Gayle, De Villiers won it easily for Bangalore
CHANDIGARH: Punjab make a challenging total with some good batting by Marsh and Hussey and late hard hitting by Azhar Mahmood.
At one stage they were looking right on top because of some excellent bowling by Awana. He took three initial wickets at reduced Bangalore to 25 for 3.But Gayle and De Villiers played with cool heads.
They were playing with so much ease that it was looking that they were playing slower than normal. Even then they added 131 runs at a rate of 10 runs per over and won the game very easily for Bangalore.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 166 for 5 (Gayle 87, de Villiers 52, Awana 4-34)
Kings XI Punjab 163 for 6 (Hussey 41, Mahmood 33*)
Vettori: Good win, very good chase by AB and Chris, they were quite confident in their chase. Power of Chris to turn the game around in a couple of overs.
Helps to win two in a row and gets the confidence up, hope to peak at the right time, want to get 8 or 9 wins to get to the playoffs.
Hussey: We were 10 runs light, the bowlers did a good job I thought, lot of positives to come, Mahmood came back well, Awana bowled well, Chawla did a good job too.
Gayle, man of the match: Ball came on to the bat, wanted to keep my cool, AB came on and played wonderfully, good win and looking to Rajasthan next. Yes, there should be some protection for the umpires and the fans in the stadium; you don’t want a loose ball hitting you. Thank god no-one got hit today.
