Chris Gayle’s onslaught followed by Daniel Vettori and Syed Mohammad as Royal Challengers Bangalore entered into the final of Indian Primer League Season 4 (IPL 4) by routing Mumbai Indians by 43 runs in the 2nd Qualifier of IPL, played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Friday.

Flamboyant Caribbean batsman’s 89 off 47 assisted Royal Challengers to manage a colossal total of 186 after losing four wickets. Their incursion on Mumbai line-up restricted them to 142-8. Royal Challengers will take on their old antagonists, Chennai Super Kings in the definitive game on Saturday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore VS Mumbai Indians: Bangalore Innings

According to details, the skipper of Mumbai Indians Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bowl first.

But Chris Gayle proved this assessment wrong in the beginning when he showed his perilous conations by accumulating 25 runs in the first over, during which he lashed three boundaries and a gigantic six.

Nevertheless Gayle was not unaccompanied in his mission to obliterate the Mumbai bowling entirely and his young partner Mayank Agarwal, pulsating on his footprint played some commanding hits in the subsequent over to boost up his side’s run-rate.

The pair struck influential strokes and unarming the bowling, flees the opponent fielders all around the ground.

The partnership ended on the mutual run-sharing of 113, when Agarwal, responding to Kieron Pollard’s raising delivery pulled the ball towards Rohit Sharma at widish long on who run slightly to hold onto a comfortable catch. He scored 41 off 31 striking four boundaries and two mammoth sixers.

Gayle’s show ended by Munaf Patel, it seemed that he will complete his third century of the event but regrettably he played a lanky shot towards widish long on where Franklin run across and took a good catch just infront of the ropes when his score was 89 which he smashed on 47 deliveries, his stormy innings was consists of nine boundaries and five substantial sixes.

Virat Kohli, who played astonishing innings of 70 in the last game against Chennai, failed to show his magic his time and was soon taken by Abu Nechim for just 8.

Luke Pomersbach was the fourth man to go; Munaf possessed him with the help of Lasith Malinga for 1, leaving Bangalore 157-4.

At the end of limited number of overs, Royal Challengers posted the total of 185-4 on the scoreboard.

Wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers accumulated 21 off 15 balls and remains unbeaten.

Royal Challengers Bangalore VS Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Innings

Following the target, no batsman can show determination except skipper Sachin Tendulkar the batting-line was collapsed like pack of cards.

Sreenath Aravind gave the first fortune to Bangalore by dismissing the fifty maker of last game Aiden Blizzard for just 10 this time.

Aravind make Harbhajan Singh, who was going to be aggressive, his second victim and sent him back for 13.

On the other hand skipper Tendulkar stirred up his attempts to pullout Mumbai from trouble but Syed Mohammad ended his story for 40, leaving Mumbai 68-3. Tendulkar resistant innings includes seven boundaries.

The three wickets haul of Vettori finished the tiny hopes of the survival of Mumbai’s batting as he removed Rohit Sharma (13), Ambati Rayudu (0), and Kieron Pollard (3) to leave Mumbai 89-6.

After losing back-to-back wickets the under pressure Mumbai batsmen went on defensive postion and just attempted to reduce the deficit.

Zaheer Khan scolded the stumps of the match-winner of last two games, James Franklin for 16.

Lasith Malinga was nabbed by Syed Mohammad for 7. He was trying to steps out and drags his slog high in the air towards deep mid wicket where Pomerbach run back slightly and ended up taking a tumbling catch.

Rajagopal Sathish scored unbeaten 18 off 21 balls but were not enough, and Mumbai can hardly reach to 142 for 8 in specified 20 overs.

In reward to his thrilling innings, Chris Gayle was named for the Man of the Match Award. This is the sixth one for him in the ongoing IPL.

“The outfield was very quick and wicket was good to bat on,” Gayle said during presentation ceremony.

“Lasith and Harbhajan are their key bowlers so I was looking to be a bit tentative against them. The wicket held up a bit when they chased, so we don’t know what to expect in the final,” he further said.

Royal Challengers Bangalore VS Mumbai Indians Scorecard