Match 50 Facts & Scorecard: Gayle Creates another Record, Kochi trounced

Chris Gayle hit Parmeswaran of Kochi for 36 runs in the third over of the match and set another IPL record. RCB defeated Tuskers by 9 wickets.

Match Facts

Match 50
Venue: Bangalore
Captains: Vettori (RCB), Mahela (KTK)
Toss: KTK
Result: RCB def KTK by 9 wickets
6s: 6 (RCB)
4s: 26 (KTK 12, RCB 14)
50s: 52* by Dilshan
50-plus partnerships: 67 1st wkt Gayle and Dilshan (RCB)
61* 2nd wkt Dilshan and Kohli (RCB)

Records

Gayle hit 36 runs in 3rd over of game. Parmeswaran of Kochi created IPL record of giving 37 runs in an over.
Gayle matched the highest MOM award of 2011 grabbing his 3rd award in 5 matches.
Chris Gayle partnered with Manoj Tiwary in the earlier record, when they hit Ravi Bopara (KXIP) for 33 runs in 2010.
Fastest IPL 50 was recorded by RCB (2.3 overs).
Fastest IPL 100 was recorded by RCB (8.2 overs).
Highest score of 79/1 after 6 overs in IPL 2011 recorded by RCB.
Highest score of 79/1 after 6 overs in IPL 2011 recorded by RCB.
Highest score of 107/1 after 10 overs in IPL 2011 recorded by RCB.
Worst economy rate of 20.30 recorded by Prasanth Parameswaran (2.1 ov 44/0) of Tuskers.
RCB registered second win over KTK, in two matches.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings (20 overs maximum)

Klinger b Gayle 24 runs 25 balls 3 4s
B McCullum c Arun Karthik b Vettori 22 runs 16 balls 3 4s
Parthiv Patel run out 19 runs 14 balls 3 4s
Jayawardene c de Villiers b Vettori 3 runs 7 balls
Hodge c Khan b Aravind 5 runs 12 balls
Jadeja c Kaif b Mithun 23 runs 22 balls 2 4s
Gomez c Kohli b Aravind 7 runs 15 balls 1 four
Vinay Kumar c Vettori b Khan 3 runs 3 balls
Powar not out 8 runs 6 balls
RP Singh run out 0
Parameswaran not out 1 run 1 ball
Extras (w 9, nb 1) 10
Total (20 overs) 125/9

Fall of wickets

1-43 (McCullum, 5.3 ov), 2-64 (Klinger, 8.2 ov), 3-72 (Jayawardene, 9.6 ov), 4-73 (Patel, 10.2 ov), 5-89 (Hodge, 13.3 ov), 6-106 (Gomez, 17.2 ov), 7-115 (Vinay Kumar, 18.3 ov), 8-122 (Jadeja, 19.3 ov), 9-122 (Singh, 19.4 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 4 ov 26/1
Aravind 4 ov 20/2
Gayle 4 ov 26/1
Vettori 4 ov 24/2
Mithun 3 ov 21/1
Dilshan 1 ov 8/0

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 126 runs from 20 overs)

Gayle b Vinay Kumar 44 runs 16 balls 3 4s 5 6s
Dilshan not out 52 runs 31 balls 8 4s 1 six
Kohli not out 27 runs 33 balls 3 4s
Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 5
Total (13.1 overs) 128/1

Fall of wickets

1-67 (Gayle, 3.5 ov)

Bowling

RP Singh 2 ov 13/0
Powar 2 ov 27/0
Parameswaran 2.1 ov 44/0
Vinay Kumar 3 ov 18/1
Jadeja 4 ov 24/0