Big-hitting Gayle blasts 37 in one IPL over

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Chris Gayle blasted an  astonishing 37 off one seven-ball over to set Royal Challengers  Bangalore on their way to a nine-wicket romp over Kochi Tuskers  Kerala in the Indian Premier League today.
The former West Indies captain plundered paceman Prasanth  Parameswaran for four sixes and three fours in the second over  of Bangalore’s reply — his sequence going: six, six (no-ball),  four, four, six, six, four.
Gayle was bowled by Viney Kumar for 44 but an unbeaten 52  from Tillakaratne Dilshan took Bangalore past Kochi’s 125 for  nine with 6.5 overs to spare at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as  Kochi captain Mahela Jayawardene was left to rue his decision to  bat first.
In Mohali, Pune Warriors beat Kings XI Punjab by five  wickets to snap their seven-match losing streak.
For Pune, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wayne Parnell, Rahul Sharma and  Mitchell Marsh claimed two wickets each to restrict the hosts to  119-8.
Pune skipper Yuvraj Singh struck a brisk 35 as his team  romped home with 17 balls to spare.