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Bangalore: Chris Gayle hit 85 runs to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping 8-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Gayle's unbeaten 50-ball knock comprised of four 4s and nine 6s.
From the beginning of their innings, Gayle ensured Royal Challengers Bangalore remain in firm control of the run chase of 155 with frequent boundaries and sixes.
Gayle had formed crucial partnerships all throughout the RCB innings. He built 63-run partnership with skipper Virat Kohli for the second wicket and then put up a 83-run partnership for the third wicket with AB de Villiers.
De Villiers, on the other end, proved to be an apt partner for Gayle scoring 22 runs off 22 balls.
Laxmipathy Balaji had given Kolkata Knight Riders a ray of hope when he got rid of Kohli to a slower delivery. Kohli had scored 35 runs off 27 balls, with four 4s and two 6s.
Royal Challengers Bangalore received a blow early in their innings when they lost their opener Mayank Agarwal (6), who had edged a Ryan McLaren delivery to the wicket-keeper.
Earlier, disciplined bowling by Royal Challengers Bangalore in death overs restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 154/8.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir remained the top-scorer for the Knight Riders, making 59 runs off 46 balls.
RP Singh was the highest wicket-taker for Bangalore, taking 3 wickets for 27 runs.
Kolkata received an early blow to their innings when Manvinder Singh Bisla (1) was dismissed by Moises Henriques. Jacques Kallis and Gambhir then steadied Knight Riders, building a 51-run partnership for the second wicket.
Vinay Kumar struck to break the partnership and dismissed Kallis. Yusuf Pathan gave a cameo and hit a quick-fire 27 runs off 17 balls but Kumar struck again to get rid of the dangerous batsman.
Soon, Gambhir, Eoin Morgan and Manoj Tiwary fell in quick succession to leave the Knight Riders in a difficult position.
RCB's disciplined bowling restricted the Knight Riders' tailenders from scoring much in the last overs.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to bowl against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
RCB have made one change, KL Rahul comes in for Murali Kartik.
Kolkata Knight Riders made three changes to their line-up. Pradeep Sangwan replaces Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ryan McLaren is in for Brett Lee and Laxmipathy Balaji takes Shami Ahmed's place in the team.
Led by the energetic Virat Kohli, RCB trounced Hyderabad by 19 runs on Monday and the RCB skipper will be hoping that his men will not go haywire after making a good start, which was their story until the last IPL.
KKR, in contrast, have failed to capitalise on their good start having lost their last match to Rajasthan by 19 runs chasing a rather easy target of 145.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Lokesh Rahul, Arun Karthik (wk), Vinay Kumar, Jaidev Unadkat, RP Singh, Muttiah Muralitharan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder Bisla (wk), Gautam Gambhir (captain), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Eoin Morgan, Ryan McLaren, Rajat Bhatia, Pradeep Sangwan, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji
Brief scores
Kolkata Knight Riders 154 for 8 (Gambhir 59, RP 3-27)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 158 for 2 (Gayle 85*, Kohli 35)
Result Royal Challengers Bangalore won by eight wickets
Points Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
MOM Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
