Bangalore managed to tot up the highest score of IPL 2020 as they gathered 163 from their quota of 20 overs. Devdutt Paddikal played a gem of a knock at the start as he stitched a 42-ball-56 before being castled by a slower ball from Vijay Shankar.
Kohli looked good initially but then couldn’t clear the boundary as Natarajan forced him to go for a big shot but Rashid Khan took off a decent catch in the end.
As Bangalore stared at a massive void in the final overs, De Villiers took it upon himself and smoked the Hyderabad bowlers all around the park. It wasn’t a star-studded knock but a peachy innings with some dazzling strokes that saw him scoring a half century from 29 balls before he was run out with two balls to go.
As De Villiers lit up the Premier League with one of his dazzles, Twitter couldn’t keep calm. We will look at the ten best tweets on ABD’s blizzard.
The first tweet highlighted the number of sixes that was smoked by ABD, citing, “AB de Villiers has now scored 214 sixes in the IPL. Only Chris Gayle has hit more.”
AB de Villiers has now scored 214 sixes in the IPL. Only Chris Gayle has hit more.pic.twitter.com/f5swsmrmPZ
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) September 21, 2020
The second tweet read, “AB De Villiers becomes the second player to smash 200 sixes for RCB in IPL history.”
AB De Villiers becomes the second player to smash 200 sixes for RCB in IPL history.
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) September 21, 2020
The third tweet highlighted his devotion, quoting, “The way AB De Villiers prices his wicket is just amazing. Even after scoring a fifty, in the final over of the game he tried to retain the strike by diving full length to save his wicket. His commitment towards the game is wonderful.”
https://twitter.com/mufaddal_vohra/status/1308069312280707074?s=19
Another tweet read, “Vintage AB de Villiers ? #IPL2020 #SRHvsRCB”
Vintage AB de Villiers ? #IPL2020 #SRHvsRCB
(Photo Source: Disney + Hotstar VIP) pic.twitter.com/Kfsst77dWe— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 21, 2020
Mohammad Kaif picked up a decent thing to highlight as his tweet read, “Massive respect for Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers who will have names of #CovidHeroes on their jerseys for the IPL season. Sport spreading the message of humanity and generosity is the need of the hour and who better than these two ambassadors of our game to do that.”
Massive respect for Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers who will have names of #CovidHeroes on their jerseys for the IPL season. Sport spreading the message of humanity and generosity is the need of the hour and who better than these two ambassadors of our game to do that. pic.twitter.com/HhnUzG3OCh
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 21, 2020
A Bangladeshi websited tweeted, “AB de Villiers was on?
His quick firing knock helped RCB to post 163/5.
#SHvRCB #IPL2020”
AB de Villiers was on?
His quick firing knock helped RCB to post 163/5.#SHvRCB #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/rKNkgEANcj
— bdcrictime.com (@BDCricTime) September 21, 2020
Another interesting stat came out as another tweet read, “Ab De Villiers and Chris Gayle Only two players in the IPL History who have an average of 40+ average and 150+ strike Rate.!! ABD complete 200 Sixes for RCB!”
Ab De Villiers and Chris Gayle Only two players in the IPL History who have an average of 40+ average and 150+ strike Rate.!! ABD complete 200 Sixes for RCB.!! #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/5LfX1rjwuj
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 21, 2020
A decorated tweet read, “For me Rcb is all about AB de Villiers???
???
Batting to iske jesi”
https://twitter.com/Whateverbutbad/status/1308070041842188288?s=19
There was a fascinating stat again, citing, “Virat Kohli and Ab De Villiers Break the Records, these two Geniuses complete 2 runs (I’m Running between the Wickets) in just 5.80 seconds.!! Just Unbelievable ?!! #Legends #RCBVsSRH”
Virat Kohli and Ab De Villiers Break the Records, these two Geniuses complete 2 runs (I’m Running between the Wickets) in just 5.80 seconds.!! Just Unbelievable ?!! #Legends #RCBVsSRH pic.twitter.com/NOerg7cSia
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 21, 2020
Another humorous tweet read, “Out of all 3 monkey’s i must say this is unluckiest one of them …. Imagine not able to see Ab De Villiers bat .”
https://twitter.com/akakrcb6/status/1308072420545163264?s=19
