Bangalore: Chris Gayle hit another blistering century (107 off 49 balls) to help Royal Challengers Bangalore register an 85-win over the Kings XI Punjab in their IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday.
Earlier, Chris Gayle played one of the most destructive innings in Twenty20 cricket to single-handedly take Royal Challengers Bangalore to 205 for six.During his brutal innings which took his side to the second highest total of IPL 4, Gayle went past a flurry of records as he became the first player to score two centuries in the tournament's history after his 55-ball 102 against Kolkata Knight Riders in his first match this year.
Friday's sensational knock by Gayle which left the M A Chidambaram Stadium crowd spellbound was the fastest hundred in IPL 4, bettering Virender Sehwag's 48-ball ton against Deccan Chargers by two balls.
Gayle, however, was way behind Yusuf Pathan's record 37-ball hundred last year, the fastest century in the IPL history.
The nine sixes smashed by the West Indian on Friday was the most in IPL 4, two more than his own seven during his unbeaten 102 against Kolkata. Gayle, who played for Kolkata in the last two seasons, has now struck 21 sixes in the IPL, the highest the tournament's history, three more than Delhi captain Virender Sehwag's 18.
Out of Gayle's 107 on a spongy track on Friday, 94 came from fours and sixes, also the most in the IPL history.
Gayle was out in the 15th over bowled by Piyush Chawla as his pull shot landed into the hands of Ryan Harris at deep midwicket to the relief of KXIP players. RCB were 103 for one at the halfway mark and 154 for two when Gayle was out with the scoring rate over 10 runs per over.
The departure of the West Indian saw the scoring rate dip a bit with Virat Kohli (27) out in the second ball after the fall of Gayle.
Saurabh Tiwary (13) and Asad Pathan (0) fell in consecutive balls in the 18th over bowled by Harris who, however, failed to take a hat-trick of wickets. He though removed Mohammed Kaif (3) in the last over. A B de Villiers remained not out on 27.
Harris was the most successful KXIP bowler with 3/38 from his four overs while Chawla took 2/37 from his quota of four overs.
RCB openers Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan (16) kept quiet for the first three overs though both hit a four each in the first over bowled by Praveen Kumar.
Gayle launched himself with two sixes off Harris in the fourth over. Dilshan joined the party with two fours in the same over which yielded 21 runs.
Dilshan was, however, out in the next over holing out to Praveen Kumar while going for a big shot.
Gayle milked 22 runs from Praveen Kumar in the eighth over with two sixes and as many fours as he reached his fifty in just 28 balls.
The West Indian, who joined RCB midway into the IPL as replacement of injured Dirk Nannes after being overlooked by his Board for the home Pakistan series, greeted Chawla, who was introduced in the 10th over, with two sixes.
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