Twitter Reactions: Gaylestorm takes over Rajkot as RCB win by 21 runs
Here are the best tweets as RCB crushed GL in their own backyard
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In what was a high scoring game at the Rajkot stadium, Royal Challengers Bangalore finally managed to put their foot right as they went on to win by 21 runs. Just hours before the game, RCB suffered a jolt as AB De Villiers was ruled out of the game.
Captain Suresh Raina won the toss as the Gujarat Lions elected to bowl first. Aaron Finch was back in place of Jason Roy while Dhawal Kulkarni and Shivil Koushik were brought in for Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel. For RCB, Travis Head and Chris Gayle were brought into the playing XI instead of ABD and Samuel Badree.
As RCB would have wished, Chris Gayle was back in full swing as he slayed the Gujarat Lion bowlers out of the den. He went on to score a magnificent 77 runs from just 38 balls which included 7 big hits. Virat Kohli provided ample support to him from the other end as he also made his way to a classy knock of 64 off 50 balls.
Both openers together combined for a 122 run partnership for the first wicket in just 12.4 overs. Once both were back to the pavilion, it was Travis Head and Kedhar Jadhav who provided a fantastic display of pinch hitting in the end. Their effort steered RCB to a spectacular total of 213/2.
The Gujarat Lions bowling was shambolic, to say the least. Ravindra Jadeja went on to concede 57 runs in his four overs, Shivil Koushik and Dwayne Smith both were taken to the cleaners. Even their prime bowler Andrew Tye failed to take a wicket.
On the other hand, it was a poor start for Gujarat Lions as they lost Dwayne Smith in the second over. Suresh Raina who got a good start failed to convert into anything big. However, Brendon McCullum singlehandedly played an impressive knock of 72 from 44 deliveries to keep Gujarat in the hunt.
However, he didn’t find any support from the other end. Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik failed to get going as Gujarat were put on the backfoot. There was some late charge by youngster Ishan Kishan who scored 39 off 16 but it was too late for the Gujarat Lions as they fell short of the target by 21 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal shined again with figures of 3/31.
Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:
Big Thank You to the fans for the love and support over the years! Many more entertainment to come! #10000CG #Champion #KingGayle ????????
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) April 18, 2017
Maximum respect to you legend @henrygayle on being the first man to 10000 T20 runs.… https://t.co/TQlePN1qo6
— Jason Holder (@Jaseholder98) April 18, 2017
Amazing achievement…
All hail King Gayle! https://t.co/5wwosKxqc7— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 18, 2017
Congrats @henrygayle on a pronominal achievement in reaching 10k t20 runs!! Still plenty left in the tank too big man!!
— Aaron Finch (@AaronFinch5) April 18, 2017
This is how not to bat in a final over. First ball should have been single. Then boundaries. Tye has really balled this up
— Jack Mendel ? (@JackMendel4) April 18, 2017
Rishabh Pant, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan: there's something about their fearless batting!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 18, 2017
We won't win. We won't give chances to youngsters – Gujarat Lions.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 18, 2017
Another fearless young Indian batsman announces himself. #IshanKishan.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 18, 2017
That one hilarious scene for the night, Jadeja misses out on a not out, worked so hard for it #GLvRCB
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 18, 2017
Jadhav and Head should keep switching between keeping and bowling, given the state of RCB's bowling attack.
— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) April 18, 2017
Virat Kohli saving Binny's killing yorkers for death overs. ??
— Sonu (@_hafees) April 18, 2017
McCullum on April 18 in IPL:
2008 – 158* (73)
2011 – 47 (33)
2012 – 15 (18)
2014 – 67 (45)
2017 – 52* (30) ongoing#GLvRCB— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 18, 2017
#chrisgayle against @TheGujaratLions today! #IPL #GLvRCB pic.twitter.com/N4JRINb2y3
— Follow Your Sport (@followyoursport) April 18, 2017
"Discounted left handed ABD" – Travis Head, as described on cricket forums. #IPL
— cricBC (@cricBC) April 18, 2017
Hoped for Chris Gayle to hit a flat six and knock out cold that cheerleader guy dressed like a European imperialist. Life isn't fair.
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) April 18, 2017
RCB is treating Shivil Kaushik like people treat Civil engineers.#GLvRCB
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 18, 2017
One of the reasons why we love Virat Kohli ? Sportsmanship ?#GLvRCB #IPL @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/EHSkuN79xH
— Satnam ? (@imSatnam_) April 18, 2017
Who would have imagined that a player would score 10k in T20!! The boss of this game @henrygayle
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 18, 2017
Gayle is the second RCBian to get caught today and still get away with it#RCBvGL #VijayMallya
— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) April 18, 2017
Well done to @henrygayle on 10000 t20 runs. Biggest hitter in the game by a long way. #respect
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) April 18, 2017
10000 runs for the big man in #T20! Keep it going for #WestIndies cricket @henrygayle
— Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) April 18, 2017
Kohli being a generous captain letting Watson play even after so many disastrous games. Good signs for Dhawan ? #IPL
— Manya ? (@CSKian716) April 18, 2017
This pitch would be better suited to Tymals variations, you would think… #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 18, 2017
When Gujarat Lions bowlers said they want to play more #IPL matches. pic.twitter.com/sliLyJ8O1h
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 18, 2017
Bhuvneshwar 15 wickets for 108 runs.
GL 15 wickets for 876 runs. #IPL2017— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 18, 2017
Basil Thampi: 4 overs 1/31 at 7.75 runs per over.
Rest of RCB: 16 overs 1/182 at 11.375 runs per over. #IPL
— Clive (@vanillawallah) April 18, 2017
Kedar Jadhav is incredible talent, Street cricket does teach you lot in India and RCB scores 213/2 even without AB De Villiers…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 18, 2017
30* from 16 balls for AB de Villiers' doppleganger tonight #IPL
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) April 18, 2017
Congratulations to @henrygayle on completing 10 thousand t20 runs ! Legend ???? and making @IPL the most entertaining cricket tournament
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 18, 2017
Jadeja flogged after a long time, reminder of what happens more in limited overs than Tests. Sameness, predictability, his undoing. #GLvRCB
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 18, 2017
Gujarat are average 59 runs per wicket this season!
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) April 18, 2017
Gujarat Lion is so shit, hope Lions file FIR against them for ruining their reputation. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 18, 2017
Now we know why Jadeja has the changed facial hair – so he doesnt get recognised leaving the stadium tonight… #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 18, 2017
Ofcourse great batting by Kohli & Gayle but credits to these two, Head & Jadhav for getting past 200. But u never know, it's RCB's bowling.
— Jaanvi Singh (@CricketDevotee) April 18, 2017
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