Chris Gayle falters as Royal Challengers Bangalore collapse against Kings XI Punjab – 2nd innings
The Royal Challengers Bangalore found themselves on the receiving end of an Adam Gilchrist special, as the Kings XI Punjab batsman blasted his way to a 106 runs off just 55 deliveries to take his side to a huge 232 run total in the first innings.
Yet with Chris Gayle leading their batting line up the Royal Challengers knew they were still in with a chance.
Gayle and Saurabh Tiwary made their way onto the pitch at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium looking to chase down what seemed to be an insurmountable total.
There was a collective gasp followed by a huge cheer from the Punjab fans when danger-man Gayle was dismissed by Ryan Harris for nought in the second over.
The wicket seemed to knock the wind right out of the Royal Challengers, who failed to recover from the loss of their star man, as Virat Kohli fell in the fourth over adding just 11 runs, giving Harris his second wicket of the match.
With two of the Royal Challengers’ major threats taken care of the Punjab bowlers focused their attention on the rest of the batsmen, as Tiwary fell just six deliveries later.
AB de Villiers, was the only batsman to surpass the 20 run mark, as he top scored for the Royal Challengers with his 34 run innings and by the time he was dismissed by Chawla in the 13th over three more wickets had already fallen.
Asad Pathan was dismissed by Valthaty. Mohammad Kaif and Arun Karthik were two more wickets Chawla added to his tally.
The Punjab fans were in full voice while their Bangalore counterparts did not seem too entertained or pleased with their Royal Challengers dismal display.
Van der Wath and Abhimanyu Mithun fell in quick succession for four and 10 runs respectively, as any chance of a miraculous late comeback disappeared.
It was game over when Srivastava took his second wicket of the match when his delivery crashed into the stumps and sent the bails flying to end the match on an emphatic note dismissing, Charl Langeveldt for eight runs.
Chawla was just as impressive with the ball, as Adam Gilchrist had been with the bat as the former took four wickets on the night that resulted in a crushing victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore by a margin of a 111 runs.
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