Chris Gayle hammered a whirlwind 102 not out to power Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a nine wicket victory over hosts Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens here this evening.
Batting first, Kolkata made an impressive 171 for five in their allotted twenty overs, with skipper Gautam Gambhir topscoring with 48. Opener Jacques Kallis made 40 and Yusuf Pathan contributed 46.
In response, the visitors made 175 for one in 18.1 overs to romp home with eleven balls to spare.
Apart from Gayle, who literally took the wind out of KKR's sails with his amazing knock, opener Tillakeratne Dilshan made 38 while Virat Kohli remained unbeaten with 30.
Gayle's unbeaten 102 came off 55 balls and was studded with ten fours and as many as seven sixes.
For KKR, Balaji took one for 43 while Aravind took two for 37 for RCB.
This was RCB's second victory in the current edition of the IPL Twenty-20 tournament. Gayle, who was dropped by KKR in this season and was not picked by any of the teams in the auction, was playing his first match of the tournament after he replaced injured Australian pace bowler Derek Nannes. He and Dilshan put on 123 runs for the first wicket that virtually settled the issue in favour of Bangalore today.
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