Brendon McCullum hit 72 and Ishan Kishan scored 39 as Gujarat found the chase too tough. He showed no mercy on the bowlers, dispatching them out of the park on two occasions besides hitting five fours as the visitors milked 35 runs from the final two overs.
Finch ended up falling for 19, while Dinesh Karthik could only add one run. It took a toll on him as he departed trying to accelerate. To make matters worse, McCullum was on his way back to the pavilion soon after as he was removed by Chahal for 72 off 44 balls, which included two boundaries and seven sixes. Meanwhile, the move of not buying one or two gun bowlers in the auction is coming back to haunt Lions and they have little resources to turn things around. Extras (lb-1, w-3) 4.
Gayle began the match on 9,997 runs and reached five figures in less than spectacular fashion with three singles.
Barring the win at the toss, nothing clicked for Raina and Co. on the field.
Chris Gayle was ably supported by his Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli from the other end.
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Once Gayle got to the milestone, there was no stopping him.
It was the last ball of the 8th over when Chris Gayle hit Ravindra Jadeja for a six towards the long0ff boundary while has was playing at 38 off 18 balls. The Kiwi batsman celebrated the 10th anniversary of the magnificent 158* he scored on the opening night of the Indian Premier League with a stroke-filled half-century; he reached fifty in style, depositing Negi into the stands behind square-leg.
Gayle and Kohli then fell for 77 (38) and 64 (50) respectively.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Capt), Tymal Mills, Aniket Chaudhary, Praveen Dubey, Billy Stanlake, AB de Viller, Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Sarfaraz Khan, Sreenath Arvind, Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sameuel Badree, Iqbal Abdulla, Travis Head, Shchjin Baby, Avesh Khan and Tabraiz Shamsi. However, McCullum's efforts were not enough to match those of the Royal Challengers Bangalore's top four, led by the burly Chris Gayle, as the visiting team cantered to a 21-run victory against Gujarat Lions at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium. When not writing or following cricket, he loves to read, eat and sleep.
A self-confessed cricket freak, Chinmay Jawalekar is a senior Writer with CricketCountry.
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