The powerful West Indies opening batsman reached the landmark during a brutal innings of 77 from only 38 balls in Royal Challengers Bangalore's Indian Premier League victory over Gujarat Lions. Gayle soon upped the ante with a couple of sixes and boundaries in the eighth over to take the score to 75 runs, with the second maximum nearly claimed brilliantly by Brendon McCullum at the deep but his hat had made contact with the rope. Both Kohli and Gayle burst into laughter after the question. "Hopefully, I can keep entertaining and get a few more thousand runs under my belt". Asked to bat first, RCB were powered by a century partnership between Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli to 213-2 - the highest total of the season.
- AB de Villiers scored 228 runs in three matches against GL previous year - the most by a player against an opposition team in a single season.
McCullum carried on to make 72 before he became Chahal's third victim in the bowler's final over; the Lions opener had struck two boundaries and seven sixes during his 44-ball stay at the crease. After Dhawal Kulkarni took the wicket of Kohli in the 15th over, Head was then joined by Kedar Jadhav, who contributed an even brisker 38 runs off 16 deliveries.
Meanwhile, last year's runners-up RCB have also been struggling, having lost four matches and won only one against Delhi Daredevils. He then hung in with Virat Kohli before launching a counter-attack when the spinners came on.
Chasing a target as gargantuan as 214 set by the Royal Challengers, McCullum not only had to fire on all cylinders but also required support from the other end.
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The duo helped Royal Challengers Bangalore reach the 50-run mark in 41 deliveries as they geared up to unleash the explosive power-hitting at their disposal.
Yeah Samuel Badree did remind me. "Our bowling giving too many runs".
The Suresh Raina-led side suffered a six-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians last night and they are now at seventh spot, just above bottom-placed RCB, at the league table.
The Gayle show was eventually over in the 13th over, with Basil Thampi - who continued his impressive performance, combining ideal yorkers with a variety of slower balls - trapping him in front of the wickets.
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