Twitter Reactions: Sanju Samson hits a ton as RPS flunk badly

Rising Pune Supergiant were entering this contest after suffering a brutal loss at the hands of Kings XI Punjab in Indore. Confidence was not exactly where they wanted it to be and it was dented a bit more as their best batter and skipper had to sit the game out. Ajinkya Rahane was named as the stand-in captain which riled a fair bit of MS Dhoni’s fans out there.

Steven Smith missed out on this encounter with the Delhi Daredevils as RPS made quite a few changes to their squad. They brought in Rahul Tripathi or his debut in place of Manoj Tiwary and Faf du Plessis was forced into the team due to Smith’s upset stomach. Adam Zampa returned to the squad as well and on the other hand, Delhi kept it straight as they dropped Carlos Brathwaite and roped in Corey Anderson.

The game started off well for the RPS as they picked up an early wicket in Aditya Tare but things went south for them pretty quickly as Sanju Samson got going for the team from Delhi. He played some glorious cover drives to get the momentum going for his team.

Rishabh Pant soon joined in as the young pair webbed a 53 run partnership. The 20-year-old Pant scored a 22 ball 31 before he ran himself out. This did not affect Sanju as he looked in sublime touch today. Sanju Samson smashed a cracking century facing just 63 deliveries. Delhi were set for a score of 180 odd but it was the exploits of Chris Morris who took the game away from RPS.

Morris scored 22 runs of the last over and 16 of the penultimate of the innings. This took Delhi past 200 as they posted a humongous total of 206 for RPS to chase. The star-studded batting lineup of Pune did not rise to the occasion. The opening pair was supposed to lay the foundation but they could not and the rest of the batting lineup including Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni, and Ben Stokes flunked.

No batter could even get into the thirties as Mayank Agarwal top scored with 20 runs. The home crowd was utterly disappointed as Zaheer Khan tore the batting lineup of RPS apart; he finished with 3 for 20 as other bowlers contributed as well. Pune were winning the game on paper with ease but games are won on the ground and Delhi were miles ahead compared to Pune.

Twitter trolled Pune badly and hailed Delhi for their comeback. There were some passionate tweets from RPS fans while some congratulated Delhi for their 97 run victory. Let’s have a look at some of the best tweets of the game.

First time all ten batsmen have been dismissed out caught in an innings in IPL#RPSvDD #IPL pic.twitter.com/XdKmn1lHQZ

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 11, 2017

Congratualations to our team #RPSG. We are 2nd in d table now, soon we will be on top. Thanks to our captain @stevesmith49 #RPSvDD #ipl pic.twitter.com/DA89wuF647

— Harsh Goenka (@DarrKeAage) April 11, 2017

RT If You're Happy Because #RPS Lost. Team With Such Owners Don't Deserve Any Fans & Victory. Waiting For #IPL11 With #Dhoni In #CSK#RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/9dFrMJLh6N

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 11, 2017

RPS players are wearing black armbands against DD as a gesture of respect to Manoj Tiwary's father who left this world today. #IPL #RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/wOyy7dBcZ5

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) April 11, 2017

RPSG should take back 14 crores from Stokes and give it to Dinda to leave the team #RPSvDD

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) April 11, 2017

Delhi Daredevils Won By 97 Runs.

Man Of The Match:Samson@SirIshantSharma Of The Match:Ashok Dinda
Troll Of The Match:Harsh Goenka#RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/FG2wQOhaKh

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 11, 2017

The target of 206 has been chased down thrice in IPL

KXIP v SRH, Hyd 2014
CSK v RCB, Chennai 2012
KXIP v CSK, Abu Dhabi 2014#RPSvDD #IPL

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 11, 2017

Rarely you'd see an innings that overshadows a T20 century in the same innings…Morris did the unthinkable. Monster sixes. #IPL #RPSvDD

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 11, 2017

Chris Morris – 4⃣2⃣6⃣4⃣4⃣2⃣4⃣6⃣6⃣

38* Off 9 Balls, SR Of 422.22

Massacre At MCA Pune. ???#RPSvDD #DDvRPS #DDvsRPS #RPSvsDD #Dinda pic.twitter.com/LSw3SDzU8r

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 11, 2017

Indian 100 #IPL
M Pandey
Y Pathan
M Vijay(2)
P Valthaty
S Tendulkar
V Sehwag(2)
A Rahane
R Sharma
S Raina
W Saha
V Kohli(4)
S Samson#RPSvDD

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 11, 2017

Sanju's indifferent year just took a big UU turn. Special Innings. #IPL2017 #RPSvDD

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) April 11, 2017

Chris Morris – 38* off 9, SR of 422.22 – highest SR in an inns of 5+ balls in IPL. #RPSvDD

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 11, 2017

#RPSvDD The way Ashok Dinda is being bashed in IPL. He should rename him self to Ashok Dina-dhin-daa.

— walia saab (@_sunbey) April 11, 2017

This is the most hated profile pic ever? #ipl @ChennaiIPL #RPSvDD @SirJadeja @imDhoni_fc pic.twitter.com/kHhHqKR21e

— suresh bishnoi (@suresh_jani29) April 11, 2017

Samsung phones are more handy, iPhones are just show off.#SanjuSamson #MSDhoni #RPSvDD

— ikpsgill (@ikpsgill1) April 11, 2017

For those saying we won't be in #ipl next year, guys, we will buy csk & dhoni again next year.
Just to show who is the king. 😉#RPSvDD

— Harsh Goenka (@DarrKeAage) April 11, 2017

Ready to marry Dinda for the sake of cricket if he is ready to announce his retirement after today's match. #RPSvDD

— Rekha Verma (@Rekha_Verma93) April 11, 2017

IPL needs close matches not like #RPSvDD hopelessly one sided. So far all matches hv been one sided not good advertisement for it

— Perfect Stranger (@KPokhariyal) April 11, 2017

Even @IPL can't get over from #msdhoni Captaincy

Look at the caption in the pic

Pic from #IPL site pic.twitter.com/2todrpdTvT

— Raghav (@Im_RaghavVR) April 11, 2017

Ben Stokes messing it up in the last over against a team that Carlos Brathwaite plays for.. #IPL  #DejaVu

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 11, 2017

This was the first time Zaheer Khan has got Ajinkya Rahane out in Twenty20 cricket but has conceded only 34 runs in 32 balls. #IPL #RPSvDD

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 11, 2017

What a fantastic knock by Sanju Samson! #IPL pic.twitter.com/RuJo8Tozlf

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 11, 2017

Sanju Samson now 28th batsman to register the 43rd #IPL 100#RPSvDD

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 11, 2017

Superb 100????what a young talent @sanjusamson8 congratulations..god bless you @DelhiDaredevils vs @PuneSuperGiant @IPL #IPL2017

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 11, 2017

Mastermind behind opponent's success of RPSG. pic.twitter.com/wSEYzjXAtN

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 11, 2017

Stokes went for 23 in the last over and he was still the most economical of the RPS seamers.

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) April 11, 2017

He's 22! No player is complete at that age. I'm so happy he's got this 100! He's an entertainer! ?? https://t.co/OXJpIYSTDv

— KP (@KP24) April 11, 2017

Carlos Brathwaite to Chris Morris: "See, easy to hit Stokes, nah?" #RPSvDD #IPL2017

— Jamie Alter (@jamie_alterTOI) April 11, 2017

Dinda is like that neighbour who comes asking for sugar everyday and you don't know why you end up giving it to him everyday#IPL #RPSvDD

— Shubham Khare (@shubhamkhare71) April 11, 2017