Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli lauded Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers after their fifties powered RCB to its third consecutive win in IPL 2021 on Sunday.

"I said at the halfway mark, we have 200 because of two genius innings back-to-back. Maxwell was outstanding and AB to follow," Kohli said after his side's 38-run win in Chennai.

Kohli reserved special praise for Mohammed Siraj, who conceded just 1 run off the 19th over, keeping a lid on Andre Russell's power-hitting. "Siraj's over to Russell [was good]. He's a different bowler after the Australia tour, and he shut the game out. Harshal (Patel) has so much clarity in the end, and I think (Kyle) Jamieson also bowled well. That's the reason why we have three out of three."

"Maxwell was outstanding and AB to follow. When he gets in with that kind of form and flow, it's impossible to stop him. We got 40 extra runs on that pitch which slowed down. Maxi has taken to this team like duck to water. AB loves the team and they were the difference today," said Kohli in the post-match presentation. 

RCB won the game by 38 runs to record their third-straight win in the tournament and subsequently went top of the table. "There are areas we can work on. We're not getting ahead of ourselves and not getting over-excited," Kohli said as RCB ended their Chennai campaign on an unbeaten note. 

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