It is an honour to play with AB- Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore revived their chances after putting a clinical performance against Delhi Daredevils on Saturday (May 12). AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli put 118-run stand after Rishabh Pant and debutant Abhishek Sharma's explosive innings lifted DD to 181 after 20 overs. However, Kohli and de Villiers overshadowed Pant and Sharma's innings with 70 and 72* runs respectively.

It was yet another Kohli-de Villiers show with bat as the registered their eighth hundred plus run partnership. Their highest came against Gujrat Lions back in 2016, where the duo put on an unbeaten 229 runs.



It was a must-win game for RCB to stay alive as they are sitting now on the seventh spot with 8 points in 11 matches.

"The table is wide open. It was a right time to get a win for us. It was a great feeling playing in front of a big crowd. Surprising to see so much support for us in Delhi. Again not a clinical show with the ball. We should have restricted them to maximum 160, but they played really well. At this stage of the tournament, maybe we will prefer bowling first because the batsmen can take more responsibility and chase down every total. We understand teams don't want to let us win now. Ask the opposition team to gets runs and tell them we are coming after it. That's what works for our team and it really motivated us,"said Virat.

However, Virat Kohli thinks that he wasn't happy with the way they bowled. But had all praised for his partner AB de Villers.



"I wasn't happy with the way we finished with ball. But AB told me in the innings break that we can do this and that is what helped me get into the zone and then I let my instincts take over. It's honour for me to bat with AB. We were looking to finish it with a few more overs to spare to help the run rate, but the two points are very crucial,".

AB de Villiers scored his fourth fifty-plus score in this IPL. He was awarded Man of The Match for his match winning 72* off 37 balls.

"To be honest with you it felt a bit weird tonight. Luckily Mishy bowled me one full ball out there and luckily I got it away and that kick-started my innings. I started slowly, luckily Virat was going well at the other end. Started felling much better after 10-15 balls. It's admirable to see youngsters come here and perform well (talking about Lamichhane). Very happy to be a part of tournament like this. We play for a proud franchise. The management and my team-mates and that is what motivates me,"said de Villiers while receiving man of the match.



Delhi Daredevils however, has been out of this tournament officially. They have won only three match in 12 matches. While RCB yet to play 3 more match and they need to win all three to alive their hopes of qualify for the playoffs.

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