De Villiers, Kohli hit 50s; RCB on course for a huge score

April 22, 2016 21:00

RCB 128-1 (15 ovs) vs Pune | SCORECARD

Left-arm spinner Ankit comes back and he makes up for two poor overs with a tight third over, giving away just five singles.

RCB have targetted the inexperienced Murugan Ashwin. AB reverse sweeps the second ball past point for a four and plays the conventional sweeps off the next ball for another four behind square on the leg side.

Kohli doing well to play the singles and provide as much strike as possible to AB, who has cut loose in the last few overs.

M Ashwin gives 11 runs in his second over for a total of 29 runs in his two overs.

While AB has gone at a strike rate of more than 200 to blast 64 from 31 balls, but Kohli is much slower at 48 from 44 balls.

Kohli completes his fifty from 47 balls with a single off Ankit on the leg side. Ankit bowls another tidy over, giving away six runs, as RCB reach 128 for one in 15 overs.

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