Gayle does it again for Bangalore
Chris Gayle swung six sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot
Chris Gayle swung six sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Kanishkaa Balachandran
Presentation time:
Virat Kohli: "To beat them at home is a good feeling for us. I wasn't feeling too great when I was batting in the previous matches but my team-mates backed me."
Harbhajan: "We're not disappointed. We havve four games. RCB won a good toss, we were 15-20 runs short. If we had taken Gayle's we don't know what would have happened. We are a way better side than this."
Man of the Match Gayle gets the Orange Cap: "(The room for trophies) is in the process of being built! Good team effort today. We knew we had to see off Malinga. We were expecting two overs up front from him but he bowled three. Haven't hit the gym in the last few days. I will now."
Gym? Imagine how much more destructive he would be if he worked on those forearm exercises! He only needs to work on his running though.
That's it for today. Read the report here. Two games tomorrow. Cheers!
End of match: So RCB jump from 7th to 4th after this comprehensive win. It was a great toss to win in the end. The Bangalore bowlers silenced the Mumbai batsmen on a pitch which offered the seamers some bite. A target of 142 wasn't going to test a rampaging Gayle. De Villiers wasn't even required. We hope Gayle remains as destructive when he wears the maroon soon.
Speaking of colours, Gayle today took the Orange Cap.
Bala: "Excellent strategy this from RCB. Gayle settles in well before he takes off against the lesser bowlers in the middle overs where most of the teams are struggling to score."
Salim: "You cant blame Franklin for not perfoming well.He is not a professional opener.Its the management's fault or i must say the coaches are wrong...if sachin is not the captain..at least he should recommend bhajji to atleast play a genuine opener with him."
Chris Gayle swung six sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot