A precarious Gayle (21) was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar off the bowling of Suman right at a time when he was getting into the groove to do some serious damage.
Gayle hit 2 boundaries and a lone six in his short-lived innings that involved a 36-run partnership for the opening wicket with Saurabh Tiwary.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat against Pune Warriors India.
Warriors made two changes, bringing in Ajantha Mendis and Angelo Mathews in place of Luke Wright and Kane Richardson.
Pune would be desperate to make amends but they face an uphill task against the star-studded Bangalore.
It won't be an easy task for Finch's boys as they are up against a formidable Bangalore side which boasts of the big-hitting Chris Gayle.
On paper, Bangalore appear to be the overwhelming favourites with six wins in 10 games, while Pune are languishing at the bottom with just two wins in 10 matches.
Pune would be eager to forget the nightmarish experience it encountered the last time these two teams met on April 23, when Bangalore registered the highest team score of 263 and Gayle massacred the bowling to score a record 66-ball 175.
Teams:
Pune Warriors India: Robin Uthappa (wk), Aaron Finch (capt), Tirumalasetti Suman, Yuvraj Singh, Steven Smith, Angelo Mathews, Abhishek Nayar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajantha Mendis
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Saurabh Tiwary, Arun Karthik (wk), R Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, Muttiah Muralitharan, RP Singh
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