Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers light up the show for RCB fans as they put up 205-3 in 20 overs

Royal Challengers Bangalore finally opened up their hat tonight as they scored 205-3 in 20 overs. The superstars of RCB, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers both scored a fantastic half-century. Opener Parthiv Patel was not timing the shot well as he was dismissed for 25 off 24 by part-timer Nitish Rana that is when Kohli and de Villiers took KKR bowlers by storm.

Virat Kohli scored an amazing 49-ball 84 before he was bowled and caught by Kuldeep Yadav. Kohli also became the highest run-scorer in the IPL as he has 5,110 runs to his name. AB de Villiers hit an important 32-ball 63 before he was dismissed by Sunil Narine. De Villiers’ knock included 5 fours and 4 sixes. Marcus Stoinis came in and took the matters into his own hands as he took RCB past 200. Stoinis scored a fantastic 13-ball 28.

Nitish Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine all took one wicket each to their name. Prasidh Krishna was the most expensive bowler for KKR as he went for 41 runs from three overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.