Highlights:
- Ravi Shastri requests AB de Villiers to retire
- De Villiers is currently playing for the RCB in the IPL
- Royal Challengers beat KKR by 82 runs
Batting first at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday, RCB scored 194 runs for the loss of two wickets in their allotted 20 overs. AB de Villiers did a fantastic batting performance. He hit an unbeaten 73 off just 33 balls with 6 sixes and five boundaries. He was awarded the Man of the Match award.
Virat Kohli scored 33 runs while AB de Villiers gave Sath. Virat and ABD scored 100 runs. For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy was unbeaten on four wickets for just four overs. RCB have scored 83 runs in the last five overs.
Bangalore vs Kolkata Scorecard
“The time has come. We can’t believe what we saw last night. Cricket needs an ADB at this difficult time.
AB de Villiers announced goodbye to international cricket on May 23, 2018. However, England and Wales hosted the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup. However, they were not able to sign a contract with Cricket South Africa (CSA) management.
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Chasing a target of 195, Kolkata Knight Riders and Shubhaman Gill left the other batsmen unable to face the RCB bowlers. Chris Morris and Washington Sundar took two wickets each while Yazvendra Chahal took 12 wickets in four overs and KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik took wickets.
KKR leader Dinesh Karthik also praised AB De Villiers. Speaking to StarSports after the match, Dinesh Karthik said, “AB de Villiers is a world-class batsman. It is very difficult to tie him in such a stadium. At the end of the day, both teams’ innings were different.”
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Royal Challengers tops the Bangalore Points table with a win over KKR. Mumbai Indians top the list with a good run rate, followed by Delhi Capital. The Virat Kohli-led RCB will face Kings XI Punjab on Oct. 15. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Mumbai Indians on May 16.
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