India, June 3 -- AB de Villiers was plenty impressed when the Royal Challengers Bengaluru legend saw Jitesh Sharma play a scoop shot to Kyle Jamieson's pace delivery in the IPL 2025 final on Tuesday. The wicket-keeper batter attacked the Punjab Kings bowler soon after RCB lost Virat Kohli, leaving them at 131/4 with five overs to go.

Jitesh Sharma led RCB's charge against Punjab, hitting two sixes off Jamieson. The first of the two maximums left Mr 360, AB de Villiers, impressed. The South African legend, who was sitting in the commentary box, was asked about the scoop shot when he said 'Sharma is on fire'.

On the first delivery of the 17th over, Kyle Jamieson went with a short-ish delivery to Jitesh Sharma, who stayed in the line while...