Sensational batting from Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers to take their team past 200 after losing two wickets at just 9. Maxwell was brilliant today as he slammed 78 runs from a difficult situation and proved his worth once again. While ABD does what he is famous for. He smashes the bowlers all over the park with complete ease and scored an unbeaten 76 runs off just 34 balls. With the help of some monstrous hits of AB de Villers Bangalore scored 56 runs in the last three overs of innings.
Glenn Maxwell made a sloid 49-ball 78 and was complemented perfectly by a 34-ball 76* blitzkrieg from AB de Villiers as Royal Challengers Bangalore posted 204 for 4 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai. Virat Kohli opted to bat in the first afternoon game of the season and Bangalore got off to a horrendous start losing their skipper and Rajat Patidar in the second over of the innings from Varun Chakravarthy. But Maxwell was in red-hot touch from the word go and his counter-attack took Kolkata by surprise. An 86-run partnership between Maxwell and Devdutt Padikkal saw the all-rounder get to his second consecutive fifty this season. After Padikkal got out in the 12 over, Maxwell was joined by Mr. 360 and the duo just took Kolkata bowlers to the cleaners. Both added 56 runs for the fourth wicket off just 37 balls. After Maxwell got out in the 17th over, De Villiers went berserk and smoked everything out of the park. His 39th IPL fifty powered Bangalore to a massive total on a tricky Chepauk track.
