ABD stars as RCB whip KKR by 82 runs

AB de Villiers’ whirlwind knock of 73* set up Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 82-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders.

The AB de Villiers show was on full display as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 82 runs in Match 28 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sharjah yesterday.

After scoring 194/2, RCB had a chance to strike early but, Navdeep Saini could not hold on to a sharp return catch to get Shubman Gill out in his first over. The right-arm pacer, though managed to pick up his first wicket of the match as he dismissed the IPL debutant Tom Banton in the fourth over as KKR lost their first wicket in the chase. KKR though, managed to score 43 runs in the powerplay, with Gill scoring 26 of those runs.

RCB tightened the screws over the course of the next few overs with Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar and picked up four wickets in the space of five overs.