Indian Premier League 2015 - 5th Match
(Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata)
Gayle 96 guides wobbly RCB to win
| KKR | vs | RCB |
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| 177/6 (20) | 179/7 (19) | |
| RCB won by 3 wickets | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
Royal Challengers Bangalore kept losing wickets at one end. Chris Gayle kept hitting fours and sixes at the other. Even as Royal Challengers threatened to implode at 133 for 6 in a chase of 178, Gayle turned down a few singles and hit a few more sixes. Four short of a hundred, and with seven needed for victory, the man who prefers not to run ran himself out scrambling and diving for a rare second. Royal Challengers still got home with an over to spare, such had been the impact of Gayle's seven fours and seven sixes in his 96 off 56.
Gayle was put down twice; the first was a tough chance for Morne Morkel diving forward at deep square leg with Gayle on 33. The second was a much simpler catch for the same fielder at the same position with Gayle on 63. Yusuf Pathan was the bowler to suffer on both occasions.
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