RCB batter Virat Kohli, speaking at post-match presentation after getting Player of the Match award for his knock of 81(44) against GT, said Devdutt Padikkal's innings of 55(27) was the "clear difference". "You feel like Padikkal is not giving you a sniff in the game and yet he's scoring so freely," Kohli stated. RCB won the match by five wickets.