IPL8 - Chris Gayle delivers the killer punch to KKR with his 56 ball 96 runs

#IPL8 #KKRvsRCB #EdenGardens #KKR #RCB #GautamGambhir It was a sad Saturday evening for Gautam Gambhir and KKR at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, because, having put up an imposing total of 177 runs on the scoreboard for RCB to chase down, he must have been sitting pretty counting on his team of five spinners to spin their magical webs to ensure that RCB does not reach the target.
But, Gautam Gambhir had not reckoned with the devastating force of Chris Gayle, the opener of RCB, who overturned the KKR applecart with one over to spare. He fell 4 runs short of a three figure mark and, in scoring his 96 runs, he struck seven boundaries and an equal number of sixes.
Incidentally, Chris Gayle was dropped by Morne Morkel while on 63 and the total on 131 for five and that was a costly miss. In T-20, catches and half chances must be gobbled up else, there is only disappointment and repenting. There is no use crying over spilt milk.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 11 April 2015.

Gautam Gambhir scored 58 runs off 46 balls (7x4, 1x6) and Robin Uthappa (35 from 28 balls; 4x4) – that gave them a good start with an 81-run opening partnership. However, their players failed to capitalize on that sort of a start mostly because of poor batting between 11-15 overs. In the final analysis, it appeared that they fell short of at least 15 runs. On hindsight, a score nearer to 200 would have been more competitive.

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