By Ivy Sarkar
Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill hit a superb century to outdo Virat Kohli's second successive century as RCB were eliminated from the IPL on Sunday
Gill followed his century against SRH with an unbeaten 104 off 52 balls as Gujarat reached 198/4 with five balls to spare for six-wicket win
Kohli with 101 not out-his record seventh century in the IPL but Gill powered Gujarat's run chase by hitting eight sixes and five fours
After the start was delay by nearly an hour, Kohli and Faf combined in 67-run opening stand off 43 balls
Gujarat spinner Noor Ahmad and Rashid Khan squeezed the runs in the middle overs as Kohli raised his half century off 35 balls
Kohli upped the scoring rate in the death overs with his superb drivers on both sides of the wicket and became the first batter in IPL to score 7 centuries
Gill defied the data favoring teams batting first and winning at Bangalore in the recent past with his superb stroke play
Gill and Vijay Shankar(53) put on a match-winning stand of 123 runs for the second wicket
Shubman Gill raised the victory and also completed his second successive century with a straight six off Wayne Parnell in the final over