Chris Gayle continues to torment opposition as RCB records crushing win over KTK: IPL-4 News
KTK 125/9 20 overs RCB 128/1 13.1 overs
West Indian batting sensation, Chris Gayle, continued to torment the opposition in the Indian Premier League as the flamboyant Jamaican delivered an all-round performance to help his team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) crush new comers Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803
(KTK) in a match played at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
Fresh from a scintillating hundred the former West Indian captain chipped in with fine figures of 1/26 from his 4 overs of spin before getting his team off to a rollicking start through a 16 ball 44 that included 3 fours and 5 mighty sixes.
Gayle’s belligerent knock at the top of the innings helped his team coast towards a paltry victory target of 126 runs after the visitors had struggled to make an impact in batting conditions.
Besides Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan the Sri Lankan captain chipped in with an unbeaten 52 off 31 balls as arguably the most destructive opening pair in the tournament gave a glimpse of their potential, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 steered his team home alongside Dilshan
with an impressive unbeaten knock of 27 off 33 balls.
Gayle was named Man of the Match for his brutal assault with the bat and his solid contribution with the ball, earlier the KTK failed to utilise a flying start to crumble to a paltry score.
Brendon McCullum and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Klinger-c76093 added 43 runs in less than 6 overs. However, their good work was wasted by fine bowling performance by the hosts who clawed their way back in the game to turn it into a lopsided encounter. Daniel Vettori and Sreenath
Aravind chipped in with 2 wickets each to rattle the opposition who had no answers to their guile and accuracy.
The KTK was not helped by a series of run outs also, captain Mahela Jayawardene was also one of the victims who ran himself out in an attempt of upping the tempo of the innings.
The top scorer for the losers was Klinger, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja scored 23 runs, however their effort was much less than required to set up a challenging total.
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