De Villiers' blast powers RCB to victory

April 24, 2019 23:51

Punjab 184-7 (20 ovs) vs RCB 202-4 | Scorecard

AB de Villiers slammed an unbeaten half-century to power Royal Challengers Bangalore victory against Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.

De Villiers smashed a quickfire 82 from 44 balls to power RCB to a huge 202 for four in their 20 overs after they were put into bat.

In reply, Punjab started off brightly courtesy of KL Rahul (42) and Mayank Agarwal (35 from 21 balls) after Chris Gayle had perished early.

But the duo perished in successive overs as RCB slipped to 105 for three in the 11th over.

Nicholas Pooran then took centrestage with a flurry of sixes as he slammed 46 from 28 balls but Umesh Yadav bowled a good spell at the end to take RCB to victory.

RCB lost captain Virat Kohli early after he was caught in the covers off Mohammed Shami for 13.

Parthiv Patel rallied the hosts with a quickfire 43 from 24 balls before RCB lost their way as three wickets fell for 10 runs in the space of 16 balls.

De Villiers started off steadily but cut loose sensationally at the end. After completing his fifty from 35 balls, there was no stopping de Villiers, who hit 32 runs from the next nine deliveries.

He got good support from Marcus Stoinis, who hit an unbeaten 46 from 34 balls with the duo putting on an unbroken stand of 121 from 66 balls for the fifth wicket.

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