RCB vs PWI - M31 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

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Match Report:

Not since the inaugural game of the IPL in 2008 has an innings as brutal as what was depicted at the Chinnaswamy Stadium been experienced in the history of T20 and certainly not in the IPL. 

In that contest, six years ago, Kiwi Brendon McCullum, opening for KKR thrashed the RCB bowlers mercilessly to post 158. 

But on Tuesday evening, the terms ‘brutality’ or ‘pulverising’ lost their meaning and became understatements as Chris Gayle launched into the Pune Warriors India bowlers, cracking the fastest century in the history of T20 cricket, his 100 taking just 30 deliveries, as RCB, who posted a mammoth 263, carved out a huge 130-run victory at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday. 

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Virat Kohli and Aron Finch during toss of match 31 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Pune Warriors India held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 23rd April 2013
The carnage did not end there as the big West Indian was still not finished! 

Runs flowed as freely as like water from a broken pipe. Gayle chose his spots to deposit the ball, the bowler or the kind of bowler mattering little. Conceit and disdain are the apt words to use for the way Gayle treated the visitors, hammering 17 sixes, the highest number by any batsman in this format, and 13 fours, his unbeaten 175 coming in all of 66 deliveries. 

In all his hammering, the effort of Dilshan (33) and the 8-ball 30 from AB de Villiers were pushed well behind the lights. 

Chasing an improbable 264, PWI lost Robin Uthappa (0) in the very first over bowled by Murali Kartik. Finch (18) showed aggression smashing RP Singh for two boundaries before Ravi Rampaul had him caught by Kartik at mid-off. Wright (7) hit the first six for PWI dispatching Rampaul over long-off before perishing to Jaydev Unadkat. Unadkat then had Yuvraj Singh (16) caught by Kohli to leave PWI reeling at 42 for 4.

Steve Smith hit a couple boundaries in the 8th over as he and Marsh waged a lone fight. Smith (41) finally fell off Rampaul when he attempted to pull but found the man at the midwicket fence. Marsh (24) hit a six off Unadkat in the 15th over before Vinay Kumar messed his stumps. Gayle picked up two in the last over as PWI eventually fell 130 runs short.

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Chris Gayle acknowledges in hitting century during match 31 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Pune Warriors India held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 23rd April 2013
Man-of-the-match: Chris Gayle 

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore: 263 for 5 (Chris Gayle 175*, Ashok Dinda 2-48) defeated Pune Warriors India 133 for 9 (Steve Smith 41, Chris Gayle 2-5) by 130 runs. 

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Dr Vijay Mallya presenting special prize to Chris Gayle for creating new batting record in T20 during match 31 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Pune Warriors India held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 23rd April 2013
Stats Highlights:

263: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s total – highest ever in Twenty20 cricket. Previous highest was Sri Lanka’s 260 for six against Kenya at Johannesburg in 2007. Previous highest in an IPL game was Chennai Super Kings’ 246 for five against Rajasthan Royals in 2010.

175: Chris Gayle’s innings is the highest ever in all Twenty20 cricket, surpassing Brendon McCullum’s 158* for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008.

167: Runs added by Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan – highest opening partnership in IPL history. Mumbai Indians’ Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith had added 163 runs without being separated against Rajasthan Royals in 2012.

130: Victory margin for Royal Challengers Bangalore – second biggest in IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders had beaten Bangalore side by 140 runs in very first IPL game in 2008.

53: Number of balls taken by Gayle to race to his 150 - fastest in Twenty20 cricket.

30: Number of balls taken by Gayle to race to his hundred – fastest in Twenty20 cricket. Andrew Symonds held the previous record with a 34-ball hundred for Kent against Middlesex in Twenty20 Cup in 2004. Incidentally the previous fastest IPL hundred had come off Yusuf Pathan’s bat – off 37 balls – while playing for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians in 2010.

29: Runs conceded by Aaron Finch in his only over (eighth of the innings) - most expensive in IPL2013. The fifth over of the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s innings – bowled by Mitchell Marsh – produced 28 runs.

17: Sixes hit by Gayle are the most in an innings in a Twenty20 match. Graham Napier had hit 16 sixes for Essex vs Sussex in Twenty20 Cup in 2008. The previous record of most sixes in an IPL match was shared by Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle with 13 sixes.

15.5: Overs taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore to race to 200 – fastest in IPL history. Chennai Super Kings had taken 16.5 overs against Rajasthan Royals while scoring IPL’s previous highest total in 2010.

11: Number of hundreds scored by Chris Gayle in Twenty20 format – most by any batsman. David Warner and Brendon McCullum are distant second with five hundreds each.

7.5: Overs taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore to race to their hundred – fastest in IPL history. Royal Challengers Bangalore also held the previous record with 8.2 overs against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011.

7: Number of sixes conceded by Mitchell Marsh in the match – most by any bowler in an IPL match. James Hopes (in 2008), M Muralitharan (in 2010) and Ashish Nehra (in 2010) had conceded 6 sixes in a match.

4: Number of hundreds scored by Chris Gayle in IPL- most by any batsman. David Warner, Murali Vijay and Adam Gilchrist have hit two hundreds each.

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Chris Gayle bagged the maximum sixes award during match 31 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Pune Warriors India held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 23rd April 2013
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Chris Gayle bagged the Star Plus Nayi Soch award during match 31 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Pune Warriors India held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 23rd April 2013


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