Gayle pilots RCB to the fourth spot :

Gayle pilots RCB to the fourth spot

Chris Gayle has been the man for Bangalore. Without him, I wonder where they would be in the points table and he did it again for them today against Mumbai. A defeat today would surely have dented their chances of reaching the play-offs and he ensured that they faced no alarms with a trademark innings of 82 coming in just 59 balls. This is a different Gayle that we are seeing this year - he is prepared to wait, bide his time, watch out for the deadly bowlers, play safely against them and then unleash himself when well set. That's what happened today again - it all started with a full toss from Ojha which was dispatched with ease and then he just tore into the left-arm spinner as he clouted him for another couple of sixes.

That's when the game turned and eventually Bangalore cantered home on the back of clean ball striking from the Jamaican. This was Gayle's sixth fifty of the season and it shows how much they are dependent on the big man. After the game Gayle was in a jovial mood and said: 'It is in the process of being built' (when asked whether he needs a new house in Jamaica to keep his Man of the Match trophies). For his powerful innings, Gayle is the top performer of the day.

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Chris Gayle has been the man for Bangalore. Without him, I wonder where they would be in the points table and he did it again for them today against Mumbai. A defeat today would surely have dented their chances of reaching the play-offs and he ensured that they faced no alarms with a trademark innings of 82 coming in just 59 balls. This is a different Gayle that we are seeing this year - he is prepared to wait, bide his time, watch out for the deadly bowlers, play safely against them and then unleash himself when well set. That's what happened today again - it all started with a full toss from Ojha which was dispatched with ease and then he just tore into the left-arm spinner as he clouted him for another couple of sixes.

That's when the game turned and eventually Bangalore cantered home on the back of clean ball striking from the Jamaican. This was Gayle's sixth fifty of the season and it shows how much they are dependent on the big man. After the game Gayle was in a jovial mood and said: 'It is in the process of being built' (when asked whether he needs a new house in Jamaica to keep his Man of the Match trophies). For his powerful innings, Gayle is the top performer of the day.