A gritty knock of 60 from Quinton de Kock with a 39-ball-60, followed by a quick fire innings from Hardik Pandya, helped Mumbai Indians post a total of 176/7 in 20 overs against KXIP at Mohali. After yet another middle-order collapse, Pandya rescued Mumbai by smashing a brilliant 31 off 19 balls to enable MI put a decent total on board.

For Punjab, Rahul and Gayle got down to the crease as openers. The Universe Boss found his hitting form quite early in the innings as he brutally smashed MI’s key bowler McClenaghan for back-to-back sixes in the third over.

Not only that, after hitting McClenaghan for a gigantic six over mid-on in the third over, Gayle completed his 300 sixes in the Indian Premier League.

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Just one ball before reaching this amazing milestone, Gayle had smacked McClenaghan for a 101m colossal six in the previous ball of the same over.

As it appeared that Gayle might win this one for Punjab,  thanks to excellent captaincy from Rohit Sharma, Pandya brothers worked together to get rid of the Universe Boss.

In the eight over, Gayle, in an attempt to hit Krunal Pandya for a biggie down the ground, didn’t connected his bat well with the ball as it went a long way up in the air. Fielding at long-on, Hardik Pandya grabbed one of the easiest and most important catch of the match to end Gayle’s fiery knock.

Chris Gayle's journey to 300 IPL sixes

100: 37 inngs (943 balls) in 2012

200: 69 inngs (1811 balls) in 2015

300: 114 inngs (2719 balls) in 2019

Here're the Playing XI:

Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga

Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye