Virat Kohli celebrates his friendship with Bangalore team-mate ABD with a special message

Virat Kohli and Abraham Benjamin de Villiers' friendship dates back to last dece i.e. supposedly 2011. That was year when AB de Villiers was roped in by Bangalore for representing m in IPL. Meanwhile Virat, on or hand, has been associated with franchise ever since inception of marquee tournament in 2008 and has been leing m from 2013 edition. Lately, batting megastar has come up with something special for his bestie ABD. 

'Sport is beautiful': Virat Kohli

Kohli h posted a picture of an IPL match where he and de Villiers are hugging each or after supposedly having taken ir team over line in a run-chase. Indian skipper h captioned it as ' most special thing about sport is friendship and mutual respect you share with your teammates along your journey. Sport is beautiful'.

Virat & ABD's camarerie

'Dynamic Duo' of Bangalore has destroyed all kinds of bowling attacks with ir stellar batting performances and have also taken ir team past finish line on a few occasions as well. batting icons h an outstanding year in 2016 season where y helped Bangalore reach ir third final. However, y ran out of steam in tournament-decider against Hyderab as 'Orange Army' led by gutsy David Warner ended up winning ir maiden title. 

Bangalore in IPL 2020  

Coming back to Dream11 IPL 2020, Virat Kohli has failed to make an impact with his bat so far as he has only mand 18 runs in three matches. Mr 360, on or hand, has h a great time with bat as he has scored a couple of half-centuries (against Hyderab & Mumbai). former Proteas captain has amassed 134 runs in three games.

three-time runners-up have h a decent start to ir campaign so far. y h got better of ir sourn rivals Hyderab in season opener. By virtue of that win, it was first time since 2016 edition that Virat Kohli & Co. ended up winning ir first game of tournament. However, y tasted a bitter defeat at hands of Punjab by 97 runs in a one-sided contest three days later. 

neless, a determined Bangalore outfit overcame title-holders Mumbai in a high-volt Super Over on Monday as a result of which multiple-time finalists who were reeling at seventh position in points table until n leapfrogged to third spot. Skipper Kohli h hit winning runs on final ball of that Super Over when he pulled a delivery from his Indian team-mate Jasprit Bumrah to leg-side boundary.

Bangalore will w be seen in action against Rajasthan at  Sheikh Zayed Stium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

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