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).
4. AB De Villiers
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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