IPL History: 7 best comebacks of IPL

#5 Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2016

Kohli and ABD was unstoppable with the bat in 2016

2016 season of the IPL was a run-scoring feast as runs kept flowing from the bat of almost every batsman. Two batsmen who made the world watch in awe with their audacious hitting are Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. But RCB's bowlers were taken for cleaners as they had won only two of the first seven games.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Shane Watson stepped up in the bowling department as RCB got back to winning ways. They continued to be on the wickets column as Bangalore won six of the next seven games to ensure a spot in the first qualifier.

A huge reason for their qualification were the batting exploits of Kohli and de Villiers as the number of 50+ scores the duo had was 18 at the end of the tournament. It was the South African's blinder of an innings in the first qualifier that took RCB to the final.

Chasing a mammoth 209 in the final, Kohli and Gayle got off to a brilliant start scoring 110 in 10 overs. But once they were dismissed the batting line-up just couldn't maintain the run-rate as they eventually fell short of the target by 8 runs.

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