<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman AB de Villiers scored a brilliant 47-ball 79 to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Gujarat Lions to book a place in the IPL 2016 final.</p>
<p>Thereafter, his team captain Virat Kohli and a host of other sports stars and celebs went on to twitter to congratulate the South African batsman.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a performance. Big Game, Pressure Situation &amp; the best in the world, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a>, delivers like no one else <a href="https://t.co/NNGc24shV2">pic.twitter.com/NNGc24shV2</a></p>
&mdash; Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/735184730765840384">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If it's not <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli">@imVkohli</a> its <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> wow serious players.</p>
&mdash; David Warner (@davidwarner31) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidwarner31/status/735165141289816064">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Special knock under pressure from a special player to take <a href="https://twitter.com/RCBTweets">@RCBTweets</a> into the finals&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008fWell played <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008c <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RCBvGL?src=hash">#RCBvGL</a></p>
&mdash; VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) <a href="https://twitter.com/VVSLaxman281/status/735167421774843904">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If <a href="https://twitter.com/imVkohli">@imVkohli</a> don't get you <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> will!</p>
&mdash; Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/735164503411724288">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finally another <a href="https://twitter.com/IPL">@IPL</a> final with <a href="https://twitter.com/RCBTweets">@RCBTweets</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/iqqiabdullah">@iqqiabdullah</a> just brilliant!! Lets celebrate this one tonight! &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008e&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0089&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008e&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0089&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d&raquo;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0099&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008c&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&iquest;</p>
&mdash; Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) <a href="https://twitter.com/henrygayle/status/735172565291929600">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a knock underpressure on such a big occasion <a href="https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17">@ABdeVilliers17</a> ! it's gonna take something special like that Tom to take the eliminator!</p>
&mdash; yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) <a href="https://twitter.com/YUVSTRONG12/status/735185720235556868">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great match won by great warriors tonight like ABD... Great job by Iqbal and binny 2...<br />Congrats RCB...</p>
&mdash; Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) <a href="https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph/status/735174614855364608">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a game between <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RCBvGL?src=hash">#RCBvGL</a> tonight&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ABD?src=hash">#ABD</a> stole the game away &amp; won it in style. Feel sad for Raina but it was <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AB?src=hash">#AB</a>'s night&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iqbal?src=hash">#Iqbal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VIVOIPL?src=hash">#VIVOIPL</a></p>
&mdash; Preity zinta (@realpreityzinta) <a href="https://twitter.com/realpreityzinta/status/735170931358728194">May 24, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>AB de Villiers scored a brilliant 47-ball 79 to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Gujarat Lions;&nbsp;&nbsp;Virat Kohli and a host of other sports stars and celebs went on to twitter to congratulate him</p>

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