DeVilliers storm blew away Chargers
BANGALORE: AB deVilliers storm blew away Deccan. Bangalore was on course of losing the game when deVilliers enters the ground.
They needed 43 in three overs. But then AB decided to launch an attack. He assaulted his South African teammate Steyn all round the ground and smashed 23 runs in his 18th over.
He does not wait till the last over to finish the game but continues his assault in 19th over and finish the game with still 7 balls remaining.
He made 147 in only 17 balls. Before this Gayle and Dilshan give RCB very good start but they lose to many wickets into middle and game tilt towards Charges.
But AB won it for Bangalore.
Earlier, after put into bat Chargers for the first time in tournament clicked as a unit and made a challenging total of 181 runs. Dhawan made 71 runs while he was very well supported by Harris and White who made 47 and 45 respectively. They lost just two wickets.
AB de Villiers is the Man of the Match. AB: “We needed that win. The commentators spoke about our charity initiative back home, guess that is what motivated me tonight. I was actually quite scared facing him [Steyn], I know him pretty well. It does not happen every day.” He was scared? What if he hadn’t been?
Virat: “We wanted to win it badly, they bowled well in the middle overs, but when you have AB, anything is possible. That’s one of the best finishes I have seen. Hopefully we can continue this momentum and make it to the play-offs.”
Sanga: “We made a good score, but we did not get the yorkers in. We needed to bowl good balls and make it difficult for AB, who batted unbelievably well. All you can do is trust your bowlers to do the work for you. Dale has had a great tournament, unfortunately he had a bad over today. You hold and hold until you ultimately win.”
