The bat of both the cricketers did not feel as if it was raining. Whoever saw this rain of fours and sixes just kept looking.
It is well known that Virat Kohli, the captain of Team India, and the AB de Villiers of South Africa are deep friends. But do you remember that these two players playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League also have a historic world record. If not, we remind you. Actually, both these batsmen have a world record of best partnership for the second wicket in T20 cricket history. Both did this feat in the 2016 IPL season. When this record was made, it was the biggest partnership in T20 cricket history, but in the year 2019, Afghanistan’s Hazratullah Jazai and Osman Ghani broke it.
In fact, in the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League, RCB captain Virat Kohli and his team strongman AB de Villiers created this history against Gujarat Lions. Then both of them had added 229 runs in just 96 balls for the second wicket. During this, Kohli and de Villiers fiercely shot shots in every corner of the field. Both hit 20 sixes and 14 fours during this historic and tremendous partnership. This match was then played in Bangalore and the people who witnessed this match that day got to see the fireworks of fours and sixes, which they will remember.
This is how squares and sixes rain
In this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore, batting first, scored 248 runs, losing three wickets. In this match, Chris Gayle was bowled out for just 6 runs off the 5th ball of the fourth over, but after that Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers took the front and added 229 runs from just 96 balls. Kohli was dismissed after scoring 109 runs in 55 balls. In this innings, he hit 5 fours and 8 sixes. Kohli’s wicket fell on the fifth ball of the 20th over. At the same time, de Villiers returned unbeaten after scoring 129 runs in 52 balls. In this aggressive innings, 10 fours and 12 sixes came out of his bat. In response, the entire team of Gujarat Lions were reduced to 104 runs and lost the match with a huge margin of 144 runs.
World record of 236 runs partnership for first wicket
The 229-run partnership between Virat and de Villiers is recorded as the best partnership for the second wicket in T20 cricket. As far as the best partnership for any wicket is concerned, the credit goes to Hazratullah Jazai and Usman Ghani. The Afghanistan duo shared a world record 236 runs for the first wicket in the match played against Ireland in Dehradun on 23 February 2019.
