IPL 2017: Twitterati mesmerised by AB de Villiers' blockbuster knock despite RCB loss

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New Delhi, April 11: South African swashbuckler AB de Villiers' exploits went in vain as Kings XI Punjab defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017, here on April 10.

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Playing his first match of this year's IPL, de Villiers proved his importance for RCB's scheme of things in the tournament, with an unbeaten 89 off 46 balls, laced with three hits to the fence and nine over it.

Coming out to bat in only the second over of the innings, the Proteas right-hander used all his experience to handle the situation, curbing his natural aggression, to take the side to safety before changing the momentum of the innings in the death overs.

Thanks to De Villier's late exploits, Bangalore managed to reach 148/4 in the stipulated 20 overs.

Chasing a target of 149, Punjab lost the wickets of opener Manan Vohra (34 off 21) and Axar Patel (9 off 6 balls) before reaching home with 33 balls to spare.

Amla batted through the innings and remained unbeaten on 58 runs off 38 deliveries, hitting four boundaries and three sixes along the way.

Maxwell played a typically explosive innings, smashing 43 runs off 22 balls with three boundaries and four massive hits into the stands.

Punjab had a strong start to their chase as the opening pair of Amla and Manan Vohra added 62 runs between them in less than six overs.

Here's how people reacted over Twitter upon maverick AB de Villiers and Maxwell and Co.'s easy run chase: