06/05Result
40th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 6 2015
RCB won by 138 runs
Player of the Match
Chris Gayle
Chris GayleRoyal Challengers Bengaluru
06/05Result
40th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 6 2015
RCB won by 138 runs
Player of the Match
Chris Gayle
Chris GayleRoyal Challengers Bengaluru

Match Day

2610dNagraj Gollapudi in Bangalore

Marauding Gayle stumps Kings XI

Stirring. Racy. And seemingly easy. Chris Gayle's 117 off 57 balls - the fastest century of this IPL - floored Kings XI Punjab. Here are five takeaways from his innings

3107dArun Venugopal

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Plays of the Day from the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab

2610dNagraj Gollapudi

Ten minutes of Maxwell v Johnson

Spontaneous? Deliberate? Outrageous?  Mad? Glenn Maxwell does not care what you think, or what Mitchell Johnson bowls

Crumbling in the Powerplay

5

Number of KXIP wickets that fell in the Powerplay, the most this IPL and the second-most in any IPL season.

A Rare Event

2

Number of times in T20 history that a target of more than 225 has been successfully chased down.

Going for it early

2

Instances of RCB scoring 100+ runs inside 10 overs this IPL. No other team has done it more than once.

A Liking for Kings

7

Number of 50+ scores for Chris Gayle against KXIP, the most by any batsman against a single opposition in all T20 cricket.

Out of the Park

4

Instances of a player hitting 12 or more sixes in an IPL innings, 3 of those by Chris Gayle. He hit 12 today.

Thrifty

119

Dot balls bowled by Sandeep Sharma in the 2015 IPL, more than any other bowler.

Leader by far

14

Hundreds scored by Chris Gayle in T20 cricket. The second-most is 6, by Brendon McCullum.

Feeling at Home

1500+

T20 Runs scored by Chris Gayle at the Chinnaswamy stadium. He is the only batsman to score 1500+ runs at a single venue.

Maximizing the Powerplay

68

Runs scored by RCB in the Powerplay, their highest this season and third-highest for any season.

Feeling Small

20

Runs scored by Chris Gayle off Mitchell Johnson's first over, the most by any batsman off Johnson in T20 cricket.