Twitter Reactions: KKR start their IPL campaign with an easy win

In another one sided contest of the IPL 9, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cruised to a thumping victory by 9 wickets against the Delhi Daredevils (DD). Earlier in the game, Gambhir won the toss and choose to bowl first at the Eden Gardens.

Quinton de Kock began well for DD but as soon as he got out, wickets started flurrying for the Daredevils. Andre Russell got 3 wickets as he wrecked the top order before he headed back towards the dugout due to an injury. No other batsman in the DD lineup could inspire any confidence.

Sanju Samson looked good for a moment but was outdone by veteran Brad Hogg who bowled outstanding figures of 3 for 19 runs which also included a wicket maiden. Leggie Piyush Chawla also troubled the batsmen with his googlies extracting turn from the surface. He got a couple of wickets as well. Delhi failed to even last their quota of 20 overs as they were bundled for 98.

KKR began positively with Robin Uthappa 35 (33), Gambhir 38 (41) and later Manish Pandey 15 (12) didn’t take any risks on their stride as they sneaked out a comfortable win for the KKR to set up their campaign for this season. Andre Russell deservingly won the Man of the Match for his splendid bowling.

Though it was not quite an eventful match, Twitter managed to grab many eyeballs with some exhilarating tweets. Right from trolling Delhi Daredevils to lauding the superb effort by KKR veteran Hogg.

Here are some of the tweets that came up during the course of the game:

Stroll in the park today for KKR. Tougher matches ahead for sure, but seem to have depth and balance to cope with all situations

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 10, 2016

Bowlers have dominated 1st two games, partly coz of helpful pitches & partly coz batsmen are still finding their feet. Early days. #KKRvsDD

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 10, 2016

Yusuf Pathan is just happy that he didn't have to bat in this match.

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/719214970928566272

The Knights win this night! Fantastic effort made sure this game was in the bag. Hope we made you proud Kolkata! #AmiKKR #KKRvDD

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 10, 2016

IPL 2016:

Game 1:
Pune won by 9 Wickets

Game 2:
Kolkata won by 9 Wickets

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 10, 2016

Two games, low scores, two chases, nine wicket wins.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 10, 2016

Robin Uthappa – now 6th batsman in #IPL to cross 3000 runs!#KKRvDD

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 10, 2016

Gambhir be like – Why are we even playing, full waste of time. #IPL #KKRvDD pic.twitter.com/q3TgbnQvRx

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 10, 2016

.@DelhiDaredevils, if sold on @OLX_India, can force the OLX owners to sell itself #KKRvDD

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) April 10, 2016

45 year old @Brad_Hogg still bossing the @IPL #Respect #Legend

— Ghumman (@Emclub7) April 10, 2016

Daredevils all out below 100 for the 7th time in IPL, highest among all teams.Only 16 such instances for all other teams put together #IPL

— S Rajesh (@rajeshstats) April 10, 2016

Delhi Daredevils record when they score less than 150 in 1st inns in IPL

Matches 16
Lost 16
Won 0
Win percentage 0.00#IPL #KKRvDD

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) April 10, 2016

daredevils fans wondering if their team will be equally disappointing on odd & even days #KKRvDD

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 10, 2016

Brad Hogg today 45y-64d #IPL
The oldest to play T20s: 50y-92d – Carlton Saunders of Turks & Caicos in 2008 in the Stanford 20/20#KKRvDD

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 10, 2016

The more they change, the more they remain the same….hope we won't be saying this for #DD towards the end of the season. #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/719185459692314624

#KKRvDD
Rahul Dravid has a slight where-have-I-come-and-got-stuck expression.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 10, 2016

Time changes for everyone except Delhi Daredevils. #KKRvDD

— Gautam (@gautamverma23) April 10, 2016

Brilliant stuff from @KKRiders seamers. May be something in it for them but still have to exploit it!! #KKRvDD

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) April 10, 2016

Return on investment not looking too good today#Negi

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 10, 2016

How long before Dravid pads up to hold one end up#KKRvDD

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 10, 2016

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