The friendship between the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stalwarts Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers is not a hidden fact. They shared a great mutual admiration and respect for each other. Their off-field camaraderie has often been seen at the field as well and their numerous breath-taking partnerships are proof of it. Spending so many years together at RCB has only strengthened this bond.
RCB skipper, Virat Kohli has said some great things about the South African cricketer on multiple occasions. On Thursday as well, the 31-year-old shared a heartwarming picture with AB de Villiers and captioned it saying, “The most special thing about sport is the friendship and mutual respect you share with your teammates along your journey.
Sport is beautiful.”
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In the picture, Kohli and ABD can be seen hugging each other while celebrating the Super Over win over 4-time champions Mumbai Indians.
Notably, after the scores of the two teams were level at 201 in their quota of 20 overs, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers came down to chase the 8-run target in the Super Over. With one run needed off the final ball, Virat smashed his first boundary of the IPL 2020 to seal the win for his team who are in quest of their maiden IPL title.
During the post-match presentation ceremony, Virat Kohli had revealed that he just blindly followed AB de Villiers to the field during the Super Over after the later had said, “I am going in”.
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After the win, Kohli said, “Well, look, I thought about it, to be honest, but then I thought, okay, Jasprit [Bumrah]’s going to bowl, he’s going to use the longer boundary – who are the two guys that can probably run the first four balls for two, and that was me and AB. So AB said ‘I’m going’, I said ‘I’m coming with you.’ Yeah, look, it was all about just stepping onto the field, taking responsibility for the team, and yeah, we got a boundary each and got the job done,” Virat Kohli had said after the win.
