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Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore cruised to the top of the IPL 4 points table by inflicting a crushing eight-wicket defeat over Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
Chris Gayle has been the difference between Bangalore and Chennai. He played aggressively at the start, but when Kohli fell, anchored the chase perfectly. Then at the end hit the winning runs and capped it all off by getting back the Orange Cap from Shaun Marsh.
A dominant performance from RCB even as CSK tried their best to get back into the game.
After the early loss of AB de Villiers, Gayle and Kohli motor along to lead Bangalore's run chase. However, Kohli fell to Albie Morkel after scoring 31 runs of 29 balls.
Zaheer Khan, Sreenath Aravind and Daniel Vettori took two wickets each as Royal Challengers Bangalore restricted Chennai Super Kings to 128/8 despite an unbeaten 70 from MS Dhoni.
A heap of wickets at the start severely dented Chennai as Zaheer Khan bowled superbly.
Zaheer began the slide in the third over, eliciting a loose drive from Mike Hussey on to his stumps. It triggered a dramatic rot as CSK slumped to 23 for four at the end of the Powerplay - their top-order blown away through a combination of disciplined bowling and poor shot-selection.
The first pocket of resistance was provided by Wriddhiman Saha and Dhoni, who added 42 for the fifth wicket in 47 deliveries.
Wriddhiman (22, 30 balls, 1x4, 1x6) who won man-of-the-match award in the last game looked scratchy from the beginning as he wasted a lot of deliveries. There were only couple of significant scoring strokes from Wriddhiman - a square cut off Vettori's bowling and slog swept six off Gayle.
Wriddhiman should only blame himself for not capitalising on the start as he perished trying a cross batted heave off Virat Kohli's bowling.
But with Dwayne Bravo and Albie Morkel failing to contribute significantly lower down, it was entirely up to Dhoni to do the scoring.
The Indian captain began cautiously, but once he got his eye in, he treated a packed gathering to a feast of strokeplay. He first picked off Chris Gayle for two sixes, but saved his best for Mithun to give his bowlers something of a target to defend in the battle for the top slot.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Daniel vettori won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings.
Brief scores
Chennai Super Kings 128 for 8 (Dhoni 70*, Vettori 2-15)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 129 for 2 (Gayle 75*)
Results Royal Challengers Bangalore won by eight wickets
MOM Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Points Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
