IPL 2015: Match 5 - KKR vs RCB

Chris Gayle STATBYTE: First 28 balls: 34 runs Last 28 balls: 62 runs
— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) April 11, 2015

RCB win by 3 wickets!

This has been one of Chris Gayle’s most uncharacteristic and best T20 innings. #IPL #KKRvRCB #KKR #RCB
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) April 11, 2015

Morkel just dropped the Wor.. err.. trans-Odisha Cup #KKRvRCB
— Nayyar Abdul Rasheed (@nayyarasheed) April 11, 2015

First AB de Villiers and now Morne Morkel drops catch. South Africans haven't learnt from the fielding mistakes in WC Semi Final yet...#IPL
— Mazher Arshad (@cricket_U) April 11, 2015

Abbott run out. RCB 133/6.

Gayle's going solo! Back to back sixes in this over and dropped off the last ball, #RCB 132/5 in 16 overs #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

Gayle smacks that to Morkel. Morkel spills it. Yusuf could've got a great wicket right there! #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

Gayle dropped by Morkel in the deep. That could be costly! 46 required off 24.

And Yusuf gets launched for another 6! #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

Yusuf Pathan (2/27) into his 4th over. Gayle shifts weight to back foot and bludgeons.

59 off 30 required. Nothing difficult if Gayle stays and has company for the full 5 overs.

Sean Abbott in at No. 7.

The KKR spin strangle takes hold as Shakib stumps Sammy. RCB 119 for 5 http://t.co/qpLPFD0w6D
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 11, 2015

Sammy departs. Stumped by Uthappa. Sharp piece of work.

Shakib al Hasan to Gayle. KKR clearly relying a lot on spinners to check Gayle's run flow.

21st Fifty-plus score by Chris Gayle in IPLs, the most by any non-Indian batsman in this competition. Next is David Warner (19). #IPL
— Mazher Arshad (@cricket_U) April 11, 2015

RCB now at 117/4 off 14 overs! #KKR #Go4More
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

#IPL: Chris Gayle slams his 17th fifty off 37 balls. #RCB 114/4 (13.2 overs) vs #KKR 177/6 http://t.co/3VQ1kl3vsh
— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) April 11, 2015

A full toss and then a short alf tracker. KKR bowling Gayle into form. #KKRvRCB #IPL8
— The Furred Umpire (@TheFurredUmpire) April 11, 2015

Gayle brings up his 50, off 37 balls.

Narine to Gayle. It's make or break this.

Chris Gayle's still going strong at the other end though, he's batting with Darren Sammy now #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

Two Karnataka players playing for #KKR (Robin Uthappa & KC Cariappa) were be involved in #RCB's AB de Villiers' dismissal! #KKRvRCB #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 11, 2015

Well done, Cariappa. To go up against Gayle and AB on debut is about as tough as it gets. Outstanding comeback, young man.
— Shamya Dasgupta (@shamyad) April 11, 2015

How is that! Cariappa has AB de Villiers as his first IPL wicket. RCB 93 for 4 http://t.co/qpLPFD0w6D
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 11, 2015

Keep Calm and Cariappa. #IPL
— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) April 11, 2015

Our mystery spinner finally strikes. De Villiers departs back to the pavilion! #KKR #Go4More
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

#RCB 66/3 at the end of 9 overs. Gayle and AB in the middle with 112 runs to knock off in 11 overs #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

Believe in @ABdeVilliers17 #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

Yusuf Pathan the unlikely star with the ball. RCB 61/3 after 8.2 overs.

Eden Gardens crowd on feet! Ab de Villiers and Chris Gayle on crease. Electric atmosphere.

Six for Mandeep Singh to start but he's bowled trying a reverse sweep off the next ball. #RCB 56/3 #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

Yusuf cleans up Dinesh Karthik! Guess he is today's mystery spinner! ;) #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

Chris Gayle now first man to reach 7000 runs in T20 history! #KKRvRCB #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 11, 2015

61112 at the Eden Gardens roar as Kohli walks back. The ploy to give Morne Morkel a third over has worked. RCB 29/1 after 4.5 #IPL #RCBvKKR
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 11, 2015

First signs of KC Cariappa the mystery spinner. Very similar to Narine before he was banned. Same action, but much quicker #IPL #RCBvKKR #CB
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 11, 2015

KC Kathakali-appa. Slow motion of this bowling action required to grasp the finer moves of this 'mystery' spinner #KKRvRCB
— Nayyar Abdul Rasheed (@nayyarasheed) April 11, 2015

Gayle goes hammer and tongs for 5 balls, then a single off the last one to keep strike. #RCB 41/1 in 6 overs #PlayBold #KKRvRCB #PepsiIPL
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

On comes mystery bowler KC Cariappa. Gayle makes space and heaves. 0 6 0 4

. @DineshKarthik walks in to bat on his #RCB debut On the other end, @henrygayle who hit 102 on his #RCB debut at Eden Gardens #PlayBold
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 11, 2015

MORKEL STRIKES! Kohli departs for 13! Robbie pouches that! #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

And Kohli's gone!

Gayle puts that away, over Morne's head for four! Morne must bounce back! #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

Morkel back for a 3rd over, and the Gayle-storm might just have hit.

Kohli and Gayle play out 4 overs from Morkel and Narine without too much trouble.

RCB now at 18/0 at the end of 3 overs! #KKR #Go4More
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015

That ferocious pull from Kohli. You almost imagine the ball looked like some journalist to him, the way he smashed it. #KKRvRCB #IPL88
— The Furred Umpire (@TheFurredUmpire) April 11, 2015

Kohli hits first 6 of the innings off Morkel in the 3rd over.

@SunilPNarine74 with the new ball. To Gayle. Let's see the face-off between the two Windies countrymen! #Go4More #KKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 11, 2015