After being invited to bat, Bangalore were left struggling at 31/3. However, Gayle produced a swashbuckling show to lift Bangalore to 156/5 in 20 overs.
Gayle's unbeaten innings was studded by eleven boundaries and five sixes.
Debutant Jasprit Bumrah was the most successfull bowler from Mumbai. He finished with an impressive figure of 3/32.
Mumbai pacer Mitchell Johnson struck in the third over to send back Tillakaratne Dilshan early after Mumbai Indians skipper Ricky Ponting elected to field.
Dilshan was bolwed out by Johnson for a duck.
Jasprit Bumrah then got rid of danger man Virat Kohli and then sent back Mayan Agarwal to reduce Bangalore to 31/3.
Kohli was trapped leg before wickets by Bumrah after his 24-run knock that came off just 14 deliveries.
Before RCB could recover from Kohli's dismissal, Bumrah struck again to get Agarwal (1) caught by Sachin Tendulkar.
Daniel Christian was the fourth man to return back to pavillion.
Harbhajan Singh got Daniel Christian caught by Mitchell Johnson after scoring four.
Bumrah struck again in the 13th over to give Bangalore fifth blow by dismissing Karun Nair for a duck.
Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said he too would have bowled.
Mumbai Indians will miss the service of star pacer Lasith Malinga who is out due to injury. On the other hand, Bangalore pace attack looks toothless in the absence of Zaheer Khan.
The visitors have picked a rookie seamer in Jaspreet Bumrah.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (capt), Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mayank Agarwal, Dilshan Christian, Karun Nair, KB Arun Karthik, R Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, Jaydev Unadkat, Murali Muralitharan.
Mumbai Indians: Ricky Ponting (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Johnson, Harbhajan Singh, Jacob Oram, Munaf Patell
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