As for many of the Australians in the IPL4, Adam Gilchrist had been below par in the tournament, but he came alive on Tuesday with a blistering century as Punjab defeated Bangalore by 111 runs. Gilchrist got away very slowly, in fact he was only on two after six overs. Shaun Marsh was also struggling and the pair had a combined six runs off 19 balls at this stage. However, Gilchrist cut losse after hitting his first six in the seventh over, reaching his 50 from 25 balls with his third consecutive six from Langeveldt. Marsh wasn't prepared to take a back seat, hitting van der Wath for thirty in the fifteenth over, as he finished unbeaten on 79. By the time Gilchrist was dismissed for 106 off the penultimate ball of the innings, the pair had added 206 from 96 balls.
Bangalore needed some Chris Gayle fireworks, but he played out a first up maiden to Praveen Kumar, and then departed to his first ball from Ryan Harris. De Villiers was the only Bangalore batsman to reach 20, as the Punjab bowlers routed their opponents. The contest was well and truly over long before De Villiers' dismissal for 34 in the 13th over, as Chawla ripped through the middle order to finish with 4/17, supported by Harris with three wickets.
Bangalore remain top for now, but Chennai and Mumbai could go past them, both with a match in hand now, while Punjab's win keeps up their hopes for a finals berth with their final match against Deccan on Saturday.
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