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AB de Villiers plucks an absolute screamer
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AB de Villiers plucks an absolute screamer
The Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier today. As was the norm in the last few matches, the winners of the toss elected to bowl, in this case, the Sunrisers. Match 51 of IPL 2018 kicked off with Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel taking to the crease. Sadly, they didn’t last long as Patel departed for 1 run while skipper Kohli could only manage 12.
But then, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali came to the party and gave RCB the necessary boost. Both went on to smash half-centuries before being dismissed for 69 and 65 respectively. However, the momentum was with RCB now as Colin de Grandhomme struck a fine 40 runs. Mandeep Singh and Sarfaraz Khan were the last men standing before Singh was dismissed for 4 runs, leaving Khan on 22. RCB scored 218 runs
The Sunrisers’ chase in the second innings of Match 51 of IPL 2018 was fierce. Shikhar Dhawan perished for 18 runs but Alex Hales continued the onslaught. Hales would eventually depart for 37 before skipper Kane Williamson and Manish Pandey took up the cudgels. The two were on fire as Williamson smashed 81 runs and Pandey was on an unbeaten 62. When Williamson was sent back, replacement, Deepak Hooda scored a single run. But it was too late as RCB won by 14 runs and everyone was going gaga over AB de Villiers’ insane dismissal of Alex Hales. Here is how social media responded to the match.
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https://twitter.com/sports_ess/status/997166950768783360
Great grand grand salute to this superhero of Cricket @ABdeVilliers17 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌 whaaat a catch and equally batting!!!! #ThorOfCricket @IPL @RCBTweets #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/QWZsfu3qI8
— Shrivatsa Kulkarni (@vatsa123) May 17, 2018
Sums up the game🙏🏻 #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/w2A322cyFB
— C J Santosh Kumar (@cjsantosh) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/Prabhudev_V/status/997194448453894145
#KaneWilliamson is rated highly as a TEST and ODI player but often we forget that he is no less in T20 either. Less power and more timing. I wonder why, is he always regarded 4th in the list of fab4.#RCBvSRH #SRH #OrangeArmy #IPL2018
— Ajay Krishna (@AjayKrrish13) May 17, 2018
#RCBvSRH thought #trentboult catch was best this #IPL2018 but @ABdeVilliers17 proved otherwise
— Shrinivas Kulkarni 🇮🇳 (@shrinivas_ak) May 17, 2018
#RCBvSRH no no AB is not human not after what I saw today
— EDDIE (@DAEDDIE08) May 17, 2018
Mark my words if they qualify for playoffs …. They might even win the tournament , not that BJP has finally formed the govt. In #karnataka #RCBvSRH
— Harsh Vardhan 🇮🇳 (@NotSoHarsh8) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/imkhan5csn/status/997194218316546053
Manish Pandey has played some questionably selfish innings over the course of his career. Bizzare. Williamson deserved this win and probably would have won it if got more strike. #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— Ice Cool (@Lime_Filter) May 17, 2018
And to know that same #RCB fans will be cheering for #Srh on Sunday 😂
Oh great #Ipl this 👌
— Mr (@mThinkr) May 17, 2018
Are You Sure This Guy’s Human?
https://twitter.com/immanish_kr/status/997195117348798464
After AB Delivers only Rajnikant can catch this #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/6jzFXCiLjR
— Raghav Masoom (@comedibanda) May 17, 2018
In between this wicket break, just saw Brendon McCullum run from the dugout to the dressing room to get fresh gloves for Sarfaraz. A super senior running pillar to post, giving it all despite not being in the XI. All with a smile.. Respect. #RCBvSRH
— Nishant Sharma (@NishantG77424) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/Mrazagab/status/997194840705150976
Good to See Thanos hasn’t Wiped Out this Avenger
https://twitter.com/imnishad93/status/997194743397343232
Happy to be part of this fantastic crowd, electrifying atmosphere #LoveChinnaswamy #PlayBold #RCBvSRH #RCB @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/I6GL5iQKUk
— Satheesh Chinnappan (@satheesh_kcp) May 17, 2018
And is real superman, u can see that..
Abd villers is not a simple human.#Superman#ABDevilliers#RCBvSRH @ABdeVilliers17 @StarSportsIndia @cricketaakash @jatinsapru pic.twitter.com/0GNS8VX6n0— Brijesh yadav (@Brijesh007Yadav) May 17, 2018
These losses comes at right time so that #SRH can awake n rethink & improve their mistakes for upcoming playoffs…batting start doing well now time for bowling unit to sharpen again n destroy the opposition…excellent batting from ABD & #KaneWilliamson as always #RCBvSRH
— vaibhav jain (@jjainvaibhav) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/ramprabhas99/status/997196041199017984
#RCBvSRH RCB rocks today specially 360° A B D the hero of the team and an awesome fielder. Williamson gave a strong fight though the score was enough to stop him before they reach there. RCB deserved victory today and they proved their class. Feeling good to see interesting match
— Idiot (@StupoCrezoAmezo) May 17, 2018
Basil Thampi… I Suggest You Run
All credit for #SRH loss goes to #BasalThampi for their extraordinary bowling & rest to their management @VVSLaxman281 for dropping @BhuviOfficial & @iamyusufpathan #RCBvSRH #IPL2018 #Race3MostViewedTrailerIn24Hrs
— Abhishek Singh (@SinghAbhi2406) May 17, 2018
We've seen spectacular catches as well as some spectacular dropped ones in the same game tonight. #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— Krishnadev Roy (@the_krishnadev) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/sarcasmdilse/status/997195575480041472
There are athletes who take great catches and then there is De Villiers who has flying powers #WhatDidIJustSee #RCBvSRH #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/Ve0vC0M11I
— Abhimanyu Kulkarni (@SansaniPatrakar) May 17, 2018
Biggest lie from @ABdeVilliers17
You can't be humen at all… u r something else. @cricbuzz#RCBvSRH #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/7Zjj33vZRS— Lalit Waykole (@lswaykole07) May 17, 2018
Retweeted SAGAR (@sagarcasm):
Whether it's politics or cricket, Bengaluru is the centre of attention of the entire country right now. #RCBvSRH
— 🇮🇳 (@_bharatdesh) May 17, 2018
shocked today bro….#RCBvSRH #RCB best performance @imVkohli and Team https://t.co/nSAtRJuL7c
— RayyaN_shariquE (@RayyanSharique) May 17, 2018
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Gravity: Come to me baby. I am the one who attracts everyone.
ABD: Fuck Off!#RCBvSRH #RCB #ABD #IPL2018 #Vivoipl2018 #SpiderMan pic.twitter.com/lyHxxp210R
— Tanveer (@TweeTanveer) May 17, 2018
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#RCBvSRH Hats off to Basil Tampi played really well for RCB😂 like Raga for BJP😜#RCB #escn #Vivoipl2018 #IPL2018
— 🅰🆅🅸🅽🅳🆁🅰 🅷 🆂🇮🇳 (@AvindraHS) May 17, 2018
