Daniel Vettori terms Chris Gaye as key factor in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s success in IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were at the bottom of the points table at one stage in the ongoing Indian Premier League, are currently sitting at the top position in the standings and the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 as the key man
who turned the table around for his team.
The Challengers secured the top slot after beating defending champions, Chennai Super Kings, comfortably by eight wickets in the 69th game of the season on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
After electing to field first, Vettori and company restricted the Super Kings to a paltry 128. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 was the only batsman who showed some resistance and hit a thrilling, unbeaten 70 with help of three boundaries and six sixes.
In response, the dazzling West Indian opener, Gayle, smashed an aggressive unbeaten innings of 75 runs and led his side to a comprehensive victory over CSK.
With 511 runs in nine matches, Gayle is currently the highest run-getter in the ongoing competition.
Expressing complete satisfaction over the performance of Gayle and his team, Vettori said, "Gayle has been responsible for the turnaround, he has been outstanding. Our fielding and bowling has been good as well, especially Zaheer. With Dilshan leaving we
had to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Aravind-c46347 and Mithun did well."
Meanwhile, Gayle, who was ruled out of the national team in the recent ODI and Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, described that he has been enjoying his scorching form in the current season of the Twenty20 league.
Enormously delighted over his good run in the tournament, Gayle stated, "This has been one of the longest runs I have ever had, in terms of consistency. The team has been tremendous, the fans as well. All the support has been great. You need to have the
courage to go out there to get the job done; it is God`s gift so I am thankful."
The Challengers are now due to meet Super Kings once again in the 1st qualifier on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 and Gayle aimed to continue the good work in the next game.
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