Twitter Reactions: Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets
Twitter reacted to the Knight Riders' amazing win in an amazing fashion with tweets coming in from all corners of the world in support to the side from the Bay of Bengal.
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Kolkata Knight Riders entered the game with a loss in their previous encounter against the Mumbai Indians, who were aided by some brilliant display of batting from the young Delhi all-rounder Nitish Rana. The Knight Riders further received bad news in the form of the injury to their opener Chris Lynn after his tremendous performance in the first game. They were boosted by the return of their pace spearhead Umesh Yadav, who’s return would come in handy for the side.
Kolkata’s skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field on the pitch which offered more support to the chasing team than the team batting up front. The management decided to give the New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme a well-deserved debut and also included the injured pace bowler Umesh Yadav into the team after his recovery.
The Knight Riders got off to the worst of starts as the West Indian spinner dropped a catch early on in the innings. Manan Vohra and Hashim Amla got the Kings XI Punjab to the best of starts as they scored 50 runs in the first five overs of the encounter. Vohra’s incredible innings of 28 came to an end when the leggie Piyush Chawla uprooted his off stump. Marcus Stoinis joined the South African Hashim Amla in the middle of the park and put up a 13-run partnership before the latter was dismissed off a straighter delivery bowled by the West Indian Sunil Narine.
Glenn Maxwell’s form was a worry for Gambhir and co, but they managed to dismiss both Amla and Maxwell in the span of two overs to leave the side open at 98/4 at the beginning of the 13th over of innings. The partnership between Wriddhiman Saha and David Miller helped them cross the 150 mark before their dismissals with Umesh Yadav’s consecutive deliveries. The Kings XI team ended their innings with the total of 170 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their 20 overs.
The Knight Riders took the cricketing world to surprise when they made Sunil Narine open the innings alongside the usual opener Gautam Gambhir. Little did the KKR fans expect what wonders Narine could do with the willow in his hand. Sunil Narine helped the Knight Riders to get off to a good start with an outstanding knock of 37 runs in the matter of 18 deliveries. The captain Gautam Gambhir anchored the innings with support from Robin Uthappa and the in-form Manish Pandey. The captain remained unbeaten with the score of 72 runs in 49 deliveries with a strike rate of 146.94.
The win would come as a boost for the Knight Riders after their narrow defeat at the hands of Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians. Further, the mystery spinner Sunil Narine was declared as the man of the match following his outstanding display with both the bat and the ball. The West Indian gave away only 19 runs in his quota of four overs picking up the wicket of Marcus Stoinis and scored 37 runs in just 18 balls with a strike rate of 205.56. In the innings of 37, the West Indian had scored three sixes and four boundaries.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the Knight Riders’ amazing win:
Kids promote Axar Patel to No. 3 position.
Legends promote Sunil Narine to open the batting.
— VisHal ?? (@ImVpatel) April 13, 2017
Really thrilled tonight. I was able to get a smile on the face of Sunil Narine in the post match interview.?#KKRvKXIP
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 13, 2017
This IPL
Best Batting Team – RCB
Best Bowling Team – GL
Legendary Fielding – KKR#KKRvKXIP
— Kaun Mai Ka Laal Hai (@SRKpePHD) April 13, 2017
Congratulations on a very professional win @KKRiders ! Nothing sweeter than a complete team-effort for the win! #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/vAmiIMyeeM
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
Masterstroke then for @KKRiders with some Narine magic. Normal service resumes with Uthappa/Gambhir @IPL #IPL2017 #KKRvKXIP
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) April 13, 2017
Great move from @GautamGambhir batting @SunilPNarine74 up the order. Brilliant innings 37 off 18
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) April 13, 2017
Thanks @MClarke23, just been lucky today, u looked sharp in Nehru jacket today. Keep going @IPL @SonySIX
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
KKR win by 8 wickets. This is their 8th consecutive win over KXIP. #KKRvKXIP #IPL
— Gautian Rajsekhar Aj (@rajsekharntr) April 13, 2017
Can someone tell Gautam Gambhir that #KXIP is not anti-national. #KKRvKXIP #GautamGambhir #IPL
— ikpsgill (@ikpsgill1) April 13, 2017
What a powerplay for KKR: 76/1 (6)
This is now the HIGHEST powerplay score in IPL matches in Kolkata.#IPL #KKRvKXIP
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 13, 2017
Sadness is watching #SunilNarayan as better opener then #ShikharDhawan #IPL #IPL2017 #KKRvKXIP
— Pardeep Parihar (@PardeepParihar) April 13, 2017
Gautam Gambhir is the man out in middle w/dual sword slaying bowlers & terror sympathisers together scoring on & off field gracefully today
— Debarati Majumder (@debarati_m) April 13, 2017
Moral of the story-Gautam Gambhir is a fighter..!! No matter what u throw at him..he'll come out stronger & better..!! @GautamGambhir ✌??
— SAGGARIKA DATTA (@saggarika) April 13, 2017
Congrats @KKRiders and it's the captain @GautamGambhir who just did it..Cheers @iam_juhi all the best …@iamsrk
— Prosenjit Chatterjee (@prosenjitbumba) April 13, 2017
Most fifties in IPL:
1. David Warner
2. Gautam GambhirMost runs in this IPL season:
1. Gautam Gambhir
2. David Warner— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 13, 2017
Great fifty @GautamGambhir sir! Saffron in our flag stands for your orange cap, white for your gloves and green for Eden Garden. Jai Hind ??
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) April 13, 2017
I was cursing Narine all the while .. n look what he has done .. as i said few days back, KKR k kisi player k burai mat karo???#KKRvKXIP
— Funnily Serious (@notionalview) April 13, 2017
He shocks us by his sloppy fielding and then surprises us by his amazing batting. There's more mystery to Narine than his bowling#KKRvKXIP
— Raghav Gupta (@Raghavgupta026) April 13, 2017
Narine Most Underrated Opener in Ipl History, Now he has Scored more runs than Rohit Sharma in this Season?
Hat's off to kkr team management— GuLsHaN (@Bigra_Mundda) April 13, 2017
My man of the match today is Sunil Narine. 1-19 in 4 overs on this track and then 37 from 18 balls. Easy call.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2017
Narine – Surprise Package ?
Uthappa – Improving ✌
Manish – Sensible innings!
Gambhir – The BOSS ? #KolkataKnightRiders— शुभेन्दु शेखर (@iShubhendu) April 13, 2017
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