IPL 2020
#IPL 2020 : A B De Villiers Comes To The Party As RCB Thrash KKR By 82 Runs
Royal Challengers Bangalore came out with all guns firing against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Sharjah and the result was a convincing 82 run victory. Electing to bat after RCB skipper Virat Kohli won the toss , the team got a fine start a flyer to say with openers – Aaron Finch (47) some form finally and lusty hitting by left- hander Devdutt Padikkal (32).
But the real momentum and the imposing total of 194 for 2 in twenty overs was possible due to the batting master class by South African legend A B De Villiers . ABD as he is famously called toyed with the KKR bowling and smashed a power packed unbeaten 73 of mere 33 balls studded with 5 fours and six sixes and strike rate of 221. 21. Skipper Virat gave him company and remained unbeaten on 33 made of 28 balls.
KKR bowlers were sent on a leather hunt and their figures said it all . Pat Cummins 0/38 (4 overs), Prasidh Krishna 1/42 (4 overs), Andre Russell 1/51 ( 4 overs) , Varun Chakravarthy 0/25 ( 4 overs), Kamlesh Nagarkoti 0 /36 ( 4 overs). The absence of Sunil Narine was felt by KKR surely.
That’s that from Sharjah. #RCB win by 82 runs.#Dream11IPL #RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/wQV7xlQ9Yi
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In reply the Kolkata Knight Riders simply collapsed like a pack of cards . The batting display was forgettable. The team could reach 112/ 9 in their twenty overs. And hence lost by 82 runs. Shubman Gill ( 34 ) , Andre Russell ( 16), Rahul Tripathi ( 16) were the only batsmen to reach double figures.
For RCB , the bowling was spot on, South African Chris Morris had another fine game 2/17 (4 overs). And backed up well by Yuzvendra Chahal 1/12 (4 overs), Washington Sundar 2/20 ( 4 overs), Navdeep Saini 1/17 (3 overs), Mohammed Siraj 1/ 24 ( 3 overs), Isuru Udana 1/ 19 ( 2 overs)