IPL 2018: Gayle, Rahul power Punjab to the top, beat Kolkata by 9 wickets
Chris Gayle (41 Years, 191 Days)
A sharp spell of shower halted play for 95 minutes.
R Ashwin's Punjab outclassed Kolkata by nine wickets in a rain-hit IPL encounter at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
While Kolkata scored a competitive 191 for 7 in 20 overs, Punjab had a revised target of 125 in 13 overs after DLS meathod was applied.
A sharp spell of shower halted play for 95 minutes.
The 'Universal Boss' Chris Gayle completed a hat-trick of half-centuries with an unbeaten 62 from 38 balls that had five fours and six sixes.
Helping him at other end was opener KL Rahul who slammed 60 runs off only 27 balls.
Having scored the fastest half-century in IPL, Rahul once again underlined his credentials as an opener in shortest format with nine fours and two sixes.
With this win, Punjab climbed to the top of the table with eight points from five games.
Before rain interrupted the play, Punjab were 96 for no loss in 8.2 overs, 31 runs ahead of the DLS par score.
Earlier, Kolkata's big-hitter Andre Russell was taken off in the fourth over after he seemed to have aggravated his already troubled hamstring.
Earlier, Chris Lynn, who has had a quiet time so far, got into his groove in his 74 off 41 balls en route to his maiden half-century in this IPL to lift Kolkata to a challenging 191/7.