Bangalore v Mumbai, IPL 2011, Chennai
Gayle seals Bangalore's passage
A familiar start to proceedings in Chennai, as Chris Gayle teed off in emphatic fashion•AFP
And by the time Malinga came on, Gayle was in the instoppable zone •AFP
Munaf Patel eventually dismissed him for 89, and Mumbai staged a mini-recovery, but Bangalore still finished with 185•AFP
Daniel Vettori took three middle-order wickets•AFP
Mumbai Indians missed a trick by not unleashing Lasith Malinga on Gayle straight away•AFP
Mayank Agarwal kept feeding him the strike ...•AFP
Sachin Tendulkar tried to give Mumbai a solid start•AFP
Abhimanyu Mithun took a sensational catch on the boundary to dismiss Kieron Pollard•AFP
... and Gayle kept hitting them into orbit•AFP
Harbhajan Singh came in at No. 3 and gave them some hope, but the innings quickly ran out of steam•AFP
Zaheer Khan ensured that James Franklin could not rescue Mumbai for the third time in a row, as Bangalore eased into their second IPL final•AFP