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    "title": "IPL-2018: De Villiers, De Kock's blitzkrieg power RCB to 205\/8 vs CSK",
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    "excerpt": "Bengaluru, April 25 (Cricketnmore) South Africans AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock's struck breezy half centuries to power Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a mammoth 205\/8 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Bengaluru, April 25 (Cricketnmore)<\/strong> South Africans AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock&#39;s struck breezy half centuries to power Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a mammoth 205\/8 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Kock (53, 37 balls; 4x1, 6x4) played the perfect supporting role in the 103-run second wicket stand with de Villiers (68 off 30; 4x2, 6x8), who started from the word go to bring up his half century in just 23 deliveries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Put in to bat, RCB got off to a decent 35-run start by skipper Virat Kohli (18) and de Kock before Shardul Thakur saw the back of the Indian captain, thanks to a smart catch by Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But the visitors wouldn&#39;t have imagined what was coming their way, as de Villiers started off by clobbering Harbhajan Singh for two consecutive sixes before launching left-arm spinner Jadeja to the skies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Such was the dominance from the former Proteas skipper that the hosts raced to 87\/1 midway into the innings, with both de Villiers and de Kock nearing their respective fifties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Despite being overshadowed by his senior partner, the southpaw brought up his half century in style, tonking Shane Watson for a six over deep mid-wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>On the first ball of the very next over, de Villiers, who had earlier clobbered leg-spinner Imran Tahir for two massive sixes, took Thakur to the cleaners thrice consecutively to bring up his half century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With both the RCB batsmen going hammer and tongs, CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni threw the ball to his West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, and the &quot;Champion&quot; responded in style by packing back de Kock with a smart catch off his own follow through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Tahir then joined the party by bagging the prized scalp of de Villiers and new man Corey Anderson (2) in the very next over to restore parity into the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Villiers miscued Tahir&#39;s tossed-up delivery pitched outside off-stump for Sam Billings to complete the formalities at deep cover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Tahir immediately got rid of New Zealand&#39;s Anderson with a googly as Harbhajan Singh completed a brilliant catch at slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With the hosts comfortably placed at 142\/4, Mandeep Singh (32 off 17; 4x1, 6x3) and Colin de Grandhomme (11) struck a few lusty blows towards the end, even as two run-outs and a wicket in the final over could not stop RCB from crossing the 200-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 205\/8 (AB de Villiers 68, Quinton de Kock 53; Mandeep Singh 32; Imran Tahir 2\/35) vs Chennai Super Kings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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