The second half of Super Saturday witnessed Royal Challengers Bangalore clash against Delhi Daredevils at home, as the game saw a couple of brilliant knocks which lit up the atmosphere at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
AB de Villiers announced himself in the IPL this season with a man of the match performance, which took his side to a six-wicket win.
Earlier, Rishabh Pant played a sparkling knock of 85 which came off just 48 deliveries. Shreyas Iyer gave able support to him at the other end with his half-century.
During the post-match presentation, AB stated it was one of those days he saw the ball out of his hand perfectly, as opposed to the previous games. Therefore, he looked to cash in with the opportunity to get some runs under the belt.
“The last two innings I wasn’t hitting it too well, but today I felt it coming off the middle, watched it nice and early, bought myself that extra split second and that’s when I need to cash in,” AB de Villiers commented after receiving his memento.
Presenter, Harsha Bhogle asked AB what goes through his mind when the crowd chants ‘ABD! ABD!’. The South African replied by saying Bengaluru crowd is the best in the world.
“When you do get on top of the bowler, you have to take him down. This is the best crowd in the world; I just love playing here,” continued AB.
“But I must say, whenever you get into that zone that crowd is only a buzz. And today was a buzz. [On the ‘genius’ in his bat] I didn’t give myself that name, MRF did it (smiles),” concluded man of the match AB de Villiers.