TIL Desk Sports/ Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli described team-mate AB de Villiers’s unbeaten 33-ball 73, which set up a comprehensive victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Monday, as “superhuman” effort, saying every other batsmen had struggled on the dry Sharjah pitch.
The Royal Challengers registered a massive 82-run win on the back of de Villiers’s batting pyrotechnics and the guile of spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (1/12) and Washington Sundar (2/20). The duo were instrumental in restricting the Knight Riders to 112 for 9 while chasing a target of 195.
“This pitch was drier. And the day was pleasant so we thought there would be no dew. Barring one superhuman, every batsman struggled on the pitch. The talk was around getting 165, but we got 194. You know exactly why. It was unbelievable,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
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