In what was touted to be a dog fight amongst the last two teams in the points table, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) managed to clinch their second win this season after beating Delhi Daredevils (DD) by six wickets at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Having lost three games, RCB needed its players to step up and to the occasion was none other 'Mr. 360' AB de Villiers.

With wide array of strokes, the explosive batsman powered his way to an unbeaten 90 off just 39 deliveries including ten fours and five sixes. His stay at the crease ensured RCB chased down the competitive total of 174 runs with two overs to spare. But, while RCB were lifted by De Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal (2-22), Delhi, too, witnessed the moments of brilliance through its players.

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Shreyas Iyer's knock of a 31-ball 52 was pivotal in stabilising Delhi's innings after early struggles, while Rishabh Pant's 85-run innings ensured the visitors had a respectable total on board. In the RCB's run-chase, another exemplary display came through Trent Boult whose brilliance in the field sent Virat Kohli back into the hut.

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Is this the greatest catch of the #VIVOIPL? We have seen him take amazing catches, but he has outdone himself with this sensational catch of #RCB's captain Virat Kohli.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 21 April 2018

With both Kohli and De Villiers beginning to threaten Delhi's chances with their brewing partnership, Boult pulled off a stunner to bring his side back into the contest. Harshal Patel's full-toss straying on the leg side was heading over the ropes when Boult timed his jump to perfection, raising his right-hand to catch the ball and then carefully landing on his stomach just inches away from the boundary.

It was one of those rare moments that you had to see to believe it. The catch left the home crowd open mouthed with Kohli himself appearing shell-shocked and the ball-boy near Boult couldn't hold himself back from expressing his wonder at the brilliance in the field from the Delhi star.

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So much so that the RCB skipper himself couldn't help by shower praise on Boult's magnificent effort. "[The catch} I was stunned when he took it, that's a brilliant catch, it happens in the IPL specially. Good to see. That's a catch when you look back, you don't feel bad about getting out," Kohli said after the match.

On the other hand, Boult's catch also became the topic of discussion on the social media with cricket bigwigs labelling it as the greatest ever catch in history of the game.

I think we could quite easily have just seen the Greatest EVER catch .... #TrentBoult #IPL #Virat

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) 21 April 2018

A night of what the.... in the #IPL2018 !! Trent Boults catch is as good a catch as you will ever see & ABD batting was an exhibition & all class !! Wow....

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) 21 April 2018

Don't think you can even describe that as a catch....that's something different ð²ð²ð² #trentbolt

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) 21 April 2018

What a catch ! What a catch! What a catch ! https://t.co/56MmwrJEIf

— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) 21 April 2018

I'm literally one of the biggest @imVkohli fans but WOW @trent_boult what a STUNNER!!! BEST catch I've seen in like ever!! #IPL2018

— Dane van Niekerk (@danevn81) 21 April 2018

That is ridiculous from Boult

— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) 21 April 2018

The BEST catch by @trent_boult we will see in this @IPL ! #Boult #boult

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) 21 April 2018

Saturday was the day of batsmen. Some sensational hitting. Lynn, Gayle, Rahul, Pant, AB. But I'll remember this day for that Trent Boult one-handed magic. Might not see a better catch in the entire IPL. #respect #RCBvDD

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 21 April 2018

Stop what you're doing and go look at the catch Trent Boult just took. That is one of the best catches that the game of Cricket has ever seen without any doubt. Just breathing distance and he took it with ease. #RCBvDD

— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) 21 April 2018