AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli are the two modern greats of world cricket. Both these batsmen put on a magnificent exhibition of batting in a must-win game for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they plundered records in their must-win clash against Gujarat Lions in Bangalore on Saturday. Both Kohli and de Villiers notched up centuries to propel RCB to 248/3.
Here is how the cricketing fraternity reacted to the thrilling match:
Many congratulations @ABdeVilliers17and @imVkohli truly class first time missed a game but saw a great game of #IPL2016 play well boys?
— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) May 14, 2016
Incredible hitting by @ABdeVilliers17 3 hundreds in one ipl unbelievable performance @imVkohli
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 14, 2016
This is like Ronaldo and Messi on the same team! ? #IPL2016
— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) May 14, 2016
Best way to get @ABdeVilliers17 off strike is to give him a single. But then it means you are bowling to @imVkohli
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 14, 2016
#GL lost to Kohli by 5 runs and to AB by 25 runs…and to #RCB by 144 runs. #RCBvGL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 14, 2016
Serious entertainment from @ABdeVilliers17 and @imVkohli. Woke up from a great sleep and it was raining Sixers.! #class #IPL2016
— David Miller (@DavidMillerSA12) May 14, 2016
Just like a switch was flicked, Kohli turns it on too.
What a special partnership. 2 awesome players.#destruction #carnage #unbelievable— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa) May 14, 2016
200 partnership…in a T20 game??!!!!!!! @imVkohli @ABdeVilliers17 @RCBTweets #vivoipl pic.twitter.com/uiNtWfIthI
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) May 14, 2016