Journalism of Courage
It was super Sunday in IPL and in Mumbai. RCB were playing MI and AB de Villiers blew everything away. He scored a 47-ball hundred and RCB posted 235/1. MI tried but fell short by 39 runs. (Source: BCCI)
It was a magical innings from AB de Villiers. He played every shot he had. Helped by some poor fielding by MI, De Villiers finished with 133* off 59 balls. (Source: BCCI)
AB de Villiers hit 19 fours and 4 sixes in his knock. This was his second century for RCB in IPL. (Source: BCCI)
Virat Kohli also played a gem. He scored 82* and shared a T20 world record stand of 215 with AB de Villiers. (Source: BCCI)
MI's chase was halted by regular strikes from RCB and only Lendl Simmons and Kieron Pollard gave it a go. Pollard (49) and Simmons (62*) tried taking MI home but it was not be. (Source: BCCI)
In the second match of the day, CSK faced RR. Batting first, CSK were off to bad start before Brendon McCullum struck a 61-ball 81 and lifted them to a respectable total. (Source: BCCI)
Brendon McCullum was ably supported by Faf du Plessis and both shared a 101-run stand as CSK posted a respectable 157/5 in 20 overs. (Source: BCCI)
After a steady start, RR's chase was hit by Ravindra Jadeja. He spun a web and claimed 4 wickets. His final figured were 4-0-11-4 (Source: BCCI)
This was the turning point of the match. Shane Watson was taking the game away from CSK when he hit one straight. Bravo in anticipation jumped and this one handed ripper to end Watson's stay. RR never recovered from there on. (Source: BCCI)
Dwayne Bravo took one more sensational catch before taking 2 wickets in the final over as CSK beat RR by 12 runs and go top of the table. (Source: BCCI)
