Bangalore's AB de Villiers during the game. Pic/AFP

AB de Villiers' (57) brilliant knock helped Bangalore beat Punjab by four wickets in the T20 match in Bengaluru on Friday. Chasing 156, opener Brendon McCullum (0) departed in the first over and skipper Virat Kohli (21) also wasted the start and went back in the fifth over. De Villiers and opener Quinton de Kock (45) then forged a crucial 54-run partnership for the third wicket before in-form de Kock was sent packing by Ravichandran Ashwin in the 12th over. Mandeep Singh (22) then came in the middle and supported de Villiers by playing some beautifully crafted shots around the ground.