IPL8 – it was a de Villiers one-man show as RCB routs MI to climb to 4th spot

#IPL8 #RCBvsMI #ABdeVilliers #ViratKohli #Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore have real good hitters in their midst and, when Chris Gayle fails to deliver, A B de Villiers emerges as the hero to sweep away the opposition. He scored 133 runs in just 59 balls and, in the company of captain Virat Kohli who chipped in with an unbeaten 82 runs, put up a huge score of 235 runs for the loss of only one wicket – that of Gayle.
A B de Villiers hit four sixes and 19 fours in his total of 133 and it was a one-man show with Kohli playing second fiddle as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 10 May 2015.

The stand of 215 in 102 balls is, now, an all-time IPL record partnership. It has overtaken the earlier best of 206 between Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh and they had put it up against RCB while they played for Kings XI Punjab in 2011 at Dharamsala.
The Mumbai Indians did stage a fight of sorts but fell short by 39 runs and, with this win, RCB move up to the 4th spot in the points table. RCB still has three games in hand and appear to be well-poised to enter the play-offs. It was a disappointment for the Mumbai crowd at the Wankhede Stadium and, if Harbhajan Singh had not dropped de Villiers when he was on 6, things might have been different but then, T20 does not believe in ifs and buts, its all about here and now.

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#IPL8 #RCBvsMI #harbhajansingh #rohitsharma Mumbai Indians finally broke the jinx and won their IPL8 encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat them on their home ground by 18 runs as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 20 April 2015.
This win came after four defeats and was a result of a dedicated approach to the game and posting an impressive total of 200 plus for the opposition.

RCB won the toss and sent in MI to bat first. Opening the MI innings, Lendl Simmons made 59 off 44 balls with the help of nine boundaries and two sixes, and Unmukt Chand smashed his way to 58 off just 37 balls which included eight fours and two hits over the fence.
Then skipper Rohit Sharma contributed with a 15-ball 42-run cameo to help Mumbai's cause. He hit three fours and four huge sixes. And, towards the end, young Hardik Pandya played an unbeaten 16 runs off just six deliveries for Mumbai. The final total of 209 was too much for RCB and, with Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli failing to deliver, the RCB had to face defeat on home ground.
Harbhajan Singh took 3 wickets for 27 runs was the Man of the Match.

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