Kagiso Rabada and Mohammad Siraj claimed the wickets of openers Virat Kohli and Jabob Bethell to help the Gujarat Titan limit visitors Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 59-2 after choosing to bowl first in their Tata IPL match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Englishman Bethell (5) clipped Siraj (3-0-26-1) to midwicket and Kohli, having looked in glorious touch with five fours and a six in his 28 from just 13 balls, was bounced out by a Rabada whose three overs in the Power Play brought him figures of 3-0-32-1.
Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar were at the crease at the completion of the Power Play on 15* and 9* respectively.
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GUJARAT TITANS: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar
Impact subs: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Kulwant Khejroliya
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood
Impact subs: Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer