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Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets at their fortress Jaipur as they nearly eliminated RR chances of making it the playoffs of IPL 4. Virat Kohli won the toss as he led the RCB team in the absence of Vettori due to injury and put RR to bat. Rahul Dravid (37 runs off 31 balls) and Shane Watson (34 runs off 29 balls) gave them a steady opening stand but the other failed to capitalized on the start as they were restricted by RCB bowlers to only 146/6 in 20 overs. S Aravind took 3 wickets for RCB. In reply, Chris Gayle thrashed everyone once again as he scored 70 runs off 44 balls and was supported by Tilakaratne Dilshan (38 runs off 24 balls) and Virat Kohli (39 runs off 34 balls) as they cruised to 151/1 in 17 overs. S Aravind was awarded the Man of the Match for his 3 wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore demolished Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 9 wickets with a massive 41 balls remaining. KTK captain Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and decided to bat. After a good start, KTK soon lost wickets and lost their way infront of a disciplined RCB bowling and fielding and ended up with only 125/9 in 20 overs. Daniel Vettori and S Aravind took 2 wickets for the RCB. In reply, Chris Gayle blazed off today too as he scored 44 runs in only 20 balls including a 47 runs off a single over of Prasanth Parameswaran and Tillakaratne Dilshan also scored 52 runs off 31 balls as RCB reached 128/1 in only 13.1 overs. Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his quickfire 44.

Chris Gayle scored his second century in his 4 matches of IPL 4 as Bangalore Royal Challengers shattered Kings XI Punjab by 85 runs at Bangalore. Kings XI Punjab captain Gilchrist won the toss and put Bangalore Royal Challengers to bat. But Chris Gayle blazed off with 107 runs in only 49 balls to guide BRC to 205/6 in 20 overs. Ryan Harris took 3 wickets for Kings XI Punjab while Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets. In reply, KXIP wickets kept on crumbling throughout their 20 overs as they ended up with only 120/9 in 20 overs. Chris Gayle charmed with the ball too as he took 3 wickets while S Aravind took 4 wickets. Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his overall performance.

Chris Gayle joined Royal Challengers Bangalore as the replacement for Dirk Nannes after he was dropped from the WI squad. But he showed why he is one of the greatest hitters of world cricket as he scored a quickfire century including 7 sixes as KKR had to face yet another brutal defeat at Eden Gardens. RCB captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and put KKR to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached a very good total as they scored 171/5 in their 20 overs with important contributions from Gautam Gambhir (48 runs off 38 balls), Yusuf Pathan (46 runs off 24 balls) and Jacques Kallis (40 runs off 42 balls). In reply, Chris Gayle almost single handedly won the game for RCB in his IPL 4 debut as he scored 102 runs in just 55 balls. Bangalore reached 175/1 in just 18.1 overs as Gayle made the target look very easy with the support of Tilakaratne Dilshan (38 runs off 31 balls) and Virat Kohli (30 runs off 23 balls). Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing century.