Twitter Reactions: Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan stun RCB with their brute force

Royal Challengers Bangalore finally returned to their home ground to take on the Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR, who were soaring high with wins under their belt, but had to face a couple of losses coming into the game. RCB, on the other side, had a similar story. Both teams needed a win desperately to keep their spirits high.

Bangalore were put in to bat and the big surprise came with no Virat Kohli opening the innings. Chris Gayle went early but his opening partner, KL Rahul, continued his form from the previous game. Watching an aggressive knock from a classical player like Rahul is always enticing. He put on 84 runs with the skipper for the second wicket. He scored 52 off just 32 balls. Kohli was back to his batting best and scored yet another half-century. In the process, he bagged the Orange Cap too! Some late hitting from Stuart Binny, Sachin Baby, and Shane Watson saw RCB post 185/7 on the board. The highlight was Sunil Narine going for 45 runs in his 4 overs and Umesh Yadav going for 56!

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered early jolts in their run chase. Gautam Gambhir continued his consistent form with 37 off 29 balls. But a middle order failure saw the chase in doldrums. Just when everyone ruled out KKR, the two big boys at the crease, Yusuf Pathan, and Andre Russell, suddenly changed gears. In no time, the momentum shifted in the favour of Kolkata Knight Riders. The duo added 96 runs in just 44 balls and the storm simply blew away the hosts. Russell’s belligerent innings ended on 39 off 24 balls with 4 sixes and Pathan remained unbeaten on 60 off just 29 deliveries.

Here are some of the best tweets from the game:

Fair Play Moment of the day: #SpiritOfCricket #RCBvKKR #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/ECUD3vrz9c

— Akhil Babu (@Akhil7Cena) May 2, 2016

Back on 2nd spot. Aami Kolkata. #RCBvKKR
pic.twitter.com/4qZWLjbdBx

— Being_Armaaη (@Being_Armaan) May 2, 2016

WHAT JUST HAPPENED! With the asking rate going out of bounds, the pair of Pathan-Russell just went wild and #KKR got home easily #RCBvKKR

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 2, 2016

Russel wicket a big let off. A part time keeper is like taking a big gamble..smtimes u win huge but smtimes u can lose big as well! #RCBvKKR

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 2, 2016

Great innings my Yusuf Pathan. KKR should now safely drop him till next IPL.#RCBvKKR

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 2, 2016

#KohliFace #RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/q9V2SDWcim

— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) May 2, 2016

Gambhir gonna be unstoppable in the post match chat, he's the only reason Yusuf Pathan is still playing for KKR, for days like this#RCBvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/NaimishShiva/status/727207579265413121

ProTip: RCB should have 10 batsmen and 1 specialist bowler. I bet you, nothing would change. #RCBvKKR

— Arjun (@ArjunNamboo) May 2, 2016

Sir Ishant Sharma just called Varun Aaron and Watson and welcoms them in his Club…? #RCBvKKR

— Yogi Adityanath (@upkayogi) May 2, 2016

You should never underestimate the ability of RCB bowlers to fail in defending biggest of the scores.
#RCBvKKR

— Romeo Monk (@oldschoolmonk) May 2, 2016

Chasing 117 frm 60 is not easy when u hv lost 4 wickets. But they did it ????#RCBvKKR

— रोहित (@rohit_nakhwa) May 2, 2016

Nothing's working right for #Bangalore at the moment. Be it the weather, traffic, pollution, or a game of cricket! ? #RCBvKKR

— Wanderlust (@mrslazybones) May 2, 2016

Kangana is dancing with RCB and RPS players in Lyf mobiles ad. Going by their performances, it seems Kangana has done black magic on them

— TheFrustratedIndian (@FrustIndian) May 1, 2016

Played Yusuf Pathan, he kills spin like few can. Didn't Virat know that? Oh right, it's been a long time. #RCBvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 2, 2016

Umesh- I am worst bowler of India!
Aron- oye! aise kaise!
Ishant- Bakwas band karo bc!#RCBvKKR

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 2, 2016

This IPL is a fine example as to why Virat Kohli the batsman needs the Captain Dhoni, and why Dhoni needs the batsman Virat Kohli. #RCBvKKR

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) May 2, 2016

Poor Umesh Yadav.
Has pace, swing, bounce, build.
But, just no brains.
#RCBvKKR

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) May 2, 2016

Why Is Stuart Binny Behaving Like Batsman?#RCBvKKR

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 2, 2016

No 50+ score in first 20 innings for Lokesh Rahul. Now 3 50s (51*, 51, 52) in consecutive innings. #RCBvKKR

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 2, 2016

Virat Kohli now breaks Suresh Raina's record of (1042 runs in 2010) most runs by an Indian in T20s in a calendar year! #IPL #RCBvKKR

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 2, 2016

Boom or Bust time for KL Rahul…since #RCB has chosen to beef up their batting more, it's imperative to score 20-30 above par. #RCBvKKR

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 2, 2016

Where did Varun Aaron pull that yorker out from?

From The Fizz's locker?#RCBvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 2, 2016

Virat Kohli is a run machine but RCB bowlers are run factories.

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 2, 2016

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