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'Lucky' Sharma over the moon after claiming Gayle's wicket

He knocked over Chris Gayle's stumps in his very first over to set up a victory for Kings XI Punjab and young medium pacer Sandeep Sharma said it was an "awesome moment" to dismiss the feared batsman in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Monday.

"I've seen Gayle playing many times, hitting many other bowlers. It was an awesome moment (to get him bowled)," Sharma said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

Kings XI Punjab continued their winning streak with a facile five-wicket victory to strengthen their position at the top of the heap as Royal Challengers Bangalore were left licking their wounds after yet another loss in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Man of the Match Sandeep Sharma led the rout with impressive figures of 3/15.

"I'm feeling lucky that I have won back-to-back Man of the Match awards, I'm feeling awesome," Sharma, who also won the award in his side's previous game against Kolkata Knight Riders, said.

'With Viru in the middle you know you'll get the boundaries'

Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey said they are working well as a unit.

"Confidence is a really big thing. We are working well as a unit. Low totals can be tricky, but with Viru (Virender Sehwag) in the middle you know you'll get the boundaries," Bailey said.

When their turn to bat came, Virender had raced to a 26-ball 32 with four boundaries before he was given out caught behind. Replays, though, suggested there was no outside edge.

RCB captain Virat Kohli talked about the importance of momentum in this format.

"When you lose momentum in this format, it is difficult to come back. In these two matches, we have tried different things, they haven't come off," said.