Chasing 150 on Monday night, Gayle, who was overlooked and was also ill in the first phase of the IPL, showed why he is called the 'Universe Boss' during his innings of 51 off 29 balls
According a Manjrekar, a bad precedent is set when a player is recalled for Test on the basis of his IPL performance and it "massively motivates" players playing the Ranji Trophy
They need to hope for favourable results from other matches to stay in the race for the final stages of the tournament. SRH skipper David Warner was visibly disappointed with the shocking turn of events.
For Delhi, opener Shikhar Dhawan has been in brilliant form but even his record-setting hundred was not enough to save the side from a defeat against Kings XI Punjab for lack of contribution from other batters.
Both KXIP and SRH are on the same pedestal, having garnered eight points apiece after 10 games, but the Hyderabad outfit is a rung ahead in the eight-team standings, on the fifth spot by virtue of a better net run rate.
It was a lesson to any young paces to watch these two bowlers bowl those lethal yorkers in the Super Overs. Indian Fielding coach R Sridhar was all excited with the performances of Bumrah and Shami.
The match on Sunday night ended in a tie in the regulation 20 overs and KXIP could only score five runs in the first Super Over but Shami bowled brilliantly to restrict MI to the same score.
Having lost two tight games they should have won at the start of the season, KXIP managed to get on the right side of the results in the last couple of games, although it was too close for comfort by their own admission.
The Virat Kohli-led RCB has won five of its eight games on the back of all-round performances but seemingly blundered in the eight-wicket defeat to laggards KXIP on Thursday
