Bengaluru: Gayle storm blew hard and fast at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday as Royal Challengers Bangalore dismantled Kings XI Punjab by 138 runs in their Indian Premier League encounter on Wednesday.
With the win the home side climbed to third in the table, jumping over Kolkata Kinght Riders due to their better net run rate.
The Champ is here ! @henrygayle @RCBTweets #IPL https://t.co/lqm8Ci3jhm
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George Bailey has won the toss and KXIP have elected to bowl.
Match 40. Kings XI Punjab win the toss and elect to field http://t.co/XjXT0rLHv6 #RCBvKXIP
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Check out: Points table
There's only one City of Good Times - Bangalore! #Challengers, RT & let's make it official! https://t.co/xPoPKk4BSU #UnitedByGoodTimes
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Here are the team line-ups
KXIP XI: M Vijay, M Vohra, G Maxwell, D Miller, G Bailey, W Saha, A Patel, M Johnson, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, K Singh
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RCB XI: C Gayle, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, M Singh, D Karthik, S Khan, D Wiese, M Starc, H Patel, Y Chahal, S Arvind
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The Karnataka man snared nearly half the top order as he removed Glen Maxwell, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller and George Bailey, latter three with their stumps uprooted, to etch out a hat-trick chance while Starc, after removing opener Manan Vohra, blazed through the lower order to bag a four wicket haul.Axar Patel (40) was the lone batsman to cross the 15-run mark.Evasive or Innovative ? AB can get runs anyway - @ABdeVilliers17 @RCBTweets #IPL https://t.co/D2vxhDt0yw
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Chris Gayle has brought up the third fastest IPL century in just 46 balls.
Chris Gayle now has 14 T20 hundreds in his career. Next best in T20s is just six by Brendon McCullum #RCBvsKXIP #IPL
Earlier, Gayle, who reached 3,000 runs in his IPL career on the day, smashed seven shots to the ropes and 12 over it, amassing a century just from his boundary hits. He was however reprieved when he was dropped by Bailey and Vohra on 27 and 53 respectively.
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Partners in crime and prime - @RCBTweets #IPL https://t.co/pFdIvOqJWY
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Disruption mid-air, No Six for @henrygayle on that one - RCBTweets #RCB #IPL https://t.co/0ST0G9nwQj
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Gayle plundered two more sixes off Karanveer Singh before bring up his ton in style with a four. He then he celebrated mimicking Cristiano Ronaldo’s signature ritual, as he took in the crowd’s adoration. AB de Villiers then joined the party with three consecutive sixes down the ground off.
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Check out: Six players to watch out for
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Karanveer before Gayle’s stay was ended by Axar taking a catch off his own bowling with RCB comfortably placed at 190/2.
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