AB De Villiers and Umesh Yadav were the stars of the day for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they beat Kings XI Punjab by four wickets to register their first win of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday.
With this victory, RCB has opened their account as far as the IPL points table is concerned while as for KXIP, this was their first defeat of the season.
Chasing a tricky total of 156, RCB lost early wickets including Brendon McCullum and Virat Kohli but AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock resisted well and stitched a strong partnership. Later, they lost wickets in quick succession but De Villiers stood strong at one end and went on to score a half-century. The Proteas batsman was undone by Andrew Tye but that didn’t really affect the result of the match as Washington Sundar completed the win for RCB as he hit the winning stroke.
Sundar looked off-colour in the first match that he played for RCB against Kolkata Knight Riders but looked in good touch on Friday. He scalped an important wicket of KL Rahul and also removed Marcus Stoinis to return with figures of 2/22 in 4 overs.
The pick of the bowlers for RCB was Umesh Yadav who bagged the wickets of Mayank Agarwal, Aaron Finch and Yuvraj Singh in one over and turned the game in RCB’s favour.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the match:
Good for RCB to get points on the board. Mujeeb bowled beautifully for 3 overs, the ball to get Kohli was a dream delivery, but ABD turned the game in his 4th over with those two sixes, will be a great learning curve for the 17 year old. #RCBvKXIP
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 13, 2018
This is a @ABdeVilliers17 masterclass … #IPL #SelectDugout
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 13, 2018
In Mujeeb there is a mystery but don’t forget Abd has a great history…great history of winning matches n doing unthinkable @ipl @StarSportsIndia ( I know he jut got out but had to say that)
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 13, 2018
How good this KL Rahul is batting. Spring in the bat;). N Umesh Yadav is in great rhythm @IPL @StarSportsIndia
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 13, 2018
Ashwin’s captaincy. Mandeep’s batting. Sundar’s bowling. Aspects that might not get enough admiration and appreciation….but stood out. #RCBvKXIP
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2018
.@ABdeVilliers17 must be like wake me up only when things are not going @RCBTweets way. He has been a bowler slayer. Btw kaam to hogaya “haathi nikal gaya reh gayi pooch” #RCBvKXIP #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 13, 2018
Wow @y_umesh well bowled buddy… hard work pays. Experience always comes handy. @RCBTweets Need to get the two local boys out. #RCBvKXIP #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 13, 2018
One more final over finish this @IPL, Well done @RCBTweets on the Victory #RCBvKXIP
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) April 13, 2018
We celebrated our first victory of #VIVOIPL2018 and it was fitting that it in our first home game! A big shout-out to the Bold performances from the entire unit 💪😎#PlayBold #RCBvKXIP #RCB pic.twitter.com/p0DcC3IERj
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 13, 2018
RCB have won an IPL match including AB de Villiers for the first time in 12 matches.
They had lost each of their previous 11 games in which ABD featured. #RCBvKKR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 13, 2018
Just a week of #IPL2018 and how many last over finishes already?! It's like no one wants to win easily this season. #RCBvKXIP
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) April 13, 2018
Aggression level: Mr & Mrs Kohli#IPL2018 #RCB #IPL18 #RCBvsKXIP #KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/S9k6mn0rcf
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 13, 2018
What a ball to dismiss @imVkohli absolutely amazing to watch @Mujeeb_Zadran 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) April 13, 2018
“Kohli ka, McCullum ka, Sarfraz ka…sabka badla lega tera AB..”#RCBvKXIP
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) April 13, 2018
Anushka be like ! #RCB pic.twitter.com/tYqjau4ixl
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 13, 2018
good game – a 17 year old bowled the ball of the tournament and an 18 year old hit the winning runs #RCBvKXIP
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 13, 2018
Virat Kohli to #UdtaUmesh pic.twitter.com/FKs637yCuK
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 13, 2018
What a spell this is turning out to be! Umesh Yadav fighting it back for @RCBTweets . #PowerYourGame #RCBvKXIP
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 13, 2018
AB de Villiers' guides Royal Challengers Bangalore to their 1st win of the season #IPL2018 #RCBvKXIP pic.twitter.com/Vvag5mg2x6
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/DinShagnaDa/status/984856834891644928
I like how @AnushkaSharma has this wide bright smile every time RCB is managing to take wickets or block KXIP from getting runs. @imVkohli you are one lucky man! #RCBvKXIP #IPL
— Kasturi🍀🌈 (@Kasturi_Subhash) April 13, 2018
Just a reminder : Kohli's team won when Anushka was there in stadium.
Unlucky?#RCBvKXIP— Ajitdeep (@CHAIHOLIC_) April 13, 2018
