Kohli and AB de Villiers centuries trounces Gujarat Lions
Indian Premier League, 44th match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions at M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore, May 14, 2016
Royal Challengers Bangalore 248/3 (20/20 ov) Virat Kohli 109 off 55, 5 fours, 8 sixes, AB de Villiers 129 not out off 52, 10 fours, 12 sixes, P Kumar 45-2, DS Kulkarni 33-1.
Gujarat Lions 104 all out (18.4/20 ov) RA Jadeja 21 off 19, 2 fours, 1 six, AJ Finch 37 off 38, 3 fours, 1 six, YS Chahal 19-3, S Aravind 15-1 CJ Jordan 11-4.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 144.
Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field. AB de Villiers 52-ball129 not out took only 43 balls to reach century, which is the 5th fastest century in IPL, fastest being the 30 balls by Gayle against PWI in 2013. Virat Kohli’s 55-ball 109 allowed 4 century partnerships between AB de Villiers in this IPL most by a pair in a season and helped to post a massive 248/3. AB de Villiers also became 3rd overseas batsman after Gayle and warner and the 9th player to have completed 3000 runs in IPL.
Royal Challengers havingscored 81 off their 11 overs smashed 167 off the last nine.
In the chase Gujarat Lions collapsed dramatically with six batsman failing to score double figures, as only Jadeja 21 and AJ Finch 37 provided any resistance and were all out for 104 in 18.4 overs. Chris Jordan and Yuzvendra Chahal bagged figures of 4 for 11 and 3 for 19 repectively.