Gilchrist, Marsh savage RCB:
It took a long time.
Butwhen a long-expected knock came blazing right off the bat of AdamGilchrist, the Royal Challengers Bangalore boilers must have felt likeit was about of their colleagues must have felt when Chris Gayle was hisway.
As if the man of the match Gilchrist had reserved his whirlwind century for large, must win a couple like this.
Heunleashed an array of strokes, and his record 206-Run Stand with SeanMarsh assured that the Kings XI Punjab batted out of the tournamenttable-topper and inflicted a crushing 111-Run defeat.
On Tuesday, the "law of great numbers" has been at play for both Gilchrist and Gail. As Gilchrist finally got a big, Gail finally fell cheaply. Gilchrist played the old magic to raise the Kings` Tally to 232 for two, the highest in the IPL-IV.
Gail can not
When RCB openers came out to do battle, he, Kings bowlers just do not let them. Gayle,after facing seven dot balls disappeared without scoring in the secondover and skipper Virat Koli followed in the fourth.
Chase was good and genuinely with. For the second successive match, Piyush Chawla collected four wickets after batting cream back in the dugout.
Holding centrestage
Itwas evening when the Kings` leading performers Gilchrist and Marsh tookcentrestage and decrease of throw opponents out of Bangalore in minorroles.
Two left the Australians to save theking on the proper track after coming together at 25 for one when PaulValthaty set the pace.
This was followed by a high partnership in T20 cricket, with Gilchrist falls on the penultimate delivery innings.
March`s unbeaten 79 was another mark of his hit-making ability, even on a day when all this was, "Gilchrist Show" way.
Cruel blow
IfGilchrist was at his brutal best, hitting nine sixes - including threein a row with Charles Langeveldt - and eight boundaries, Marsh made hispresence felt with five sixes and seven boundaries. Inthe innings that saw 11 overs produced 10 runs over, Marsh went after amid-pacer, Johan van der Wath and press 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 in the 15 thover.
Gilchrist producing one of the almost savage beating seen in the IPL.
Althoughthe attack was without RCB Zaheer Khan to the earth with shortboundaries, no mention shall be remote from the effect of Gilchrist.
GilchristMarsh partnership really has developed from the 7th to postPowerPlay produced only 30 runs on the wicket Valthaty`s.
The following six overs raised the account to 125 and a number of 200 plus looked pretty much can.
Gilchrist and Marsh kept hitting wise to find gaps and a circle with astonishing consistency as an attack RCB split.
Inthe end of the innings, only 13 and 17 overs, bowled S. Aravind,A. Mithun, has released seven and eight runs to give a sequence oflarge frame through the innings.
Such was the authority of the two left-handers on this day.
Scoreboard
KingsXI Punjab: P. Valthaty with Tiwari b Langeveldt 20 (17b, 24, 16), A.Gilchrist with Gayle Langeveldt B 106 (55B, 84, 96), S. Marsh (notout) 79 (49b, 74, 56 ), D. Hussey (not out) 0 (1, b); Extras (B-7, b-14, W-4, NB-2): 27 Total (for two wkts in 20 overs): 232 ..
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 231.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Van der Wath 4-50, Langeveldt 4-48-2, Gayle 4-35, Aravind 4-36, Mithun 4-0 - 29 - 0, Coley 1-13.
RoyalChallengers Bangalore: S. Gail with Gilchrist b Harris 0 (7, b), S.Tiwary with D. Hussey b Srivastava 6 (11B, 14), B. Coley with Karthik bHarris 11 (11B, 24), A. AB de Villiers with Gilchrist b Chawla 34 (27V, 34, 16), Asad Pathan with D. Hussey b Valthaty 7 (4 lb), M. Kaif st. Gilchrist b Chawla 15 (11B, 34), KB ArunKarthik b Chawla 6 (6b, 14), J. van der Waath LBW b Chawla 4 (5b), A.Mithun with D. Hussey b Harris 10 (7b, 16), C. Langeveldt b Srivastava 8(8b, 16 ), S. Aravind (not out) 11 (5, b, 24); Extras (B-4, b-1, W-4): 9 Total (17 overs): 121.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-17, 3-34, 4-43, 5-72, 6-88, 7-89, 8-95, 9-103.
Kings XI Punjab bowling: Praveen 3-1-11, Harris 3-38-3, Srivastava 3-30-2, Valthaty 4-30-1, Chawla 4-17-4.
Man-of-the-match: Adam Gilchrist
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