Chris Gayle took the game away from us, admits Gautam Gambhir – Cricket News Update
Having lost the 12th match of the sixth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 took
the game away from the visitors.
The home team won the toss and opted to bowl first on a track that was expected to assist the seamers in the initial overs. The captain led from the front and scored a timely half-century; however, the middle-order batsmen failed to
deliver the goods under pressure and KKR managed just 154 in their allotted 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
The score did not turn out to be enough for a strong RCB batting line-up. The destructive left-hander from Caribbean scored an unbeaten 85 off merely 50 balls with the help of four boundaries nine massive hits out of the park and was
rightly named as the Player of the Match.
While expressing his views after the match, Gambhir admitted that his team should have scored 15 to 20 runs more than what they eventually achieved. When asked about his verbal spat with Kohli on the field, Gambhir said that it is a
part of the sport and everything is good off the field.
"It happens in the heat of the moment. We dont need to carry it off the field. It is a tough sport, no love lost. All credit to Chris, he took the game away from us. You have to get 160-170 here when you bat first. It is not like Kolkata
or other venues where 140 is fine," said the left-handed opener.
Kohli also expressed similar emotions about the incident. The stylish right-handed batsman is impressed by the performance of Gayle and said that when the left-hander is in a defensive mode in the beginning of his innings in T20 cricket,
it is always an alarming sign for the opposition.
The RCB captain mentioned, "Its done, what is done on the field is done [his spat with Gambhir]. Great game for us. When you know Gayle is leaving the ball, the opposition has to be more worried than when he is hitting it."
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