Will Jacques batted at a strike rate of 243.90 against Gujarat Titans.
IPL 2024, GT vs RCB: Will Jacks Won POTM Award: In the 45th match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans by 9 wickets. Batting first in the match, GT scored 200 runs on the board at the loss of 3 wickets. In response, RCB chased the target with 24 balls remaining.
The hero of this victory of Royal Challengers Bangalore was Will Jacks, who played an unbeaten century. Will Jacques was named Player of the Match for his excellent performance.
Will Jacks was seen struggling in the beginning
RCB had made a good start while chasing the target against Gujarat Titans. There was a partnership of 40 runs for the first wicket between Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Captain du Plessis lost his wicket against Sai Kishore in the fourth over after scoring 24 runs in 12 balls.
After the fall of the first wicket, Will Jacques came to the field to bat, but initially he looked a little worried. Because the ball was not in his court properly. Jacques had scored only 16 runs in the first 16 balls. Will Jacks maintained his composure and was then seen attacking the Gujarat bowlers.
Will Jacques hit 10 sixes in the innings
Jacques completed his half-century in 31 balls against Gujarat Titans, then faced the next 10 balls and scored a century. Batting at a strike rate of 243.90, Will Jacks played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs with the help of 5 fours and 10 sixes in 41 balls.
Will Jacques also made a match-winning partnership of 165 runs with Virat Kohli. Today, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 70 runs for the team with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes in 44 balls.