Last night the match was won by Royal Challengers Bangalore beating the defending champions, Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs. The match was hosted by the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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We saw many brilliant performances from the players of both the teams which made the match more thrilling and exciting.However, it was AB de Villiers’ performance last night, which stole everyone’s heart.
Before the match started the toss was won by the home team, RCB were invited to bat first as the toss was won by Sunrisers Hyderabad, who chose to ball first.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad , known for having the best bowling line-up in the league, started the game with a bang by taking two wickets in the starting overs. Parthiv Patel went back to pavilion after scoring a single run, while on the other hand, Virat Kohli was bowled by the very talented Rashid Khan. Virat Kohli scored 12 runs off the 11 balls.
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AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali played an exceptional partnership and took the match by storm. They made everyone sit on the edge of their seats throughout their knock. AB de Villiers, played another brilliant knock last night and scored a quick 69 off 39 balls. He smashed 12 fours and 1 six. Moeen Ali as well, was in a very great form as he gave a thrilling performance by scoring 65 runs in 34 balls.Colin de Grandhomme scored a quick 40 runs in the 17 balls he played.
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The ace bowlers of Sunrisers Hyderabad tried their best but couldn’t stop the players of Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, Rashid Khan took 3 big wickets today, including the wicket of Virat Kohli. The players of RCB stretched the total scores to 218 runs.
In the second innings of the match, the skipper of the team, Kane Williamson gave a destructive performance and scored 81 runs off 42 balls. Manish Pandey remained unbeaten at the scores of 62 runs that he scored in 38 balls.
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AB de Villiers impressed everyone in this innings as well by taking one of the greatest catch you will ever see, to dismiss Alex Hales, who scored 37 runs off 24 balls.
The players of RCB did well in all the three departments of the game and won the match by 14 runs.
Here’s how twitterati reacted to the glorified win of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Have a look:
What a thrilling game yet again! Must say @RCBTweets have been terrific in their last few games. The 2 play off spots are still wide open! #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) May 17, 2018
Appalling 3rd umpire call. #RCBvSRH
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) May 17, 2018
Superman plays cricket.
Superman is South African.
Superman represents #RCB
Superman = @ABdeVilliers17 #RCBvSRH #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/IluByL4oD8— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 17, 2018
That was OUT … Brilliant catch by Southee … Shocking 3 rd umpire decision … #IPL2018
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 17, 2018
Sensational innings from Williamson. Another metre and that could have been the match for #SRH. ##RCB‘s game now
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 17, 2018
The magic of #IPL …
Ish Sodhi claiming the wicket of Kane Williamson..
And..
Colin de Grandhomme taking the catch of Kane Williamson..#thekiwis#RCBvSRH#IPL2018— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 17, 2018
Spirited effort from the Sunrisers trying to chase 219. Williamson was absolutely superb. Still can’t get over that catch from De villiers to dismiss Hales. RCB are well and truly in it , and after looking down and out after the first half are now at No5 in points table #RCBvSRH
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 17, 2018
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No wonder @ABdeVilliers17 is called the Superman! What a catch #IPL2018 #RCB #RCBvSRH
— Divyesh (@iamdivyesh) May 17, 2018
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That was OUT … Brilliant catch by Southee … Shocking 3 rd umpire decision … #IPL2018
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 17, 2018
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What an outstanding game of cricket…#RCB have won three in a row. #SRH have lost two in two after dropping only two games in first 11 matches. #RCBvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2018
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