The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced off against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 28th match of the IPL 2020 in Sharjah. This was the seventh match of both the teams and completed the first half of the tournament.
RCB captain Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat first. With the pitch behaving on the slower side, openers Finch (47) and Padikkal (32) played cautiously but took the advantage of the new ball making 67 runs in 8 overs together.
When Finch fell to Prasidh Krishna, the score read 94/2 in 12.2 overs and Kohli was joined by AB de Villiers. The duo took it slow for a couple of overs before De Villiers unleashed some amazing shots against Nagarkoti, Cummins, and Russell in the last four overs.
IPL 2020: Cricket fraternity reacts as AB de Villiers’ blazing 73* takes RCB to 194/2 against KKR
The duo added 100* runs in just 46 balls with De Villiers making 73* with 6 sixes and 5 fours in 33 balls, ending up with a strike rate of 221.21. Kohli, on the other end, made 33* in 28 balls with just 1 four to his name but ran hard to keep De Villiers on the strike.
RCB made a total of 194/2 all thanks to De Villiers.
Here is the video of AB de Villiers’ magical innings:
