Watch the highlights of AB de Villiers 79* | Shane Watson 4-29 - RCB vs GL Qualifier 1 IPL 2016 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the qualifier 1 played between Gujarat Lions and Royal Challengers Bangalore at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 24th May 2016.
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Shane Watson's four-for, Iqbal Abdullah and Chris Jordan's each took two-wickets before An unbeaten rapid half-century from AB de Villiers steers to Royal Challengers Bangalore crushing four-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions and first time enter into the final in the qualifier 1 of a Indian Premier League.
* Shane Watson's 4 for 29 was his best bowling figures for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League and RCB's second best bowling figures against Gujarat Lions in IPL after Chris Jordan's 4 for 11 at same venue in this season.
* Dhawal Kulkarni's 4 for 14 was second best bowling figures for Gujarat Lions in Indian Premier League after Dwayne Smith's 4 for 8 and GL's best bowling figures against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL, surpassing the previous record of 2 for 45 held by Praveen Kumar at same venue in this season.
GL scored 158 for all-out (20 overs) with top scorer by Dwayne Smith 73 (41) and Dinesh Karthik 26 (30)
RCB best bowler by Shane Watson claimed a career-best 4/29(4) and Chris Jordan 2/26 (4)
RCB chased 159/6 (18.2 overs) with top scorer by AB de Villiers* 79 (47) and Iqbal Abdulla* 33 (25)
GL best bowler by Dhawal Kulkarni 4/14 (4) and Ravindra Jadeja 2/21 (4)
AB de Villiers named Player of the match for his match-winning rapid 79-runs knocked off facing 47-balls including 5-sixes and 5-fours with strike rate of 168.09.
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