chennai glenn maxwell was good but ab de villiers was better as royal challengers bangalore bested kolkata knight riders by 38 runs in their ipl match on sundaybatting first de villiers master class and maxwells counterattacking halfcentury propelled rcb to an imposing 204 for four in reply kkr were stopped at 166 for eight as rcb regained the top spot in the pecking orderblog scorecard points tablercb smashed 56 runs in the last three overs including 21 in the final six deliveries thanks to de villiers 34ball 76 not outread alsoipl 2021 maxwell might just end up being player of the tournament says vaughanformer england skipper michael vaughan feels australian allrounder glenn maxwell might end up as the player of the tournament in the ongoing indian premier league ipl 2021maxwell blazed away to 78 off 49 deliveries hitting nine boundaries and three maximums before the genius from south africa strode in and struck the same number of fours and sixes as his teammate from australiathe knight riders were off to a brilliant start with legbreak bowler varun chakravarthy leaving rcb in early trouble at 92 with the big wickets of skipper virat kohli 5 and rajat patidar 1 in the second overopening the bowling for kkr veteran offspinner harbhajan singh bowled a tight line and length to stifle the rcb batsmen in his first two oversafter chakravarthy lured kohli to go over cover with a tossedup delivery that drifted away from the righthander rahul tripathi pulled off a sensational catch running back from extracover the top batsman was nowhere close to the ballchakravarthy then went through the defence of patidar with one that darted back on landingmixing aggression with caution maxwell and devdutt padikkal 25 revived the rcb innings after the early blows at the ma chidambaram stadiumwhile the young indian seemed content playing the second fiddle the swashbuckling australian counterattacked in fine fashion and played the big shots with consummate easethe inform maxwell upped the ante when he cleared his front leg to plonk shakib al hasan over longon for his first maximum in the sixth overthe one bowled by shakib turned out to be a productive over for rcb as they got 17 runs off itmorgans decision to take out both chakravarthy and harbhajan at a time when they were bowling well was baffling but rcb didnt mind at all as they capitalised on the surprising moveafter reaching 45 for two at the end of the six powerplay overs maxwell shifted gears and raced to his halfcentury in just 28 balls even chakravarthy who was on fire some time ago was not spared by maxwell as he smashed him for a six and four off successive ballsprasidh krishna ended the thirdwicket partnership of 86 runs by sending back padikkal which signalled the arrival of de villiers in the middlejoining forces the dazzling duo of maxwell and de villiers did not allow the kkr bowlers to settle into any sort of rhythm until premier pacer pat cummins