Dropping Chris Gayle is a cardinal sin as David Miller may have realised. Kings XI Punjab were again struck by a ‘Gayle Storm’ as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) posted 158 for five at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Gayle, dropped on 39 by substitute Miller, went on to smash 71 off 42 balls. His 119-run second-wicket stand with Virat Kohli helped RCB cross the 150-run mark, which appeared tough at one stage.
Punjab were in control till the ninth over. Bangalore had progressed to just 49 for one — they had lost Mayank Agarwal in the second over.
The Punjab quicks bowled a tight spell. Praveen Kumar gave away just eight runs in four overs. Even Chris Gayle had laboured to just 21 off 19 balls.
Finally, the real Gayle showed up in the 10th over as he tore apart Piyush Chawla, Parvinder Awana and Abhishek Nayar.
Azhar Mahmood got rid of Gayle, this time Miller made no mistake as he judged the catch at mid-wicket. RCB could add just 32 off the next 28 balls.
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore: M Agarwal b Harris 7, C Gayle c sub (Miller) b Mahmood 71, V Kohli b Chawla 45, AB de Villiers c Chawla b Mahmood 17, A McDonald c Saini b Mahmood 9, A Pathan not out 2, S Tiwary not out 1; Extras: (B1, W5) 6
Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 158
FoW: 1-7, 2-126, 3-134, 4-154, 5-155
Bowling: P Kumar 4-0-8-0, R Harris 2-0-21-1, P Awana 4-0-48-0 (W2),
A Mahmood 4-0-20-3 (W1), P Chawla 3-0-35-1 (W1), A Nayar 1-0-16-0,
D Hussey 2-0-9-0
Royal Challengers Bangalore: M Agarwal b Harris 7, C Gayle c sub (Miller) b Mahmood 71, V Kohli b Chawla 45, AB de Villiers c Chawla b Mahmood 17, A McDonald c Saini b Mahmood 9, A Pathan not out 2, S Tiwary not out 1; Extras: (B1, W5) 6
Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 158
FoW: 1-7, 2-126, 3-134, 4-154, 5-155
Bowling: P Kumar 4-0-8-0, R Harris 2-0-21-1, P Awana 4-0-48-0 (W2),
A Mahmood 4-0-20-3 (W1), P Chawla 3-0-35-1 (W1), A Nayar 1-0-16-0,
D Hussey 2-0-9-0
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