The Universe Boss continued his 2011 IPL heroics in the 2012 season as well with him scoring a truckload of runs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. On this day in the 2012 IPL season, Chris Gayle clobbered Delhi Daredevils bowling attack to score a massive 128*. Virat Kohli accompanied him with 73*(53) from the other end. This was the 67th match of the season and RCB defeated DD by 23 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and their opening partnership did not last long. Dilshan was out in the third over and then Kohli joined Chris Gayle at the crease. The duo remained unseparated by the end of the innings and they posted 215/1.

Delhi’s chase began with a hope as David Warner started smashing the ball early. He fell after 15 runs from 7 balls and DD then failed to keep up with the asking rate. It was some incredible hitting from Ross Taylor 55(26) and Andre Russell 31(15) that took Delhi close but the target was too much.

Few of the records that were established in this match are as follows –

• Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score 700 runs in the single season of the IPL
• Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli put on 204 (unbroken) for the second wicket — the second best for any wicket in the IPL, next only to the 206 for the second wicket between Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh for Kings XI Punjab against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Dharamsala on May 17, 2011.
• Chris Gayle received his fifth man-of-the-match award in this edition — the most by a player. Having received 12 man-of-the-match awards, Gayle established a record in the IPL.
• Chris Gayle’s tally of 57 sixes was a record in an IPL tournament, surpassing his own tally of 44 sixes of IPL 2011.
•  Kohli (73 not out off 53 balls) recorded his highest score in the IPL — his second half-century in IPL 5.
  • Stats courtesy – Rediff

Chris Gayle ended up the season 2013 with 59 sixes. He totaled 733 runs by the end which included 1 century and 7 fifties. Virat Kohli with his magical season in 2016, broke all the IPL single-season records with his 973 runs and four centuries.