AB de Villiers’ grasp class propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to an imposing win over Kolkata Knight Riders of their IPL match, on Sunday.
RCB scored 56 runs within the final three overs, together with 21 within the last six deliveries, to set KKR a stiff goal of 205 after electing to bat.
De Villiers walked in when RCB had been at 95/3 after 11.1 overs. From that time, he constructed a partnership with Glenn Maxwell. When he was lastly dismissed, the injury had been carried out with 76 from 34 balls. 55 of these runs got here within the final 5 overs.
De Villiers blazed away to 76 off 34 balls with the assistance of 9 fours and three sixes. Throughout his innings, the Proteas batsman was in whole management and performed pictures throughout the bottom residing as much as his tag of ‘Mr 360’. The cowl drive was his best shot with 22 runs coming from that shot.
De Villiers was significantly deadly on Andre Russell, who after a sensational final over within the earlier sport, was taken aside by ABD in a 21-run over.
ABD’s absolute carnage – 76*(34)#RCBvKKR #ABDevilliers pic.twitter.com/UnzLQgsPnZ
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The Knight Riders had been off to an excellent begin with leg-break bowler Varun Chakravarthy leaving RCB in early hassle at 9/2 with the large wickets of skipper Virat Kohli (5) and Rajat Patidar (1) within the second over.
Opening the bowling for KKR, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bowled a decent line and size to stifle the RCB batsmen in his first two overs.
After Chakravarthy lured Kohli to go over cowl with a tossed-up supply that drifted away from the right-hander, Rahul Tripathi pulled off a sensational catch working again from extra-cover. The high batsman was nowhere near the ball.
Chakravarthy then went via the defence of Patidar with one which darted again on touchdown.
Mixing aggression with warning, Maxwell and Devdutt Padikkal (25) revived the RCB innings after the early blows on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
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— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 18, 2021
While the younger Indian appeared content material taking part in the second fiddle, the swashbuckling Australian counter-attacked in advantageous style and performed the large pictures with consummate ease.
The in-form Maxwell upped the ante when he cleared his entrance leg to plonk Shakib Al Hasan over long-on for his first most within the sixth over.
The one bowled by Shakib turned out to be a productive over for RCB as they received 17 runs off it.
After reaching 45 for 2 on the finish of the six powerplay overs, Maxwell shifted gears and raced to his half-century in simply 28 balls. Even Chakravarthy, who was on fireplace a while in the past, was not spared by Maxwell as he smashed him for a six and 4 off successive balls.
Prasidh Krishna ended the third-wicket partnership of 86 runs by sending again Padikkal, which signalled the arrival of De Villiers within the center.
Joining forces, the dazzling duo of Maxwell and De Villiers didn’t permit the KKR bowlers to settle into any kind of rhythm till premier pacer Pat Cummins ended their 53-run affiliation.
That shot although 🔥🔥#AbDeVilliers #RCBvKKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/6JLS7Vrqtu
— Thyview (@Thyview) April 18, 2021
After that, the present belonged to De Villiers as he toyed with KKR bowlers.
(With PTI inputs)