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to. We were not able to pick up wickets in the middle overs, I think that was the turning point for us.