NEW DELHI: Last season's runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore finished with the worst record of IPL 2017, which was a stark departure from their success in 2016. Gayle smacked 77 off 38 balls, with seven sixes, to power an opening stand of 122 with Kohli, who made 64 off 50 balls. Kohli's return did not bring about the desired impetus, with hollow defeats interspersed with the odd spark of form. Gayle had one half-century in nine innings, and it was the one in which he became the first batsman to 10,000 runs in T20s. For his repeated blemishes at the back end of opposing team's innings, when his medium pace proved cannon fodder, Watson was RCB's weakest link.

Source: Times of India May 15, 2017 12:24 UTC