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AB de Villers outstanding performance helped RCB to have a easy victory over Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their opening match at Nehru Stadium in Kochi. VVS Laxman and Brendon McCullum gave a wonderful start to Kochi team. After 80 runs partnership in 9 overs, Laxman was caught by Pujara in Dilshan’s bowling. Later McCullum’s show of 2 huge sixes and 4 boundaries came to an end in Virat Kohli’s bowling. Brad Hodge’s 27 runs and unbeaten Ravindra Jadeja lead the Kochi score to 161 for 5 wickets. In RCB innings, they lost a early wicket of Dilshan in second over itself. Dilshan was caught by McCullum in Sreesanth Bowling. Mayank Agarwal, who hit a huge six in first bowl of Muralitharan took the score to 85 in 10 overs with a individual score of 33 runs and got caught by Vinay Kumar in Jadeja bowling. AB de Villers was showed a wonderful performance and stood unbeaten with 5 sixers and a boundary. Saurabh Tiwary gave a good standby to AB de Villers. Soon after Tiwary’s wicket, Asad Pathan came to bat and won the opening match for Royal Challengers Bangalore by hitting 3 boundaries in just four balls. Man Of Match : AB de Villers Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala Scorecard
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Royal Challengers Bangalore 162 for 4 (AB de Villers 54*, Tiwary 26) beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala 161 for 5 (McCullum 45, Laxman 36) with 6 wickets…
