Chris Gayle Incerdible Inning In IPL 2015

Chris Gayle In IPL 2015

Chris Gayle's 57-ball 117 propelled Royal Challengers to 226 before S Aravind and Mitchell Starc snuffed out Kings XI Punjab's pursuit inside 14 overs. Save for a belated cameo from Axar Patel, there was flimsy resistance from the visitors as they folded up 138 runs short. The defeat all but ended Kings XI's chances of making the playoffs.

George Bailey’s Kings XI side were outclassed with bat and ball in succumbing to a crushing 138-run defeat – the second heaviest margin in the tournament’s history – after being bowled out for 88. Sreenath Aravind and Mitchell Starc did the damage for RCB with four wickets each.

His opening partner, Virat Kohli, was content to play second fiddle for much of an opening stand of 119, though the RCB captain occasionally cut loose in a 30-ball knock of 32 that was brought to an end in the 12th over when he was bowled by a well-directed yorker from Sandeep Sharma, the pick of Kings XI’s weary bowling attack.

AB de Villiers helped Gayle maintain the innings’ momentum but the Jamaican remained the star turn, bringing up his century – his fifth in the IPL – in the 14th over.

Thereafter it was a case of cruising from one milestone to another. Gayle became the first overseas player to score 3000 runs in the IPL, half of which have come at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. By bringing up his 14th century - the most in T20 cricket - in 46 balls, he also completed the fastest hundred of IPL 2015.