Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 82 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 82 runs in the Indian Premier League on Monday.

AB de Villiers’ highest score this season (an unbeaten 73 off 33 balls) rocketed Bangalore’s total to 194-2.

According to AFP, Skipper Virat Kohli Monday praised De Villiers’ “super-human” effort on a sluggish pitch.

“Barring one super-human, everyone struggled on that pitch,” Kohli said of his star player who hit his third half-century of the season on a slow Sharjah pitch.

“It was unbelievable. I thought I had a few balls under my belt, and I might start striking. He just came in and struck the third ball, and said he felt good,” he added.

According to AFP, Kolkata skipper Dinesh Karthik said it was just “hard to stop” a “world-class player” like AB.

Kohli contributed an unbeaten 33 with only one boundary in a century-stand with de Villiers.