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- Chris Gayle stood like a Colossus and guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to the highest total in Twenty20 history, and victory. (File photo)
It was sheer mayhem at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on
Tuesday. Smashing the fastest century in the history of the game off just 30
balls, Chris Gayle stood like a Colossus and guided Royal Challengers Bangalore
to the highest total in Twenty20 history.
Morally shattered by Gayle’s onslaught, Pune Warriors, chasing Bangalore’s
mammoth 263 for 5, could muster only 133 for nine and crashed to a 130-run
defeat.
In the end, Gayle trudged back unbeaten with 175 runs off just 66 balls with
13 boundaries and 17 sixes. This whirlwind knock transformed Pune fielders into
mere spectators and as one placard rightly said: “When Gayle is in action, he
transforms fielders into spectators and spectators into fielders.” Most of
Gayle’s shots crashed into the crowd and some even hit the roof of the stadium,
cracking the asbestos.
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