The battle at the Eden Gardens will see Gayle facing the spin challenge of KKR with West Indies teammate Sunil Narine and India sensation Kuldeep Yadav leading the attack.
Chris Gayle's hundred against SRH has propelled the Twitterati to aim potshots at Royal Challengers Bangalore for not retaining him in IPL 2018 players auction.
The flamboyant Gayle, dubbed as the 'Universe Boss', showed that he is far from finished en-route his unbeaten 63-ball-104 which was studded with 11 towering sixes and a solitary boundary.
West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle hit his sixth IPL ton to help Kings XI Punjab register a 15-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
A Gayle-storm brewed in Mohali as Kings XI Punjab's 'Universe boss' Chris Gayle went on to score his 6th ton in the IPL and his first of the season as his unbeaten century gave the hosts a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
A disciplined bowling attack of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 178/4 and powered them to a 15-run win at Mohali on Thursday.
Gayle completed his hundred off 58 balls, propelling KXIP to 176/3 in 18.2 overs.
Mumbai suffered dying-moment defeats in the three games played so far - against Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils.
Chris Gayle, playing his debut game this IPL season, smashed 63 off 22 balls to lay the foundation of KXIP's narrow win over Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller by four runs to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Mohali, on Sunday.
Gayle did not play KXIP's last match against Delhi Daredevils. Hopefully, the team can also tackle KL Rahul who is in fantastic form and knows the conditions here pretty well, Vettori said.
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The Jamaican dasher went unsold twice at the IPl player auction earlier this year before being lapped by up Kings XI Punjab at a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Gayle joined Hashim Amla and Sachin Tendulkar as only the third batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score centuries against 11 different countries.
In a practice session, Gayle caught and bowled Russell and celebrated in Punjabi style, saying "Burrah".
Gayle has the fastest T20 century to his name, off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Pune Warriors in 2013.
The base price of the 38-year-old veteran, who was earlier associated with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), was set at Rs 2 crore.
The 38-year-old Gayle scored only 38 runs in four innings on the West Indies' disastrous tour to New Zealand which ended Wednesday with a 119-run loss in the third Twenty20 international.
The left-handed batsman scored just 22 runs in the first ODI match at Whangarei and did not field during New Zealand's innings.
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