Twitter Reactions: Coulter-Nile makes inspired comeback, Yusuf and Pandey give KKR 4th win of season

The Ferozeshah Kotla witnessed an absolute thriller as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) went on to register a successful run chase off the penultimate ball. Earlier in the day, it was Captain Zaheer Khan who won the toss as Delhi Daredevils elected to bat first.

They made two changes in their playing XI from their last game as Mohammed Shami came in for Shahbaz Nadeem while Angelo Mathews was brought in for Corey Anderson. On the other hand, for KKR, Trent Boult made way for Coulter-Nile.

The Delhi Daredevils were off to a flier start as Sam Billings and Sanju Samson especially started taking out the KKR bowlers to the cleaners. Together, they combined for 53 runs within the first six overs. Billings was dismissed as soon as the power play got over.

Samson who was on a roll with the bat soon followed his partner. While Shreyas Iyer tried to increase the scoring rate, Karun Nair, on the other hand, failed to get going at all. His slow innings of 21(27) was a proof of his struggle at the crease.

However, some brilliant display of pinch hitting by Rishabh Pant who scored 38(16) in the end guided the Delhi total to 168/7 in their quota of 20 overs. Nathan Coulter-Nile was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/22.

The Kolkata Knight Riders continued their experimentation with the openers as Colin De Grandhomme was promoted to open with captain Gautam Gambhir. The move failed as Grandhomme was gone in the very first over.

Robin Uthappa and Gambhir got out in consecutive overs to leave KKR reeling at 21/3. From there on, Yusuf Pathan scored a fantastic half-century with 59 runs from 39 balls that had two sixes. As soon as he got out, wickets kept tumbling for KKR. However, on the other hand, Manish Pandey continued his atrocities with the bat as he made sure KKR crossed the target with one ball to spare. In his innings of 69(49)*, he hit three sixes.

The KKR camp was overjoyed after the victory. Zaheer Khan produced a clinical performance with the ball yet again as he got the wickets of both the openers. Chris Morris also bowled well while the rest of the bowlers were taken apart for runs. Manish Pandey has deservingly rewarded the man of the match.

Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.

Am convinced someone up there was with God Almighty pestering him to grant @KKRiders a win. And He relented…tks for d prayers @IPL

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 17, 2017

Never mind a few more grey hair, at least @KKRiders won! Phewww!!! Well done team especially @iamyusufpathan @im_manishpandey @IPL #IPL10

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 17, 2017

Disappointing result tonight, on we go to Hyderabad to hopefully get back to winning ways.. credit to KKR, hell of a game ?? #DilDilliHai

— Sam Billings (@sambillings) April 17, 2017

There were so many good things abt that inning Lala n it came againts d best bowling side in the ipl.keep going strong @iamyusufpathan #ipl

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 17, 2017

That's the other problem of bowling a spinner last over!! M Pandey is a very intelligent batsman!! #IPL #DDvKKR #calm #consistent

— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) April 17, 2017

Manish Pandey is such an exciting batsman to watch, can be the perfect finisher alongside Kedhar Jadhav in #CT17

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 17, 2017

Batted Manish Pandey, bowled Mishra, captained Zaks, another chiller outta nowhere. #DDvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 17, 2017

Spinners bowling deciding overs has generally ended in heartbreak for the bowling side. But then, no captain quite like Zaheer Khan. #IPL

— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) April 17, 2017

Samson is faster than Samsung #respect #IPL #DDvKKR

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 17, 2017

#Delhidaredevils miss the tricks by picking shami ahead of Nadeem.They shouldn't change the winning combinations.#DDvKKR #IPL2017

— Suman Sen (@iamsumansen) April 17, 2017

All 3 started their cricket around the same time Dhoni started playing for India & from then on the focus on keeping has changed.

— Clive (@vanillawallah) April 17, 2017

Pandey is now the Orange Cap holder, goes past his skipper Gambhir's 196 runs. Also first batsman to go past 200 runs this IPL #DDvKKR

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 17, 2017

Zaheer Khan is known for his #ThandaDimaag wala performance in death overs.. Isn't it so?

— Haier India (@IndiaHaier) April 17, 2017

You can see the impact of that slow Karun Nair innings, the other batsmen after getting set scored freely but not Nair.

— Clive (@vanillawallah) April 17, 2017

Perfect bday gift from a dad to his son. Great stuff Yusuf pathan @IPL #KKRvsDD #AmiKkr

— HEMANT SHARMA (@imhemantsharma) April 17, 2017

Oh yessssssss Lala @iamyusufpathan really good inning #Strongman pic.twitter.com/F2RtL1xz5C

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 17, 2017

Believe Manish Pandey has not received his pie of opportunities wid Indian team. Time to take this talented guy seriously #KKRvsDD #AmiKkr

— Aman Chaplot (@chaplot_aman) April 17, 2017

Yusuf pathan getting back to form is like raining in hot summer. #KKRvDD #ddvskkr

— manikantavamsi (@manikantavamsi9) April 17, 2017

Time and again KARUN NAIR is proving that his triple century was a fluke #ddvskkr

— Sanjay kholwad (@kholwad_sanjay) April 17, 2017

Gambhir fans right now ???? #KKRvsDD #IPL pic.twitter.com/omBW3Vays7

— Rajesh Arora (@Rajesh_Arora1) April 17, 2017

Gambhir didn't respect a senior Indian bowler & got out.. very much like his exit from Indian cricket team. #DDvKKR

— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) April 17, 2017

Zaheer gets Gambhir for the 6th time! #IPl #DDvKKR

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 17, 2017

After two matches, Narine has gone from top to tail. Experiment with Grandhomme didnt work for KKR though

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 17, 2017

Interesting how both the captain's read the pitch, still think DD might miss Nadeem #ddvskkr

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) April 17, 2017

Interesting how both the captain's read the pitch, still think DD might miss Nadeem #ddvskkr

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) April 17, 2017

Rishab pant is smashing umesh yadav out of the park is like bjp smashed congress in UP election. #KKRvsDD

— Hunटरर ♂ (@nickhunterr) April 17, 2017

Well Played Umesh Yadav. what a performance..53 if 24 only#DDvsKKR

— Kuptaan ?? (@Kuptaan) April 17, 2017

@RishabPant777 is special .. damn special ???? keep smashing bro #ddvskkr #IPL10

— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) April 17, 2017

TBH! It's a tactical drop to send season debutant Matthews ahead of Mighty Chris Morris. Hope, Matthews proves me wrong here. #DDvKKR #IPL

— Satnam ? (@imSatnam_) April 17, 2017

If you sum up all the runs scored by Karun Nair across formats since his triple Century it will not even reach 200 runs…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 17, 2017

If you sum up all the runs scored by Karun Nair across formats since his triple Century it will not even reach 200 runs…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 17, 2017

Tactical drop from KKR to let Karun Nair bat

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) April 17, 2017

Would love to see Samson and Iyer in Indian Team….such sweet stroke makers.

— Athar ? (@cricdrugs) April 17, 2017

Gautam Gambhir says Delhi Daredevils are easily the best bowling side in IPL 2017. #ipl #DDvKKR

— Ravi Chiku (@chiku_ravi) April 17, 2017