The long and short of it

May 14, 2017

Chris Gayle caught up with his West Indies team-mate Carlos Brathwaite at training•BCCI

The long and short of it: Gayle consoles Amit Mishra after an lbw appeal was turned down•BCCI

Travis Head was run out for 2, but late blows from the lower order pushed RCB to 161 for 6•BCCI

Shreyas Iyer also settled in but could not kick on, toe-ending one to fall for 32 off 30 •BCCI

Gayle then swung his way to 48 - his second-best score this season•BCCI

Picture perfect: Virat Kohli played more orthodox shots and took charge of Royal Challengers Bangalore's innings•BCCI

Rookie fast bowler Avesh Khan struck with the new ball to bounce Sanju Samson out•BCCI

Rishabh Pant, once again, looked like he might single-handedly take Daredevils home, but then RCB fought back through unlikely quarters: the part-time offspin of Travis Head struck two blows in one over, taking out Corey Anderson and Pat Cummins•BCCI

Kohli moved to his fourth fifty of the season, off 39 balls•BCCI

Karun Nair often looked to over-hit the ball. He scored 26 off 22 balls before holing out•BCCI

The killer blow was landed the following over, when Harshal Patel bowled Pant. That was one of three wickets for Harshal, playing his first match of the season. Eventually, despite some counterattacking from Mohammed Shami, Daredevils were beaten by 10 runs•BCCI