Even Virat Kohli couldn’t believe it. Soon after the semi-final against the Gujarat Lions ended, the RCB skipper — who had not stopped smiling for the longest time — weighed in on AB de Villiers’ genius: “That should end all the debates about who is the best going around.”
Well, we are not too sure about that statement but AB is certainly magical. RCB were reduced to 29-5 before AB decided to start his show and what a show it was.
As Sunil Gavaskar later said: “He is making the bowlers look helpless.”
It started off with this:
“Saala jis team main jao, wahi choke karne lagti hai…” ~ AB De Villiers#RCBvsGL
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 24, 2016
It quickly changed to this:
Mr 360 is Mr 720 tonight. He’s run two circles around the Lions here. #RCBvGL @ABdeVilliers17
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 24, 2016
Quite un-SouthAfrican batting by AB De Villiers while chasing. #RCBvGL
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) May 24, 2016
And eventually everyone, including the Gujarat bowlers, just bowed to his genius:
If @imVkohli don’t get you @ABdeVilliers17 will!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 24, 2016
Kohli can remove his pads now.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 24, 2016
When Plan A doesn’t work (Gayle)
When Plan B doesn’t work (Kohli)There’s always plan AB 😎 @ABdeVilliers17 Congratulations RCB @RCBTweets— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) May 24, 2016
What a performance. Big Game, Pressure Situation & the best in the world, @ABdeVilliers17, delivers like no one else pic.twitter.com/NNGc24shV2
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 24, 2016
Relationship Goals: AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli. #RCBvGL #IPL2016 #IPL #IPL9 pic.twitter.com/g0mM8gswxr
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 24, 2016
Combined Runs:
AB de Villiers + Dwayne Smith: 152 runsGayle+Kohli+Rahul+Watson+Baby+McCullum+Finch+Raina+Jadeja: 19 runs#IPL2016 #RCBvGL— Sidhant Maheshwari (@msidhant) May 24, 2016
#RCBvGL YAY! GREAT FINISH BY AB DE VILLIERS & AB DU LLA.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) May 24, 2016
Amazing what winning will do for a team. RCB’s gotten to where they don’t believe they can lose. From any position.
— Prem Panicker (@prempanicker) May 24, 2016
Humans are not capable of the shots that AB de Villiers is playing.
— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) May 24, 2016
