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Bangalore: Chris Gayle 117 off 57-ball while Mitchell Starc and Arvind picked up four wickets each to give Royal Challengers Bangalore a 138-runs over Kings XI Punjab at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.
Kings XI Punjab were off to a horrible start, losing wickets at the rate of knots. Manan Vohra was out in the first over itself, lobbing a catch to David Wiese at covers off Mitchell Starc.
Harshal Patel cleaned up Murali Vijay and Glenn Maxwell again failed to last more than five balls as Sreenath Aravind castled him. Maxwell has had a horrible IPL 2015 and things do not seem to getting better for him anytime soon. Glenn Maxwell: The fine thread between glory and fury
Wriddhiman Saha tried to get going but holed out to Virat Kohli at mid-wicket off Sreenath Aravind. Aravind did not finish there and dismissed David Miller in the very same over to reduce Kings XI Punjab to 34 for five at the end of six overs. Axar Patel and George Bailey tried to resurrect the innings but Aravind struck again to dismiss the Kings XI Punjab captain.
Mitchell Starc then returned to dismiss both Mitchell Johnson and Anureet Singh in the same over, Kings XI Punjab were reduced to tatters, losing eight wickets for just 48 runs on the board.
Starc though took his fourth wicket when he bowled Karanveer Singh. As many as seven Kings XI Punjab batsmen had their furniture disturbed. Updates: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab Match 40 at Bangalore
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a mammoth score of 226 for three in 20 overs, thanks to some belligerent hitting from Chris Gayle. He scored his fifth IPL ton, on his way to smashing 117 in just 57 balls, with seven fours and 12 sixes. He had given Kings XI Punjab a couple of chances but George Bailey and Manan Vohra dropped him on 27 and 53 respectively. Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab Match 40 at Bangalore
Kohli and Gayle added 119 runs for the opening wicket before Kings XI Punjab struck dismissing Kohli.
AB de Villiers came in and got going hitting an unbeaten 47 to give company to Gayle. Some cheeky shots from Sarfaraz Khan as well helped them post a huge total on board. Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for Kings XI Punjab taking two for 41 in his spell.
Brief scores
Bangalore - 226/3 (Gayle 117, AB de Villiers 47*, Kohli 32)
Kings XI Punjab - 88 (Patel 40*, Starc 4-15, Arvind 4-27)
Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 138 runs
Points - Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
MOM - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
