Gayle tears up records and Pune Warriors

Apr 23, 2013

After the first over of the match, rain began to fall, leading to a 35-minute delay at the outset•BCCI

Tillakaratne Dilshan chose to play the silent partner and accumulated while Gayle went berserk•BCCI

Luke Wright finally broke the opening stand of 167 when he had Dilshan caught by Ali Murtaza•BCCI

Gayle finished up with 175*, a knock which included 13 fours and 17 sixes, and propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to 263 for 5, the highest T20 score ever recorded•BCCI

Steven Smith's 41 was in vain as wickets tumbled from the other end•BCCI

It was Gayle's night, however, as he picked off two wickets in the final over to give Bangalore a thumping 130-run win•BCCI

Once play resumed, Chris Gayle, who had struck Ishwar Pandey for two fours prior to the break, continued on in the same fashion, hitting five fours and taking 21 runs off the over•BCCI

Gayle brought up his fifty off just 17 deliveries, the joint-fastest in IPL •BCCI

Gayle passed the 150-run mark in the 15th over, then Brendon McCullum's IPL record 158* in the 17th •BCCI

Facing a mountain to climb, Aaron Finch got going with two boundaries in the first over•BCCI

De Villiers took the catch of the dangerous Luke Wright to give Bangalore a vital wicket•BCCI

Gayle would need only 13 more balls to bring up his 11th T20 hundred, and the fastest recorded in history•BCCI

AB de Villiers scored a quick fire cameo of 31 from just eight deliveries to add further impetus•BCCI

But the fireworks wouldn't last long as he was caught in the deep by Murali Kartik off Ravi Rampaul•BCCI

Mitchell Marsh's 25 was ended by Vinay Kumar•BCCI