04/22Result
16th match (N), Indian Premier League at Pune, Apr 22 2016
RCB won by 13 runs
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru
04/22Result
16th match (N), Indian Premier League at Pune, Apr 22 2016
RCB won by 13 runs
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru

Match Day

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KP injury 'blessing in disguise' - Dhoni

Kevin Pietersen being sidelined may help Rising Pune Supergiants plug gaps in their bowling, their captain MS Dhoni said. Meanwhile, RCB captain Virat Kohli was fined INR 12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate

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AB de Villiers shines in Bangalore win over Pune

AB de Villiers top scored with a 46-ball 83 to help Bangalore narrowly beat Pune by 13 runs in a high scoring clash in the Indian Twenty20 competition in Pune on Friday.

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De Villiers continues on transcendant route

The beauty about AB de Villiers is he forces a change in mindset, be it the opposition bowler, captain, his own teammate or even a spectator. He makes one realise that boundaries can be pushed just by making the effort

RCB buck the trend

2

Number of matches won by teams batting first out of 16 matches in this IPL. Both of them have been won by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Tabraiz's 2015-16

57

First-class wickets taken by Tabraiz Shamsi in 2015-16 in South Africa - the second highest by any bowler in the season.

Maximum utilization

28

Dots in Royal Challengers' inns - the 3rd least in an inns of 20 overs in the IPL. Super Kings had faced just 25 dots against Mumbai Indians in 2013 - the least.

what a pair!

3

No. of 150-plus stands between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. No other pair has more than two such stands in all T20s.

Yet another 50 stand

11

Fifty-plus stands between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Only Kohli-Gayle (15) and Hussey-Vijay (13) have more such stands.

Kohli v Ashwin

115

Runs Virat Kohli had scored off 83 balls off R Ashwin in the IPL before this match. He is the only batsman to have scored 100-plus runs off a bowler without getting dismissed.

Imporant toss?

14

Number of games out of 15 won by teams chasing in this IPL. Only team that won batting first are Royal Challengers who have been asked to bat first in this match.