Shakib Al Hasan hit a brilliant innings of 24 not out off 12 balls. But the batsmen did not run away with the ball like Sunrisers Hyderabad before the batsmen. How can you? Chris Gayle could not have done such a giant batting as he did in Hyderabad. To say, one Gayle rate is close to Hyderabad:
There is not much competition in the IPL match in Chandigarh. Kings XI Punjab scored 193 runs for 3 wickets in a devastating innings of 104 for Chris Gayle. Hyderabad innings in reply to 178 runs by 4 wickets. They lost the match to 15 runs.
Kane Williamson was 41 not out, and Manish Pandey, who scored an unbeaten 57 off 42 balls, was not enough for the team. Shakib hit two fours in his innings of 24 runs in the last over with two fours and two sixes in the last over of Ravichandran Ashwin.
Earlier, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. Gayle started slowly. With the opening partnership of 47 runs with Lokesh Rahul, he scored 57 runs. Rasheed Khan, Rahul lbw, scored 18 runs.
Maunak Agarwal was caught by Siddharth Kaul off 18 balls with the help of a small storm. Then Gayle left the doles. Rashid Khan hit four sixes in one over. The bowlers who came to bowl afterwards did not go.
Gayle has taken 58 off the last over with a devastating batting. This is his sixth century in the IPL. This is the first IPL. The opener, who was unbeaten on 104 not out from 63 balls. Gayle has scored 11 sixes in 11 innings in this innings.
Shakib Al Hasan, the star of all-rounder, could not do well for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Hyderabad Royals captain Kane Williamson did not get the courage to bowl again after being unable to get any wicket with 28 runs in 2 overs.