Twitter Reaction: KKR clinch a narrow win over Rising Pune Supergiants

KKR handed the Rising Pune SuperGiants their fourth consecutive loss of the season after they defeated the MS Dhoni-led side closely by two wickets. Powered by Surya Kumar Yadav’s wonderful 60 run knock, the KKR side chased down the 161 run target set by RPSG in 19.4 overs.

The Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa duo, who had ensured that KKR have a good start in the previous match failed to set-off today. Surya Kumar Yadav, however, took control of the proceeding excellently kept the KKR side in the hunt. He was wonderfully supported by Yusuf Pathan (36 from 27 balls).

But, the RPSG brought a turnaround in the match after Rajat Bhati and Murugan Ashwin striking with the wickets of Yusuf Pathan and Surya Kumar Yadav. The match, which had slipped into KKR’s favor to a large extent, was again split open.

Andre Rusell made Dhoni and the RPSG fans with his entertaining cameo. However, the momentum again shifted after he was dismissed in the 18th over by Perera. 18 were required in the penultimate over.

R. Satish, who did well with the ball, threatened to take the match away, after he hit a six off the first ball of the decisive over. However, he was undone two balls later as the RPSG stayed in the contention of the win. The equation boiled down to 7 runs off the last six balls but Perera snapped up the wicket of Chawla to bring trail-ender Umesh Yadav to the strike.

Yadav did not stretch game further and finished it with a six straight down the ground.

Batting first, the RPSG side had a sluggish start. Faf du Plessis made a premature exit after getting out in the 4th over.

Ajinkya Rahane and Steven Smith the combined and kept the run scoreboard moving. Gambhir kept rotating his bowler to keep the pressure intact the duo. He was very successful in doing that too considering the fact that it took RPSG about 9 overs to take the run rate past 6 runs.

However, after putting on 56 runs for the 2nd wicket, the partnership came to an unexpected end when R. Satish ran out Smith off his own bowling in the 13th over. Later, fans were then treated by yet another blazing cameo from MS Dhoni who entered the field in the penultimate over. The skipper slammed a six and two fours in the final overs, pocketing 17 runs to propel RPSG to 160/5 after 20 overs.

A true test of mettle #RPSvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/sG9EuWn4ch

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 24, 2016

Korbo Lorbo Jitbo Re. #RPSvKKR

— Saurav Taragi (@Saurav_1211) April 24, 2016

The current #IPL9 Points Table after @KKRiders victory over @RPSupergiants: #RPSvKKR #KKRvRPS pic.twitter.com/db3oaj05AA

— Akhil Babu (@Akhil7Cena) April 24, 2016

lag toh aise raha hai next match Dhoni sab Ashwin ke baad ayenge last ovr mai aur bolenge hum 10 shot the #RPSvKKR pic.twitter.com/vbQBLivTa8

— kiran kumar (@shiningkiran) April 24, 2016

#RPSvKKR Cracking game of cricket #AmiKKR

— Rakesh (@RockrRakesh) April 24, 2016

A moderate victory for @KKRiders very well done by Yadav & @iamyusufpathan overall team work @GautamGambhir, keep it up guys, #IPL9 #RPSvKKR

— Ubaid Abdul Rub (@ubaid1470) April 24, 2016

I am a huge @msdhoni fan, he is just great
But today he should've come in at 4. No point playing 10 15 balls.#RPSvKKR #IPL @RPSupergiants

— Omkar Sawant (@omkarSW) April 24, 2016

Surya Kumar Yadav downs Pune in the #RPSvKKR match. Yet again a bhaiya screws the Maharashtrians, damn

— Budhaditya Roy (@budhadityaroy) April 24, 2016

'Did not finish the game but happy that it came in a winning cause' – MOM Suryakumar Yadav #RPSvKKR #AmiKKR #JabraKKR

— KKRiders FAN Club (@KKRidersFanClub) April 24, 2016

With such physique and running skills, Saurabh tiwary wont even get a job as an ATM security if he retires from Cricket #RPSvKKR #IPL

— AurNab ComeSwami (@KhaaliYuga) April 24, 2016

KKR has 5 matches left at Eden. With 4 wins already they should qualify for knock outs. #RPSvKKR

— Raees Lʌɗƙʌ (@tomnjerrytwo) April 24, 2016

Possibly nerves would have been less jittery had those last 2 overs not gone that expensive!Nevertheless, glad KKR came out on top! #RPSvKKR

— Arghya Dutta (@thearghyadutta) April 24, 2016

Albeit they won it by the skin of their teeth,@KKRiders are indeed looking like a team to beat in this @IPL .#RPSvKKR

— Inzamam Ul Haque (@ThejCat25) April 24, 2016

Admit It. It Hurts To See #MSD On Losing Side. #BringBackCSK #RPSvKKR #IPL2016 #IPL #IPL9

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 24, 2016

Another big problem for #RPS is that R Ashwin is not at his best these days. Dhoni has to look for wickets elsewhere. #IPL2016 #RPSvKKR

— Sidhant Maheshwari (@msidhant) April 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/iamash_007/status/724300137531621376

Way Gambhir,Uthappa plays for KKR truely shows "POWER OF MONEY". Hope they could've done d same playing for India atleast Uthappa? #RPSvKKR

— Siddharth Bagaria (@imsidbagaria) April 24, 2016

So far #KKR have looked the best side in the tournament followed by #GL rest have been too inconsistent for their own good. #RPSvKKR

— Saurav Jha (@iamsauravjha) April 24, 2016