De Villiers demolishes Mumbai
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-May-2015
Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bat in the afternoon heat at the Wankhede Stadium and Chris Gayle started off in his trademark style.. • BCCI
..And Mumbai Indians' fielders were helping his cause with a few dropped catches•BCCI
It took a fantastic diving catch from Lendl Simmons to dismiss Gayle in the third over•BCCI
From then on, AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli put on 215 runs, the highest for any wicket in Twenty20 history•PTI
De Villiers flayed the bowlers to all parts of the park with some classical cricket shots•BCCI
Slowly, more than just Sarfaraz Khan's family started cheering for de Villiers as the 'Mumbai-Mumbai' chants turned to 'AB-AB'•BCCI
The duo powered Royal Challengers to 235 for 1, the highest team total yet this season, and left Rohit Sharma and Mumbai's team management with a lot to ponder over•BCCI
A brilliant throw from Kohli and some quick glove work from Dinesh Karthik resulted in the run-out of Parthiv Patel•PTI
Despite the fall of Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard tried to give some life to the chase with his 24-ball 49 but got out miscuing a S Aravind delivery to Mitchell Starc at sweeper cover•BCCI
Simmons managed to remain unbeaten on 68 off 53 balls but had little support from the other end as Royal Challengers ran away with a 39-run win•PTI