WHILE some PEOPLE A worry bout who a show gayle

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yuh logic weak...

What bettah side haffi duh wid one man batting exploits..

unless yuh arguing dat him need to bat even better fi WI since dem weakah dan him IPL side..

Bettah yuh stap digging...

nuh bady not diggin

common sense tells u if u in a weak side u gonna be more cautions in this case ur batting, unlike when u in a stronger team u can be a bit more free, knowing that other top bats men are around u

also it is well know if u inna a team wid high performers ur game is gonna lif(ricardo fuller for example), why u think the english n d other european soccer leagues are so good???

i can go on n on n on

What bettah side haffi duh wid one man batting exploits
if u cant figure dat out, u fi stop watch sports

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what a piece ah destructive batting, di man deh pan fiyah.

At the start of Prasanth Parameswaran's over, if you had stopped him and said he was going to do worse than concede six sixes, he would have laughed it off. After all, he was a man who had stared Virender Sehwag in the face and nailed him in his first IPL over. Today was a different day, though.

Parameswaran chugged in and delivered a length ball first up, and Gayle carved it over point for a six. Parameswaran did not flinch; Sehwag had done likewise the other day before perishing. Today, Parameswaran's second ball was a slower ball. Bad idea. Worse, it was a no-ball. Gayle slashed him for six more. The free-hit was thumped through midwicket. The next ball was thundered through the covers. By now, Parameswaran was clearly rattled, and he ran in robotically to delivery two more length balls. Six over cover, followed by a shimmy down the track and a 91 metre six over long-off. The last ball was a high full toss, and Gayle inside-edged for four more. The over had gone for 37, and Parameswaran had a story his grandchildren would ask him to relate years from now. Kochi, meanwhile were looking for an early flight out. Dilshan ensured they would have enough time to beat the Bangalore traffic and make it to the airport in time.

[Muadib]

Suh if him suh cautious how him mek suh much ducks !

If dat is cautions mi nuh waan si cayliss !!

lol !!

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Powerful Bangalore outclass Rajasthan

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Royal Challengers Bangalore 151 for 1 (Gayle 70*) beat Rajasthan Royals 146 for 6 (Dravid 37, Watson 34, Aravind 3-34) by nine wickets

For the second successive match, Rajasthan Royals played on a true surface that did not suit them, and yet again, they were outclassed by a side that was clearly superior in all departments. Their batsmen, used to modest chases on sluggish tracks, were found wanting against a varied Royal Challengers Bangalore attack led by the impressive S Aravind. Their thin bowling resources proved to be expectedly insufficient against the might of Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virat Kohli. Their fielders dropped whatever chances they had of even hoping to scratch at the surface of a comeback. The nine-wicket thumping widened the gap between Rajasthan and the top four teams, took Bangalore to within a win of making the play-offs, and left the home side needing a miracle.

The story of the match was encapsulated in the approach of each side's openers. Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson motored to 73 in 57 deliveries before falling in the space of three deliveries to Aravind. Dilshan and Gayle flew to 68 off 40 and it took a sharp take on the deep midwicket boundary by Ross Taylor to prolong the game.

The assault by Dilshan and Gayle left the Jaipur crowd so stunned that any noise was conspicuous by its absence for the remainder of the chase. Gayle even seemed to be lulled into periods of relative inactivity, before enough deliveries found the middle of his bat in another big innings that took him to within 27 runs of claiming the orange cap from Virender Sehwag.

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20 overs Rajasthan Royals 146 for 6 (Dravid 37, Watson 34, Aravind 3-34) v Royal Challengers Bangalore


S Aravind took three important wickets © AFP
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Matches: Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Jaipur
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S Aravind continued his impressive performance in this IPL, coming back from an expensive beginning with three crucial wickets that foiled Rajasthan Royals' plans of a late charge after a solid, if unspectacular, start in a must-win match for the home team.

Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson had put on 73 when Aravind dismissed both in three deliveries in the 10th over. He then came back to remove Johan Botha in the 17th over as Rajasthan lost whatever little steam they had managed to build up.

Rajasthan look much better when they are chasing a modest total on a tough pitch than when they are trying to set a big target on a batting surface. The way Dravid and Watson batted showed just why that is true. On a pitch that could not have been more different from the slow tracks that Jaipur has seen, crisp shots mostly found the fielders. It didn't look like the duo would get out, but they also did not trouble Bangalore too much despite the ball coming on nicely with true bounce.

