IPL 2021: Glenn Maxwell’s ‘great’, AB de Villiers ‘Super Great’ show gives KKR bowlers beating of lifetime- Royal Challengers Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers provided complete entertainment to fans on a Super Sunday. The duo played a number of cracking strokes as they scored 74 and 78 runs respectively. While Maxwell scored 78 runs off 49 balls which included 9 fours and 3 sixes, AB De Villiers also played a scintillating inning of 74 runs off 34 deliveries, hitting an equal number of boundaries and sixes. KKR bowlers had no answer to their excellent batting performance on the Chennai track.
IPL 2021: Highest score at Cheapuk Stadium, Chennai
Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers fireworks at MA Chidambaram Stadium helped Royal Challengers Bangalore post the highest total of the season in Chennai. Both Maxi and ABD stitched an impressive 50-run partnership to help RCB reach a total of 204/4 after Varun Chakravarthy had dismissed Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar in the powerplay.
The brilliant knocks resulted in leading Glenn Maxwell to the top of the Orange Cap table while Ab De Villiers also broke into the Top 5 of the leaderboard.
| POS | PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GlennMaxwell
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 58.66 | 118 | 149.15 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| 2 |
Nitish Rana
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 80 | 68.50 | 103 | 133.00 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| 3 |
Sanju Samson
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 119 | 61.50 | 66 | 186.36 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| 4 |
AB de Villiers
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 66* | 57.50 | 62 | 185.48 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 |
Jonny Bairstow
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 55 | 36.66 | 75 | 146.66 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
IPL 2021
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