De Villiers blitz studs big RCB win

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Apr-2016Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers then combined for a blistering 157-run partnership, which left Sunrisers Hyderabad gasping•BCCIKohli hit 75 off 51, including seven fours and three sixes•BCCIDe Villiers did even better, smoking 82 off 42, including seven fours and six sixes•BCCIBhuvneshwar removed Kohli in the 16th over with an accurate yorker, but by then Royal Challengers Bangalore had motored to 163•BCCIWhen IPL debutant Mustafizur Rahman dismissed de Villiers and Shane Watson off consecutive deliveries in the 18th over, it looked like Sunrisers might manage some damage control•BCCISarfaraz Khan, 18, had other ideas. He scooped and reverse-scooped his way to 35 off 10 balls to propel Royal Challengers to 227 for 4•BCCIParvez Rasool struck early in the defence to bowl Shikhar Dhawan for 8•BCCIDavid Warner, however, muscled a half-century off 21 balls to give his side hope•BCCIBut that evaporated when he holed out to Adam Milne for 58 in the ninth over•BCCISunrisers then lost four wickets – including two to legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal – in four overs•BCCIAshish Reddy showed some fight with 32 off 18 balls•BCCIWatson finished with two wickets as Royal Challengers romped to a 45-run win•BCCI