Dravid hit six boundaries, most of them classical and beautiful to watch, and Watson muscled a couple of sixes but there was always the feeling that they could have gone harder, considering the powerful batting line-up they were up against. Despite being in control throughout, Dravid played out 13 dot balls; Watson outdid him with 17.

Both showed glimpses of their range though. Dravid got forward and opened the face to ease Zaheer between cover and point. The next ball was on the pads, and Dravid flowed in to a fluent drive that purred past mid-on. Watson had lofted Aravind over mid-off and pulled him to the midwicket boundary in the previous over.

It appeared for a while as if Rajasthan would gallop off the blocks today, and not canter. Charl Langeveldt's first over went for just two, but his second cost 11. Watson targeted Aravind, a mis-hit just beat deep midwicket but the next ball was smacked over the sightscreen. It was in Aravind's third over that Bangalore wrested control. Watson went hard at a full delivery but only found AB de Villiers - Arun Karthik had replaced him behind the stumps today - on the wide long-on boundary. Two deliveries later, Dravid fell to another soft dismissal, hitting one straight back to Aravind.

Virat Kohli - leading in place of the injured Daniel Vettori - brought himself on and got away with three overs of innocuous but tight slow-mediums. Ajinkya Rahane carried on from his half-century in the previous game, but Johan Botha took off after reverse-sweeping to point and Rahane had to sacrifice his wicket with a needless run-out.

Botha could not do much to make up for his error as Aravind found the outside edge with one that moved away and Arun Karthik to take the chance.

At 124 for 4 with three overs to go, Rajasthan needed some frenetic hitting from Ross Taylor and Ashok Menaria, but they fell in successive overs, both holing out to Mohammad Kaif in the deep. Rajasthan plodded to a middling total as Bangalore's varied attack gave nothing away. Zaheer and Langeveldt were miserly, Chris Gayle and Kohli chipped in but the star was Aravind.

Against a strong Bangalore batting line-up, 146 seems inadequate, unless Shane Warne can come up with a special show on the field during his last home IPL match.

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unuh see how the DON chris GAYLE A gwaan

[Peter R]

Yu nuh hear seh WICB sen extradition papahs fi him but de India PM a block it?

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Yu nuh hear seh WICB sen extradition papahs fi him but de India PM a block it?

bwoy mi hear d rumour fi true enuh, but a dont know, a dont know lol

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Kolkata Knight Riders 89/4 (13/13 ov)
Bangalore 105/6 (12.3/13 ov)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) (D/L method)

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Chris Gayle tonked 38 off 12 balls


Chris Gayle sends one into the stands

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Gayle cameo takes Bangalore home in rain-hit game

Brett Lee sledged, Gautam Gambhir sighed in agony, and the crowd lapped it up in delight as Chris Gayle's brutal cameo obliterated the below-par target set by Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-hit game in Bangalore. Though the chase went into the final over, and Bangalore lost a few quick wickets in the end, Gayle's 12-ball 38 had effectively killed the contest in just 2.4 overs. However, it was their batting, which bordered on over-aggression, and the rain, that reduced the game to a 13-over contest, that really cost Kolkata the game. Kolkata were 69 for 3 in 11 overs when rain left them with only two more overs to bat, and they reached 89 for 4. Bangalore were set a Duckworth/Lewis adjusted target of 102 and Gayle's blitz ensured they could soak up the loss of quick wickets and reach the target.

The first over of the chase perfectly caught Gayle's fury and Kolkata's disappointment: Edge. Blast. Sledge. Edge. Crash. Gayle edged the first delivery to third man boundary, crashed the second over covers, dug out a screaming yorker next - Lee sledged at this point , collected a four with a top-edged pull off the fifth ball and walloped the fifth to cover-point boundary. Kolkata's troubled didn't end with that 16-run over for Jaidev Unadkat was looted for 23 in the next over. Luke Pomersbach, who replaced Tillakaratne Dilshan, started with a square-cut boundary before Gayle took over. He top-edged a six over third man before launching the next delivery on to the second tier of the stand beyond long-on. Although Gayle fell, topedging a Lee delivery to Kallis, he had put Bangalore on course. They lost a few wickets in the end but there was never any danger of them losing their way.

