NEW DELHI:
Delhi Capitals
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Colin Ingram came up with a stunning effort on the boundary line to put the brakes on
Chris Gayle's blitzkrieg during the
Indian Premier League (
IPL) match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Saturday.
Schedule | Points TableKings XI Punjab's Gayle top-scored with 69 off 37 balls, reaching the half century in 25 balls and hitting six boundaries besides five gargantuan sixes.
South African all-rounder Ingram's acrobatic effort in the deep brought an end to Gayle's belligerent stay in the middle.
After sweeping a
Sandeep Lamichhane delivery into the crowd, Gayle went for one too many, and Ingram, taking the ball over his head, lobbed it to
Axar Patel before falling on the other side of the rope.
Coming back into the team, young leg-spinner Lamichhane returned figures of 3/40, playing an influential role in helping DC rally after Gayle's onslaught.
The 'Universe Boss', entering the game with 352 runs from eight matches, started his assault by smashing Ishant Sharma's knuckle ball over long on for one of the biggest sixes the stadium has ever witnessed, the 101m maximum threatening to break the windows of the Willingdon Pavilion.
He toyed with Amit Mishra and smoked the experienced leg-spinner for three maximums, including two over the deep mid-wicket region.
Before that, the big-hitting Jamaican, one of the biggest globetrotters in T20 leagues, cut, drove and swept Lamichhane for four boundaries in a single over.
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