Virat Kohli celebrates his third IPL 2016 hundred with AB de Villiers. (Source: BCCI/IPL) Virat Kohli celebrates his third IPL 2016 hundred with AB de Villiers. (Source: BCCI/IPL)

Put into bat first in Banagalore, RCB blew Gujarat Lions away with a splendid partnership between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. While the former played more of an anchor role at the start, he cut loose towards the end to bring his third IPL 2016 hundred, becoming the first ever player to hit three tons in the same season.

AB too smashed his hundred and remained unbeaten on 129. The duo added 238 runs at lightning speed, and hit as many as 20 sixes in the process. Here’s a look at who said what about the mind-blowing feat on Twitter:

Ab baby you legend ! @ABdeVilliers17 🎉 — yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) 14 May 2016

Centuries from two of the world’s best batsmen @ABdeVilliers17 and @imVkohli! The best T20 partnership ever? — Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) 14 May 2016

ABD ABD ABD #Mr360 — Darren Sammy (@darrensammy88) 14 May 2016

Virat nd abd in full flow.total entertainment at its best.unbeleivable batting.thanx virat nd abd .👏👍😀 @imVkohli @RCBTweets @ABdeVilliers17 — Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) 14 May 2016

This is like Ronaldo and Messi on the same team! 😳 #IPL2016 — Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) 14 May 2016

AB U BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #legend #hero (and VK isn’t doing too bad himself😋) @ABdeVilliers17 @imVkohli @RCBTweets #RCBvGL #IPL2016 @IPL — Sid Mallya (@sidmallya) 14 May 2016

Actually can’t believe what I’m seeing #RCBvGL. Next generation cricket — Albie Morkel (@albiemorkel) 14 May 2016

Watching you bat is a treat . Mr 360 you beauty. Amazing knock abd. @ABdeVilliers17 #RCBvGL — Aasif Sheikh (@iaasifsheikh) 14 May 2016

Best way to get @ABdeVilliers17 off strike is to give him a single. But then it means you are bowling to @imVkohli — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 14 May 2016

Very well played @ABdeVilliers17 @RCBTweets — Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) 14 May 2016

This is phenomenal!! The best batting you’ll ever see by the two best batsman in the world!! #RCBvGL #special #IPL2016 — James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) 14 May 2016

Absolutely killer batting by both champions @ABdeVilliers17 @imVkohli 👏👏 salute pic.twitter.com/I7rDJaAgfs — Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) 14 May 2016

#RCBvGL

Well done ABD and Kohli. Superb demonstration of what the pub capital of India can do to a dry state. — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) May 14, 2016 READ: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers set record books ablaze

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