Chris Gayle came to the party for Kings XI Punjab at PCA stadium against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, none of the batsmen succeeded in stitching a good partnership with him, which saw Royal Challengers Bangalore on the driver seat.
Initially, it was Virat Kohli, who won the toss, elected to bowl first. The big man of Punjab Chris Gayle got into his zone very quickly, where he smashed RCB bowlers to all corners of the park. However, then came the brilliant spell from Yuzvendra Chahal in the middle overs.
He tricked KL Rahul to dismiss as a stump-out and then bowled a peach of the delivery to Mayank Agarwal. A couple of wickets made Chris Gayle slow his innings once again. In between, Sarfaraz Khan looked like getting into his nick but failed to play the bouncer from Mohammed Siraj.
The wickets further tumbled when Moeen Ali trapped Sam Curran in front of the wicket. However, the stylish southpaw Chris Gayle hung in the middle to give a blistering finish for the team. He looked extraordinary in the middle by whacking those sixes for fun.
For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers with a couple of wickets. Apart from him, Moeen Ali and Navdeep Saini were decent enough with their overs.
In the end, the blitz from Chris Gayle and some handy runs from the lower-middle-order helped Kings XI Punjab to post 173 on the board. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to push themselves to chase the tally.
Here are a few tweets:
RCB players in Kings XI, Kings XI players in RCB. Must’ve been confusion and collisions while checking in to the dressing rooms ?
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 13, 2019
Imagine the RCB bowling without Chahal.
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 13, 2019
Yeah…#RCB should have used the DRS. But it was also a rather ordinary decision. Three Reds. Gayle.
To be fair…umpiring in the #MIvRR game was excellent. Credit where due. #IPL— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2019
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 13, 2019
Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli hug, that precious moment. ?❤
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 13, 2019
He’s quick this Navdeep Saini of RCB. Don’t remember the last time I saw an Indian pacer touch 150 km on the speed gun. @RCBTweets versus @lionsdenkxip
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) April 13, 2019
Why is Chris Gayle behaving like angry ex ? #KXIPvRCB #RCBvKXIP pic.twitter.com/Wzolwd79hq
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 13, 2019
RCB playing against KXIP tonight ? #RCBvKXIP #KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/UQ6aIxAiIK
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 13, 2019
When @imVkohli does a mistake I am like it happens in cricket.. when other players does I am like isko Liya hi q team me bc #KXIPvRCB #Kohli love forever
— Siddharth Jain ? (@dhadhkan13) April 13, 2019
Umesh to Kohli after that drop : This is not club level cricket.
Kohli after Umesh is hit for a six in that over : Exactly
*An RCB fan dies somewhere* #KXIPvRCB
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/Fancricket12/status/1117098132884426752
https://twitter.com/AR9284/status/1117098121337692166
Imagine reaction of Kohli if that catch has been dropped by other player, he would 've abused that player for sure #KXIPvRCB
— anaam. (@Aayan4910) April 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/akkupositive3/status/1117098429497241600
Unbelievable 50 by siraj #KXIPvRCB
— Sanil Desai (@Iker_Sanil) April 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/sagarshah87/status/1117098620858163200
#KXIPvRCB #CricbuzzHaveYourSay There was a galestorm in Pune around 6:30 pm, now there's a Gaylestorm in Mohali around 9:30 pm
— Shourya Pratap Singh (@S_P_S_4) April 13, 2019