Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers

Kohli and AB de Villiers ensure RCB win by 45 runs

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Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers

Indian Premier League, 4th match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, Apr 12, 2016

RCB 227/4 (20/20 ov) V Kohli 75 off 51, 7 fours and 3 sixes, AB de Villiers 82 off 42, 7 fours and 6 sixes, SN Khan 35 off 10, 5 fours and 2 sixes, SR Watson 19 off 8, 3 sixes. B Kumar 55-2, Mustafizur Rahman 26-2

Sunrisers Hyderabad 182/6 (20/20 ov) David Warner 58 off 25, 4 fours, 5 sixes, Ashish Reddy 32 off 18, 2 fours, 3 sixes, Karn Sharma 26 off  17, 3 fours and 1 six, Chahal 26-2, Shane Watson 30-2, Parvez Rasool 31-1

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 45 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. RCB recorded their second highest partnership In IPL of 157 between Kholi 75 and AB de Villiers 82, the highest was 167 between Gayle and Dilshan in 2013.  Warner set the pace for Sunrisers, but after he brought up his fifty off 21 balls, four wickets fell in four overs and slowed the chase.