IPL 2018 Video Highlight: AB de Villiers’ Spiderman Catch Impresses RCB Captain Virat Kohli
The Chinnaswamy stadium witnessed an amazing show put up by home team Royal Challengers Bangalore as they clinched a 14 run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad last night in match number 51 of the IPL 2018.
The Chinnaswamy stadium witnessed an amazing show put up by home team Royal Challengers Bangalore as they clinched a 14 run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad last night in match number 51 of the IPL 2018. But the star of the match was AB de Villiers who not only score 69 runs but also took a miraculous catch which took place at the 8th over of the match. Alex Hales looked very dangerous. AB standing at mid-wicket made no mistake and clinched the ball.
The stupendous catch sent social media into a tizzy and hailed him for the effort. RCB skipper Virat Kohli compared the catch to Marvel superhero and wrote, “Saw #SpiderMan Live today! 😮@abdevilliers17#RCBvsSRH #IPL2018.”
Harsha Bhogle too praised AB de Villers and tweeted, “Magician . #ABD. You've got to be here to hear the chant!”
Irfan Pathan too hailed AB for the catch. His tweet read, “If any one asks why we call ABD a superman just show them this catch of hales... #ABD #SRHvsRCB #IPL11.”
Talking about the match yesterday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore were asked to bat first and they lost a couple of wickets quite early. However, when AB de Villiers 69 runs off 39 balls with Moen Ali who smashed 65 off 34 deliveries. Grandhomme too contributed with the bat scoring 40 off 17 balls. His innings comprised one four and four sixes. With the RCB posted a total of 218/6. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson made 81 runs off 42 balls. Manish Pandey made 62 off 38 balls. However, once the score wasn’t good enough to make SRH win the match.
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