IPL 2021 | Wanted to bowl dot ball to De Villiers but ended up getting his wicket: Harpreet

Harpreet Brar clean-bowled Kohli and Maxwell and then set up an off-side trap to force De Villiers into trying a lofted shot without any success.

Harpreet Brar’s aim was to contain AB de Villiers but a perfect execution of strategy led to the South African’s dismissal as the young left-arm spinner’s dream spell sealed an easy 34-run win for Punjab Kings in an IPL game against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad. It’s not every day that one gets to dismiss Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and De Villiers in one go and the 25-year-old man from Punjab’s Moga is feeling “blessed”. Brar clean-bowled Kohli and Maxwell and then set up an off-side trap to force De Villiers into trying a lofted shot without any success.