It was with their batting that Kolkata lost the game. Sometimes, you can get over-aggressive. Sometimes, you need to shift to a Plan B but Kolkata seemed too eager to dominate. In their attempt to attack, they perhaps crossed the line. Even Jacques Kallis was nearly slogging and heaving at deliveries. Gautam Gambhir went too hard at deliveries and Eoin Morgan tried to cut nearly every delivery he faced. The result? They were reduced to 30 for 3 in the sixth over. They recovered to reach 69 for 3 in 11 overs but then rain soaked the playing arena. A long wait ensued and the game was restricted to 13 overs upon resumption.

Bangalore did everything right; they attacked relentlessly and suffocated the batsmen. They hurled down the bouncers, slipped in the occasional yorker, they got the ball to swing and seam a bit and always attacked. Eoin Morgan couldn't get Zaheer Khan away and fell, charging out and flicking straight to midwicket. Jacques Kallis was intent on playing the big shots and he fell, edging an attempted heave off Charl Langeveldt. Bangalore's change-up bowlers, Abimanyu Mithun and S Aravind, too kept it really tight and Bangalore's sharp fielding did its bit in keeping Kolkata in check. When Gambhir tried to break free with a cut, AB de Villiers lunged to his left at backward point to take a sharp chance. It was left to Yusuf Pathan to give Kolkata a decent total but it didn't prove enough.

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Gayle topscores again as Bangalore go top

BANGALORE, India (AP) — Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets to go top of the Indian Premier League yesterday, as rivals Mumbai Indians slumped to a shock 10-run defeat by Deccan Chargers.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed 34 in his first 10 balls to set up the Royal Challengers' victory over in a rain-affected match. The left-hander, who was out for 38, hit four boundaries in Brett Lee's opening over Knight Riders and smashed Jaidev Unadkat for two straight sixes and a four in the next over.
MUMBAI, India — Mumbai Indians batsman Kieron Pollard drives aggressively during an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match against Deccan Chargers yesterday. The Chargers won by 10 runs. (Photo: AP)
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Royal Challengers chased down the revised Duckworth/Lewis target of 102 with three balls to spare, finishing at 105-6 in 12.3 overs.
The match was reduced to 13 overs after rain temporarily suspended play with Knight Riders -- who lost the toss — on 69-3 after 11 overs, having recovered from 30-3.
Yusuf Pathan hit 36 to guide Knight Riders to 89-4 in 13 overs.
It was Royal Challengers' seventh straight victory and the team moved to the top of the IPL table with 17 points, after Mumbai Indians' defeat at the hands of Deccan Chargers later yesterday.
Knight Riders remains in fourth place with 14 points, still in contention for the four-team play-offs.
Its top order started to collapse when Indian pacer Zaheer Khan had England's Eoin Morgan caught at square leg for two runs. South African Charl Langeveldt dismissed Jacques Kallis -- caught behind for 17 -- and pacer Sreenath Aravind had Gautam Gambhir caught at point for seven.
Pathan hit three sixes and two fours before being caught by Abhimanyu Mithun off Langeveldt in the last over.
Gayle, who hit a match-winning century in the season's first meeting between the teams, fell to Lee after top-edging an attempted slog to Kallis at mid-wicket.
Kallis subsequently dismissed Luke Pomersbach for 16 and skipper Virat Kohli for 15.
South African AB de Villiers remained undefeated on 13 to guide Royal Challengers to victory despite the team losing Mohammad Kaif (15), Arun Karthik (1) and Saurabh Tiwary (1) in the space of 11 balls in a tight finish.
Chargers, who opted to bat, however, took 23 off the final over, bowled by pacer Munaf Patel, with tail-ender Amit Mishra smashing four successive fours.
In the late match, Mumbai Indians lost wickets in quick succession during the run chase despite a dogged 37 by opener Sachin Tendulkar after pacer Ishant Sharma struck twice early.
Medium-pace bowler Anand Rajan took three for 27, including the wicket of Tendulkar, to wreck the middle order.
"Yes, this is disheartening," Tendulkar said. "I thought we had controlled the game till the 19th over of the Deccan innings. Too many dot balls in the batting as well."
Today, Kings XI Punjab plays Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala takes on Rajasthan Royals.
Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 105-6 in 12.3 overs (Chris Gayle 38, Jacques Kallis 2-16) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders 89-4 in 13 overs (Yusuf Pathan 36, Charl Langeveldt 2-10). Target revised to 102 under Duckworth/Lewis method.
Deccan Chargers 135-6 in 20 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 27, Dhawal Kulkarni 3-26) defeated Mumbai Indians 125-8 in 20 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 37, Ishant Sharma 2-30, Anand Rajan 3-27).


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