Gayle returned to form, Kohli lost by a large margin

Chris Gayle, 41, proved once again that age is just a number. Despite being on the roster, the Jamaican hitter has been unable to enter the field for so long.

Gayle finally had a chance to end the wait against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He did not miss the opportunity. The ‘Boss of the Universe’ didn’t make the mistake of saying that his bat still hasn’t rusted. Kings XI Punjab has won his fifty rounds at Daputa.

The team owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has won the second match in the eighth match of the current IPL. Punjab lost by 6 wickets to Kohli.

Lokesh Rahul’s team chased the target of 162 runs given by Bangalore and scored 16 runs for 2 wickets. Previously, Bangalore scored 161 runs for 8 wickets.

Skipper Kohli made 46 of 39 balls, but the rest of the hitters missed in front of the Punjab bowlers. Both starters Aaron Finch (20) and Devdut Padikkal (18) made a good start but couldn’t last long. Washington Sundar (13), Shivam Duve (23), AB de Villiers (2) didn’t add much to the scoreboard. In the end, two undefeated hitters Chris Morris (25 of 7 balls) and Udana (10 of 5 balls) gave Bangalore a fighting capital.

But he stood in front of the Rahul-Gayles, who took terrible form, scoring modestly. Punjab had 6 runs in the opening match. Mayank Agarwal came back 45 of 25 with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Then when Chris Gayle runs out and returns to the locker room, both teams’ score is equal. The Caribbean storm made 53 of 45 balls with 1 four and 5 sixes. Rahul made 61 of 49 balls and left the field with Nicholas Puran (10).

As well as bringing victory to Punjab, Gayle has also reached the top of a milestone. He became the first batter in T20I to hit 10,000 runs with just four sixes. Previously, he became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in this limited cricket. Gayle has scored 10,008 runs in just four sixes of a total of 13,349 career runs in all T20 competitions.

Bangladesh time: 0944 hours, October 18, 2020
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