So Near Yet So Far, Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2016

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AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, IPL9, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Shane Watson, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Virat Kohli, Yuzi Chahal

When Shane Watson fell at 164 in the 16th over, a silence fell upon the 30,000 odd people who thronged the Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bengaluru that day. Could the tail for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) score 44 in the last 3 overs? Hyderabad had scored over 50 in their last three overs but we didn’t have their fire power. At one stage it had seemed that even 208 the target set by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) could be chased down. Now it appeared inevitable that RCB would fail in their bid to win the coveted Indian Premier League (IPL). It was not to be third time lucky for them having lost earlier finals in 2009 and 2011.

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Gayle Storm Hits Bangalore

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Chris Gayle, IPL, RCB, Twenty 20 cricket

I had the privilege recently of seeing history being made in front of my eyes. In an Indian Premier League ( IPL) cricket match, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the 33-year-old Jamaican, Christopher Henry Gayle  scored a century in just 30 balls. This was only one of the many records that he broke that evening.