"Unbelievable, can't believe I'm the winning captain," Kohli, who leads the run chart with a record 919 in 15 games this season, said after the match. "That should end a lot of debates as to who is the best going around. I just bow down to him, that was probably one of the best knocks under pressure I've seen," said Kohli.Bangalore will now face the winner of Qualifier 2 in the title clash on Sunday at the same venue. "Come the big game, the big man stands up. BANGALORE: Virat Kohli has declared AB de Villiers the best batsman in the world after the South African single-handedly steered his Indian Premier League side into this season's cricket final.Captain Kohli, whose rare batting failure on Tuesday put Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a tight spot in their 159-run chase, saw De Villiers turn things around with his unbeaten 79-run blitz in Qualifier 1.RCB were in a precarious position at 68 for six before De Villiers stitched an unbeaten 91-run seventh wicket stand with Iqbal Abdulla to stun table-toppers Gujarat Lions.

Source: Times of India May 25, 2016 08:11 UTC