AB does it with a ball to spare, it is a low full toss, he smashes it in the gap to the deep midwicket boundary
SRH vs RCB, 24th match at Bengaluru, IPL, May 04 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RCB won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
That is all for tonight. Good bye
AB de Villiers is the Man of the Match. AB: "It is one of those nights where things go your way. I had a Skype session with my mom and dad today, and my dad said, the others are lucky. Guess I had my luck today. He (Steyn) won the first set and I won the second. I would have loved to have a third set against him. In those kinds of situations it is the small things that matter the most. It is team spirit, such things that matter in the end. Yuvraj kept boosting me up tonight, got to give credit to him."
Pommie Mbangwa doing the presentation tells AB that Dale Steyn said "different class" as he walked past the commentator after the end of the match.
Kohli: "He (AB) is the best player in the world by far. He has shown it every now and then, and he has shown it again today why he is rated the number one in the world in any format. Today was one of the days we needed someone to win the game from that tough situation. One of the best innings in T20 I have seen, the way he was striking the ball under pressure. We thought it was a below-par score in Bangalore. Generally you get 170. Chris got us to a decent start, the way AB played, he took it away from the opposition."
Dhawan: "You cannot help it when someone produces a great knock. Unfortunately we missed the half chance AB offered at point and he took it away after that. We felt we were 10-15 runs short. We started off well as a bowling unit but AB played amazingly. Karn Sharma bowled well, he got their two main left-handers out."
Steyn congratulates his South Africa captain with a hug and a pat on the helmet. He had done the same in 2012 after this match as well, when AB took him for 23 in an over
Eight sixes, unbeaten 89 with the next-highest being 27. Last two overs, 28 needed, world's best fast bowler running in, and he settles matters in the penultimate over itself. Absolutely Brilliant from AB, once again.
Vikram: "Steyn is to De Villiers as Federer is to Nadal "
Suneel: "Bad over Steyn. Not a single yorker from the best bowler in the world. No excuse even if it is De Villiers or any other batsman"
has another swing, inside edges the full delivery to square leg, AB is back on strike
a slower one, Harshal has a swing and a miss, tries to take a bye, falls onto the pitch, but just stretches his bat in
AB moves wide outside off stump to try the scoop again, cannot get hold of it, the ball rolls square on the off side
Starc forces the length ball to mid off, but is found well short on the direct hit
he's taken Steyn apart once more, walks across way outside off, gets down and scoops him into the third tier over the fine leg boundary, what a man... Dale Steyn claps
mid off is up, Steyn goes full just outside off, AB goes back and across and lofts him calmly to the wide long off boundary
Starc flays at this pitched up delivery, inside edges it to midwicket, turns the strike over, which is he needs to do
this could have gone too, a full toss on the pad, AB misses, Steyn screams for lbw, it was headed down leg though
Chat between Sammy and Steyn
into the sightscreen now, full delivery, AB walks to off, moves forward and lofts it over Steyn
Steyn goes for six first ball, a slow offcutter on a good length, AB picks it over deep square leg
he tries the reverse-paddle again, hits it to Irfan at short third man, keeps the strike, Irfan resists the urge to have a go at the stumps with Bhuvneshwar nowhere near the stumps
AB improvises, Bhuvneshwar sticks to full and wide outside off, but AB stretches forward and reverse-paddles it past short third man
terrific stuff from Bhuvneshwar, this is a yorker closer to off now, AB is beaten once more
another dot, Bhuvneshwar goes full and wide again, well inside the marker, AB lets it be
wide yorker, AB tries to reach it, cannot connect as it moves away
he starts full and wide as well, AB throws his bat at it, slices it high over backward point
Bhuvneshwar to bowl out
almost chops this full delivery on, AB thinks about sneaking in a single initially, Starc hesitates as bowler and keeper charge in, AB backs off in the end
full and wide again, AB cannot get under it and flays it down to long off
sees AB walk across outside off stump and hurls it wide, clearly past the marker, but Dharmasena says AB had moved too far
Over 20 • RCB 158/6