Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-time best XI in IPL history

Although the Bengaluru-based franchise hasn’t had much success to boast about, they have finished as runners up on three occasions (2009, 2011 and 2016).

By Yasho Amonkar

Updated - 15 Aug 2020, 15:20 IST

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4. AB De Villiers

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s AB de Villiers. (Photo by IANS)

After mentioning Gayle and Kohli, it would be a crime not to mention AB De Villiers. AB de Villiers is a 360-degree batsman who possesses hard-hitting skills and is an agile fielder that can put an acrobat to shame on the cricket field. On a good day, AB can single-handedly win you matches. He can switch from classical batting to playing more innovative strokes and that sets him apart from most batsmen in the world.

He had a one great season with Delhi Daredevils in 2009 and was bought by RCB in the 2011 player auction which kicked off the Gayle-Kohli-De Villiers era at the Chinnaswamy stadium. He has established himself as one of the most consistent as well as destructive batsmen in the IPL. He has scored more than 300+ in all but one campaign since joining the franchise. He is 9th on the list of highest scoring batsmen in IPL.

He has been a finisher par excellence, hitting a sublime hundred in Mumbai in 2015 and another in Bengaluru against Gujarat Lions in 2016. With Virat Kohli, AB has posted five 100+ partnerships for RCB and two 200+ partnerships, the only pair in the world to post two such partnerships. He made 687 runs in 2016, finishing third on the runs chart.

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