IPL 2018: One player from each team who holds the key for them

Royal Challengers Bangalore - AB de Villiers

RCB will be banking heavily on AB de Villers to get them over the line

A huge crowd-favourite and an absolute swashbuckler, AB de Villiers has grown synonymous with Royal Challengers Bangalore over the past few years.

The man from South Africa has played innumerable knocks of marvel, which helped his team come out trumps on multiple occasions. From upping the ante right from the word go to guiding the team home in precarious situations, AB, as he's fondly known, has done it all.

With Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh and other batters still finding their feet in the tournament, the onus of scoring the majority of the runs for RCB is once again on Virat Kohli and De Villiers. While the former keeps doing his usual best, a capable support from the other end can help the team achieve wonders.

Going forward into the tournament, RCB will need ABD to score runs in crunch situations and get the team over the line, as in the case of their victories against Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils.