Batting great Ab de Villiers hit probably a match-winning fifty on Monday to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) post 163/5 against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 opener at Dubai, UAE.
Legendary AB de Villiers showed his batting prowess during the SRH vs RCB match of IPL 2020 by hitting Sandeep Sharma for two stunning back-to-back sixes. Watch both the shots here
Batting great Ab de Villiers hit probably a match-winning fifty on Monday to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) post 163/5 against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 opener at Dubai, UAE.
The 36-year-old reached fifty in 29 balls as RCB looked to push for a big total. During his knock, the South African hit four fours and two sixes. And those maximums, against Sandeep Sharma, are worth sharing.
Sandeep started the penultimate with a single, then a slower one for a dot. But ABD responded with back-to-back sixes, first over extra cover then over point.
Watch both the sixes here:
SRH skipper David Warner won the toss and opted to bowl first. But debutant Devdutt Padikkal scored a fifty to give RCB a good start, before the ABD show.
RCB rode on Padikkal and ABD fifties to post 163/5.
Playing XIs:
SRH: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg,
Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.
RCB: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal.