After losing the match to Gujarat Titans, Captain Faf Du Plessis of Royal Challengers Bangalore said that a lack of runs from the middle order, wickets in the middle overs, an inability to finish the games well, and a lack of good hitters down the order contributed to the team's exit from the league. The century of Shubman Gill outshined the classic knock of 101 runs of Virat Kohli to help GT beat RCB by 6 wickets in their Indian Premier League 2023 match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

At the post-match presentation, Du Plessis said, "Very disappointed. We played a really strong team tonight, with an amazing hundred from Shubman. It was really wet in the second inning. It was wet in the first innings as well, but there was not a lot of grip in the second innings, and we also had to change the ball quite a few times during the second innings. Virat played an unbelievable knock to give us a chance and thought that was a good score, but Shubman played incredibly well to take the game away from us."

He further said, "From a batting perspective, the top four contributed really well. We missed a few runs from the middle order consistently throughout the season, especially in the back end of the innings, and also in the middle overs, perhaps not getting as many wickets as we would have liked. Kohli played really good cricket throughout the season, and as a partnership, there was probably not a single game where we had anything under 40 as an opening combination. We need to improve on finishing games well, especially on the back end. Last year, DK had a purple patch and was finishing games left, right, and centre, but this season it was not to be. And if you see the teams that succeed, they have some good hitters at five, six, probably six, and seven."

Du Plessis also had a memorable IPL 2023 with the bat, scoring 730 runs in 14 matches at an average of 56.15 and 153.68. He also scored eight half-centuries this season, with the best of 84.