Twitter Reactions: Overseas stars guide RCB to 218 against bowling-heavy Sunrisers

The stage was all set for the southern derby at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Royal Challengers Bangalore returned to their home venue after a long gap to host the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Coming into the game, the two sides had a contrasting run of form. The visitors were in a happy place with a place in the playoffs already confirmed for them.

On the other hand, the Royal Challengers Bangalore languished in the unwanted half of the points table. However, their recent two wins had given them an outside sniff in the race for the playoffs. With this backdrop, the hosts knew they were the more desperate side in the match. At the halfway stage in the game, the Virat Kohli-led side will feel they have got enough runs on the board to defend.

Earlier in the game, the Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first. In walked Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel to open for RCB. They did not have a great start as Parthiv perished on 1 in the very first over of the game. Virat Kohli was undone by Rashid Khan four overs later. Kohli scored 12 before getting dismissed. Meanwhile, AB de Villiers looked in sublime form with the bat.

He found very good support from Moeen Ali, who came in at number 4 in the game. Both overseas recruits scored their individual fifties as the partnership between them read 107 on paper. Kane Williamson got Rashid back in the attack and the Afghanistani leggie responded by dismissing both the set batsmen. AB scored 69 off 39 with 12 fours and a six to his name and Moeen played a crucial knock of 65 off 34 balls with a couple of boundaries and six sixes.

The visitors thought they had pulled things back by dismissing the set batsmen. But Colin de Grandhomme and Sarfraz Khan (22 off 8 balls) had other plans. They added 62 runs off 25 balls towards the end to give some serious impetus to the innings. Also, Basil Thampi conceded 70 runs in his four overs to let RCB score at free will. Grandhomme played a blitzkrieg 17-ball 40 to take the total past the 200-mark. The innings eventually finished with 218/6 in the stipulated 20 overs.

Here is how the Twitterati reacted to the Royal Challengers Bangalore innings:

Siddharth Kaul is 2.0 version of Ashoke Dinda. #RCBvSRH

— Swapnil Suryawanshi (@swapnil_bs) May 17, 2018

Rashid Khan once again showing his power?Why he is best bowler in T20 cricket. Taking three huge big wicket. in today match against #RCB ??????????
1st Virat Kohli
2nd AB De Villiers
3rd Moeen Ali#RCBvSRH #RcbVsSrh #RCB #SRH #IPL2018 #IPL #VivoIPL #vivoipl2018

— Prakash..S..Acharya??? (@prakashachary1) May 17, 2018

Still don’t think the #IPL teams realise how good many of England’s players are at the White ball game these days … RR took along time to Open with @josbuttler … RCB took forever to get Mo Ali in the team … Many more could have a huge impact … #JustSaying

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 17, 2018

Yesssss Moooooo ! #RCB

— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) May 17, 2018

ABD's fifties in IPL 2018 and balls taken to do so:
50 off 36 balls vs KXIP
50 off 24 balls vs DD
50 off 23 balls vs CSK
50 off 28 balls vs DD
50 off 32 balls vs SRH(today)#RCBvSRH #IPL2018

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 17, 2018

Googlies…..have become tough to read and tougher to play. Watching the ball from the hand is no longer in vogue. #RCBvSRH #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2018

#RCBvSRH jab chaltey hain toh sabhi chalte hain jab chalta nahi toh ek bhi nahi chalta ????????????

— Prithvi Raj (@Prithvi33924347) May 17, 2018

Rashid Khan does a Trent Boult. #RCBvSRH #IPL

— Prantik (@JoeHarts_hat) May 17, 2018

Tell you what, Mr Thampi has considered 70 of 4, that too after power play. SRH would be happy if their batters can get that much in power play #IPL2018 #RCBvSRH

— Sagar Shah (@scshah5) May 17, 2018

Everyone's busy appreciating @ABdeVilliers17 and @MoeenAli nobody noticed that Basil Thampi just scored 70 runs of just 24 balls! #RCBvSRH #virat #AbDevillers #basil #basilthampi

— Yogesh Waichal (@YogeshWaichal) May 17, 2018

This is best performance by RCB BATSMANS without KOHLI'S contribution in this IPL!#RCBvSRH

— VIRAT'S DHONI ?? (@Cricketician_) May 17, 2018

70 Runs in 4 overs !!!
Most runs conceded in an innings by a bowler in the history of IPL.
Tough luck Thampi#RCBvSRH

— Arddhendu (@hota_ard) May 17, 2018

Rashid is the most valuable player for SRH. He gets wickets, he can hit biggies, he takes blinders. #RCBvSRH

— Arjun (@iam_arjunk) May 17, 2018

Sarfaraz ne aaj #SRH ko dhoka de dia?#RCBvSRH

— Pranali. (@thatkohlisgirl) May 17, 2018

Basil Thampi has better strike rate than ABD this innings lol#playbold #RCBvSRH

— Anson Britto (@AnsonBritto) May 17, 2018

#RCBvSRH
Basil Thampi = Md. Siraj = Ashok Dinda = Ishant Sharma = Ashish Nehra
?

— Abhi (@im_Abhi_07) May 17, 2018

Legends score half century with bat

Ultra legends score half century with ball

Congrats basil tampi… ??#RCBvSRH #ipl #IPL2018

— ben (@Iamben27) May 17, 2018

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