Triple delight for RCB as Virat Kohli, AB De Viliers and Yuzvendra Chahal reach new milestones

Royal Challengers Bangalore locked horns with three-time IPL Champions Mumbai Indians in a contest which was less than a roller-coaster ride at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. match went till last ball and it was Mumbai Indians who handled pressure well and won this fixture by six runs.

Even though RCB lost ir second straight game and are placed at seventh spot in points table, re was something for m to cheer for. Three of ir star players completed ir respective milestones. se players include RCB skipper Virat Kohli, Mr. 360 AB de Villiers and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Royal Challengers Bangalore took to Twitter to appreciate se stars.

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It started with Yuzvendra Chahal becoming  first bowler to take 50 T20 wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He picked up 4 for 38 in his four overs at an ecomy of 9.50. He first castled a well-set Quinton de Cock before he was clobbered for three straight sixes by veteran southpaw Yuvraj Singh. However, it was Chahal who had last laugh as he scalped 'Player of Tournament' of 2011 World Cup when he attempted to go for a fourth straight six. Chahal n went on to pick up wickets of Kieron Pollard and Suryakumar Yadav. 

n it was turn of charismatic Virat Kohli to take centrest. He finally completed his 5,000 IPL runs and became only second player after Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina to achieve this feat and also became first player to get to 5,000 runs while playing for a single franchise. Kohli stitched in a 49 run partnership with AB de Villiers as he scored a 32-ball 46 at a strike rate of 143.75 before he was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah.

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One of World Cricket's biggest entertainer AB de Villiers completed his 4,000 IPL runs. former South African explosive batsman was hitting Mumbai bowlers to all parts of Chinnaswamy Stadium. He played a splendid kck of a 41 ball- unbeaten 70 at a strike rate of 170.73. His kck included four boundaries and six sixes.