Chris Gayle blasted a sixth IPL hundred, and a first for Kings XI Punjab as they inflicted a first defeat on Sunrisers Hyderabad in this year’s tournament with a 15-run win in Mohali, on Thursday.
Gayle (unbeaten 104) smashed as many as 11 sixes, to only one boundary, in his staggering 63-ball knock, continuing his fine individual form following a fifty on his Kings XI debut against the Chennai Super Kings on S🔥unday.
Chasing 194, Sunrisers never came close to challenging for a fourth win in four, lacking the type of explosive hitting of Gayle’s at the top of the order. Captain Kane Williamson cracked 54 from 41 balls, but big-hitting Shikhar Dhawan had to retire hurt after taking a painful blow on the elbow, and Sunrisers slipped too far behind the required rate.
Needing a massive 85 from the final six overs, the skipper’s hand was forced and he perished in Andrew Tye’s next over when looking for the big shot over long-off, only to hole out.
Tye claimed a further scalp in Deepak Hooda to return impressive figures of 2-23 from his four overs and, while Manish Pandey (57 not-out off 42) reached fifty and Shakib Al Hasan (24 not out off 12) cracked a couple of sixes, Sunrisers never threatened Kings XI’s total in the closing overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the Chris Gayle show:
Yeaaaahhhh boy 💯 👑🔥🔥🔥
— Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (@Danni_Wyatt)
WHAT A KNOCK 🔥
— Jason Roy (@JasonRoy20)
Wow wee , I think you like playing for a different shade of red… @lionsdenkxip
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Gayle Storm is Back !! 💫Great entertainment provided🐷 by to the packed crowd at Mohali. Well Done @lionsdenkxip on the win
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
Don’t know about Universal Boss, but Chris Gayl🎐e is certainly fantasy league boss.
— Jamie Alter 🇮🇳 (@alter_jamie)
Gayle storm it 𓂃is, never seen Rashid Khan been clobbered like this. Chris Gayle is a man on a mission. Delight to watch this @lionsdenkxip
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Viru saved the IPL by picking me—Christopher Henry Gayle �ও�🙏🙈
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Yes my brotherrrrrr!!!! You ah bat out the ✅world!! Remember I said itﷺ first ah bat…
— Dwayne DJ Bravo (@DJBravo47)
Well pla꧑yed this is a very very special knock. Exceptional batting. Really played like the universe boss!💖
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
A magnificent century from Chris Gayle powers ♌KXIP to 193/3 in their 20🎉 overs.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
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Finall🎃y a batsman has taken Rashid khan to the cleaners. Had to be . Monster Hitting from the Universe Boss. Gayle Storm at Mohali
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
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Chris Gayle is giving this crowd at Mohali a treat. His new franchise home and they are showing him t🗹he love. His 6th century. WOW. Still box office the Unive꧋rse Boss. 💪💪💪.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
. is questioning all the franchise owners… proving why is called universe boss! 🤙🏽
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Meanwhile Preity Zinta's Reaction To People Who Were Laughing At Her When She Choose To Buy Unsold Chris Gayle.
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
Roaring 🦁 in Mohali. And to thi🃏nk we nearly lost him from the Nice one @lionsdenkxip for not letting him go! �💎�🔥🔥🔥
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Champagne 🥂 batting from C.Gayle 💯 0ff 58 balls 👏
6th 💯 👍
Great call by boys in the on 📺— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist)
This is incredible to watch ….
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Hail to the king.. !!! #21 …!! .. brilliant quote … !!…
— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55)
RCB not retained KL Rahul…. he scored fastest fifty of the IPL.
RCB not retained Gayle… he scored a fifty and a centuw in just 2 matches.
RCB retained Sarfaraz and bought McCullum…. they are sitting on the bench.
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s)
