In his first season with the Virat Kohli-led side, Maxwell has scored 223 runs in seven matches at an average of 37.16 and strike rate of 144.80, including two half-centuries.
Despite his worst ever IPL season last year in the UAE where he scored 108 runs in 106 balls for Kings XI Punjab, Maxwell was roped in by RCB for a whopping INR14.25 crore in the auction earlier this year in Chennai.
Chris Morris's four-wicket haul and with AB de Villiers's 55 not out off 22 balls powered Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a thumping seven-wicket win over a off-colour Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Sundar has played a major role in RCB's success so far this season with skipper Virat Kohli using him mostly in the Power Play overs. He has taken five wickets in seven games but at an astonishing economy rate of 4.90.
Kohli also became the second-fastest batsman to the feat having achieved the milestone in his 271st innings. Chris Gayle was the fastest, amassing 9000 runs in just 253 innings.
Yuzvendra Chahal has taken five wickets in three games so far with his triple strike in RCB's opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad setting up an emphatic win.
Kohli, after winning the toss, had opted to bowl first and picked three fast bowlers in Dale Steyn, Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini. The first innings ended after an hour and 51 minutes.
KXIP skipper 69-ball 132 was followed by crisp bowling effort by Sheldon Cottrell & Co., who ran havoc in RCB top-order in a one-sided victory.
The length of side boundaries are bigger in grounds like Abu Dhabi and that will bring down the average team total.
CSK made it to the playoffs in all the 10 IPL season they have played so far, winning thrice and ending as runners-up on five other occasions. RCB, on the other hand, have never won the IPL title.
The 13th season will have no double-header Saturdays for the first time ever.
November 15 marked the deadline day for all eight franchises of the IPL to extend their player contracts and a total of 127 players saw themselves being retained by their respective franchises, including 35 overseas players.
The rivalry between Virat Kohli and Dale Steyn and has been one to be cherished but thanks to the IPL, they have gone on to become good friends.
Virat Kohli had earlier refused to shave off his beard in response to Ravindra Jadeja's 'Breaking the Beard' challenge.
Anushka Sharma is in Bengaluru where Virat Kohli will be playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.
Eros Now is going to be the title sponsor of Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers.
Hyderabad: After a hard-fought win over Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to brighten their prospects of earning a playoffs berth with a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here
Bangalore: The clash between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kings XI Punjab in the IPL tournament drew frenzied fans to the Chinnaswamy stadium here by droves late Friday.With Kings' Glenn Maxwell emerging as the
Mumbai: Back to winning ways, defending champions Mumbai Indians would look to exploit the home advantage once again to carry forward their new-found momentum but it won't easy as they face a formidable Royal Challengers
Chennai, May 27: Royal Challenger Bangalore tonight romped into the finals of the Indian Premier League by thrashing hapless Mumbai Indians by 43 runs in what turned out to be a rather lopsided second play-off
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