IPL 2021: AB de Villiers hits Kohli with bat against Mumbai Indians, sets an amazing record

RCB made their tournament debut by registering a thrilling two-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the first match of IPL 2021. In the match, RCB batsman AB de Villiers created a furor and also made a wonderful record.

Let us tell you that in the match, the target of 160 runs for victory in front of RCB was achieved by Bangalore on the basis of the excellent batting of AB de Villiers. Explain that after the dismissals of Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell in the match, the responsibility of winning the team was on AB de Villiers’ shoulder. AB de Villiers scored 48 runs in 27 balls with 4 fours and two sixes.

De Villiers was run out in the last over when RCB was just a few runs away from victory. AB de Villiers’ record against Mumbai Indians is amazing and that too especially in the Death Overs. Since 2015, de Villiers has scored 207 runs in the last five overs against Mumbai.

During this period, de Villiers has a strike rate of 249.40. De Villiers has hit 17 fours and 15 sixes in the Death Overs against Mumbai. In the Death Overs, de Villiers has beaten every bowler of the Mumbai Indians. Trent Boult has scored 50 runs off 19 balls. At the same time, Jaspreet Bumrah’s 69 runs off 30 balls and Hardik Pandya’s 33 runs off 10 balls. AB de Villiers has always been a troubleshooter for RCB and he was seen doing something similar in the match against Mumbai Indians.