A mixed day in the field

Apr 21, 2018

Chris Gayle was in a great mood as he rang the opening bell at the Eden Gardens•BCCI

Nitish Rana was run out after an aimless stroll down the pitch•BCCI

R Ashwin rued a lot of missed chances on the field, but his team did superbly to pull thing back in the second half of the innings•BCCI

Gayle followed up his century in the last match with a 38-ball 62•BCCI

...And the truncated game culminated in the Purple-Cap owner Narine handing the Orange Cap to Gayle•BCCI

Robin Uthappa played a predictably fluent innings that stopped in the thirties•BCCI

Barinder Sran dropped Chris Lynn at deep extra cover...•BCCI

Chasing 198, Kings XI raced away to 73 for no loss in the Powerplay courtesy Gayle and KL Rahul finding their fluency early•BCCI

Rahul smashed his second fifty of the season•BCCI

...and the batsman brought up a 30-ball fifty, his first half-century of the season•BCCI

A drizzle in the ninth over soon turned into a heavy downpour, with the innings shortened to 13 overs and the target trimmed to 125•BCCI

The century stand between Gayle and Rahul helped Kings XI secure a nine-wicket win via the DLS method•BCCI