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  • AB de Villiers joins Royal Challengers Bangalore Bio-bubble in IPL 2021

    AB de Villiers joins Royal Challengers Bangalore Bio-bubble in IPL 2021

    IPL 2021: AB de Villiers joins Royal Challengers Bangalore Bio-bubble in Chennai

    AB de Villiers arrived in Chennai before IPL 2021 to join RCB’s bio-bubble.© Instagram


    AB de Villiers joined Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ‘s bio-bubble, the franchise said in an Instagram post on Thursday. Virat Kohli-led RCB will face the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season opener champion Mumbai Indians on 9 April. The Bangalore franchise reacted to the former South African captain’s arrival saying, “AB de Villiers has also joined.” RCB bubble in Chennai. “RCB also mentioned that” the spacecraft has landed “, referring to de Villiers as an alien.

    “Breaking the Internet: Spaceship has landed! AB de Villiers joins RCB’s bubble in Chennai,” RCB captioned the post on Instagram.

    The Bangalore franchise reached the play-offs last season, but Sunrisers Hyderabad succumbed to the eliminator.

    RCB spent a large amount of money on Glenn Maxwell and New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamison in this auction.

    RCB is one of the three teams that are yet to try their hand at the IPL Trophy.

    Delhi Capital and Kings XI Punjab are the other two franchises yet to win the franchise-based T20 tournament.

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    From IPL 2021 onwards, captain Virat Kohli had mentioned that he would open the innings for RCB this season.

    The RCB captain has already started preparations for the T20 tournament, as he posted a video of it while working out on the treadmill, captioned as “No rest days”, as Kohli shifted his focus to international cricket. Transferred to IPL.

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  • IPL 2021: Virat Kohli starts training for Indian Premier League

    IPL 2021: Virat Kohli starts training for Indian Premier League

    Virat Kohli has started his preparations for IPL 2021.© Twitter


    Virat Kohli has shifted his focus to his next assignment – the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) after leading India to a 2–1 ODI series win over England on Sunday. It is set to start next week, there is not much time left for the tournament and Kohli has started his preparations with an eye on the elusive trophy. The India captain posted a video of himself on a Twitter handle in which he can be seen running on a treadmill inside a hotel room. Kohli wrote the video in the caption, “No rest day. From here on its speed #IPL.”

    Kohli’s IPL teammate AB de Villiers responded to RCB’s skipper’s video on the micro-blogging site and praised him for furthering his form in the tournament. De Villiers, who played one of the lead roles in RCB’s batting, also shared his picture to join his team. Replying to Kohli’s tweet, he wrote, “Form Loving @imVkohli .. I am ready to join the team.”

    RCB have not won the IPL despite some of their most explosive players over the years. Chasing the elusive title, RCB once again spent big in the annual auction held in February, with Kyle Jamieson (Rs 15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 14.25 crore), Daniel Christian (Rs 4.80 crore), along with a few Were included. Hoping for young talent to be on their roster.

    Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which reached the IPL playoffs last year, will begin their campaign against defending champions Mumbai Indians in Chennai on 9 April.

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  • IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I: Virat Kohli says “special chat” with AB de Villiers

    IND vs ENG, 2nd T20I: Virat Kohli says “special chat” with AB de Villiers

    India vs England, second T20I: says Virat Kohli

    Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 73 as India beat England by 7 wickets in 2 T20Is.© AFP


    Virat Kohli regained his form and scored an unbeaten 73 to help India win the series over England in the second Twenty20 International of the five-match series on Sunday. After the match, Kohli revealed that he had a special chat with former South African captain AB de Villiers and his suggestion worked wonders for the Indian captain. Kohli also mentioned that his wife Anushka Sharma and team management also helped him stay in the right place when things do not go according to plan.

    “I had to focus on the basics of the game and I always take pride in working for the team. Just keep an eye on the ball and my wife is here and she keeps telling me a lot of things,” Kohli said, “We have a great management that puts us in the right place,” Kohli said in the post match presentation.

    Kohli said, “I had a special conversation with me and ABD before the game started. They just told me to watch the ball.”

    Kohli came to bat in difficult conditions as India lost the wicket of KL Rahul.

    Indian captain and debutant Ishan Kishan then shared a 94-run partnership for the second wicket, which laid the foundation for victory.

    Kishan scored 56 runs in just 32 balls, with five fours and four sixes.

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    After Kishan’s Adil Rashid fell, Kohli kept going and reached his half-century with a straight six.

    The Indian captain finished the game with a maximum and became the first cricketer to score 3,000 runs in the men’s T20I in the process.

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