Twitter Reactions: RCB clinch a thriller at Mohali by just 1 run

Published - 10 May 2016, 00:21 IST | Updated - 10 May 2016, 00:21 IST

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The Royal Challengers Bangalore took on the Kings XI Punjab in a humdinger of a contest at the Mohali stadium. Captain Murali Vijay won the toss as Punjab elected to field first. While KXIP brought in Farhaan Behardien and Anureet Singh, RCB had Iqbal Abdulla coming in.

Batting first, KL Rahul began with a blast as he smashed 42 from 25 balls. Once he got out, RCB lost 3 wickets in quick succession and were put on the back foot by the Punjab spinners. From there on, AB de Villiers accelerated well and switched gears in the last 5 overs. He raced his way to a brilliant 64 from just 35 balls.

RCB managed to put up a decent total of 175/6 in their quota of 20 overs. The pick of the bowlers were KC Cariappa and Axar Patel who got 2 and 1 wicket respectively. Sandeep Sharma also got 2 wickets but was expensive as he was at the receiving end of ABD’s onslaught.

On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab also began well. Vijay led the Punjab chase as he scored a magnificent 89 from 57 balls. KXIP seemed to be running away with the game but as soon as he got out, the tables turned. With 17 required from an over, Stoinis did absolutely well to make it 6 from 3 but failed to capitalise from there.

Royal Challengers Bangalore thus won a trilling contest by just one run. Shane Watson shined with the ball again with figures of 2/22 while Chahal was also good enough. Watson was also announced the man of the match.

Twitter kept everyone at their toe ends throughout the entertaining game. Right from lauding ABD’s stormy innings to trolling KL Rahul’s wicketkeeping skills, from lauding Vijay and Watson to trolling Jordan, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

https://twitter.com/boredcricket/status/729736680400424962

Thank God RCB won. Virat Kohli would've broken Jordan's skull.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 9, 2016

KXIP were winning this match until the last bowl.
— LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) May 9, 2016

Cameraman Job in Last Over:
Show Preity Zinta
Show Virat Kohli
After evey Ball! ?
Important win for RCB! Happy for Kohli
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 9, 2016

RCB wins IPL 9, oh looked like that, but no, they just beat KXIP by one run. #KXIPvRCB
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 9, 2016

What a match #KXIPvRCB who's gonna win
— Daren Sammy (@darrensammy88) May 9, 2016

Dear crush, I miss you like Chris Jordan miss his yorkers.
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) May 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/729734743898640384

Damn. That was exactly the same ball as Stokes bowled first up in that last over. #IPL
— cricBC (@cricBC) May 9, 2016

Jurno- Sir, Vijay played a good inning today
Kejriwal- arey pehle usko bolo ki wo apni degree dikhaye#KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/rCEgECUaHX
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 9, 2016

Sarfaraz Khan still a better fielder than Travis Head. #KXIPvRCB
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 9, 2016

Great hand by Vijay. He's brought the team to the brink of victory. Is there enough heft remaining in Punjab dug out to complete the job?
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/729732758667444225

This was the Murali Vijay we knew opening the batting for #CSK with @HaydosTweets
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 9, 2016

Virat Kohli would know How Murali Vijay will feel if KXIP lose this game after playing so good..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 9, 2016

Shane Watson has bowled extremely well for RCB this season… #form #KXIPvRCB
— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) May 9, 2016

RCB fans are the SI unit of disappointment during April-May #IPL
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) May 9, 2016

RCB fans after watching Chris Jordan. pic.twitter.com/tOfVS1ZF9D
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 9, 2016

The other Rahul from Bangalore was a better keeper #KXIPvRCB
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/729718806290018305

Genius of ABD taking the game away from Punjab
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 9, 2016

Amla falls, Binny falls, all fall down#KXIPvRCB
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/729703262346194944

Travis Head looks like a mixture of ABD and De Kock. #KXIPvRCB
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 9, 2016

KL Rahul showing middle finger to those who used to say " A Test player can't be a good T-20 player "#KXIPvRCB
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 9, 2016