A century stand between skipper AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli took Royal Challengers Bangalore (ꦬRCB) to their sixth successive win against Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla as the visitors registered a cru♑cial five-wicket win on Saturday night.
Chasing 182, after Kohli fell for a 40-ball 70, de Villiers held his own, remaining unbeaten on 72 to take the side over the line wit♛h an over to spare to keep RCB alive in the tournament, and officially knocking DD out of IPL 2018.
This is the sixth successive time that the Delhi franchise has failed to progress beyond the league stag🅰e.
Here’s how the Twitter world reacted to the match:
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Very well done by tonight. Well played after a rꦇeal good start from
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
'A'bsolutely 'B'rilliant Devilliers delivers for the
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Always a delight watching & bat 𝓀together, Well played & Congratulations on the victory
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
There are many stellar partnerships in cricket, but nothing quite like the – jugalbandi!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
an🌞d showing once again why they’re the best of the best in !! What a win! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
— Erin Holland (@erinvholland)
Virat Kohli's reactions during AB de Villiers batting
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Different when the big guys play. .
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Delhi strengthen their grip on the wooden spoon
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
AB brinౠgs up his 26th IPL fifty with a monstrous maximum
Most 100 plus stands in IPL
9 Gayle – Kohli
8 Kohli – AB de Villiers *
6 Warner – Dhawan
5 Gambhir – Uthappa— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz)
Most Man of the Match awards in IPL:
20 Chris Gayle
17 AB DE VILLIERS
16 Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma
15 David Warner
14 Dhoni, Raina— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers's 100 or more runs partnerships in IPL
229* vs GL, 2016
215* vs MI, 2015
157 vs SRH, 2016
155 vs RPSG, 2016
118 vs DD, 2018
115* vs KKR, 2016
107 vs DD, 2016
103 vs DD, 2013
The best pair in IPL history— JSK (@imjsk27)
ABD and VK won.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
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