IPL 4 Match 50: Kochi Tuskers Kerala Done in by RCB Bowling, Chris Gayle's 37-Run-Over

The Royal Challengers Bangalore changed colours but not their style. The team on the rise brushed past the Kochi Tuskers Kerala as if they were light as a feather.

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Chris Gayle does not know what it is to pause, stop and think. Instead rampage is his way of attack and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala would not have expected to get so much attention on a day they lost rather poorly as Tillekeratne Dilshan gave off a final lung burst before his departure.

Of course, the fact that Royal Challengers Bangalore were chasing only 126 runs for victory can be attributed to bit of indisciplined batting from the KTK team and good bowling on the part of the hosts in Bengaluru.

The Kochi Tuskers Kerala team started reasonably well with Michael Klinger and Brendon McCullum but the IPL team flattered to deceive, losing their way after forty-three overs for no loss. The RCB captain, Daniel Vettori, and Sreenath Arvind picked up two wickets apiece in the mayhem that saw KTK slump from forty-three for one to five down for eighty-nine. But it was a day when all the Royal Challengers Bangalore did really well and their fielding would not let up to give Kochi any respite.

Chris Gayle may not have outscored his opening partner, Tillekeratne Dilshan, on the day. However, Gayle certainly made IPL history once more for the most numbers of runs in an over, thirty-seven in all to be precise. And they all came off the bowling of Kochi's find, Prasanth Parameswaram, who was the toast of the last match. Four sixes and two fours later, Gayle had already made history with thirty-seven runs off the single over and his tally for the match at forty-four runs.

With Dilshan finally striking gold to score a brilliant half century, the Royal Challengers Bangalore made light of the Kochi team, winning the match eventually by nine wickets and almost leaving seven overs unused.