Twitter Reactions: RPS play party poppers for DD in Vizag

The Rising Pune Supergiants took on the Delhi Daredevils at Vishakapatnam. Captain MS Dhoni won the toss as RPS elected to field first. While Pune brought in Deepak Chahar, DD again made 3 changes as they had Shreyas Iyer, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Mohammad Shami coming in for them.

Batting first, Daredevils were off to a patchy start as they lost both their openers, Quinton de Kock and Iyer early. Karun Nair looked to hang on with a run a ball 41 while the rest of the batting lineup faltered against the disciplined on the night RPS bowlers. Chris Morris’ onslaught in the last over meant DD bowlers could at least give some fight.

Delhi Daredevils ended up scoring just 121/6 in their quota of 20 overs. Ashok Dinda and Adam Zampa were the pick of the bowlers as they picked 3 wickets each and were also economical. Rising Pune Supergiants had an easy total in their hands and didn’t disappoint.

They began well with Ajinkya Rahane and Usman Khawaja delivering some good shots. George Bailey looked to support Rahane as Pune cruised towards a successful run chase. The match was interrupted due to rain and the home team went on to win by 19 runs by the D/L method.

For Delhi, Morris got the lone wicket of Khawaja while the rest of the bowling could do quite little as they hardly had a total to defend. Ashok Dinda was announced the man of the match for his superb bowling.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the RPS-DD game. Right from lauding Dinda to trolling DD changes, right from lauding Zampa to trolling the field incidents, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Finally! 2 new players are doing well for RPS after too many injuries, Duckworth & Lewis are really good players.#RPSvDD

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 17, 2016

4th pen for @msdhoni in #IPL2016

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 17, 2016

And they said that lightening doesn't strike the same place twice…says a frustrated #DD fan. It's a knockout tournament for them too. #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2016

DD of IPL 2016 defeated the Real DD twice. #IPL2016 #RPSvDD #IPL

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 17, 2016

Season from hell
Still beat #DD twice
Can we not request for a few more against them…overheard an #RPS fan. #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2016

Dhoni and Irfan trolling media in style.#RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/iJsosjlIPy

— Amritanshu (@AmritanshuGupta) May 17, 2016

Hey Fleming, is D/L method rubbish again 😉 #RPSvDD

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) May 17, 2016

Samson is Rohit 2.0. Going to frustrate us a lot. For now, use him as a finisher. Seems to have added some serious power to his shots.

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) May 17, 2016

Expecting Delhi to win this match is like expecting to get that girl who is hopelessly out of your league #IPL

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) May 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/732632458718543872

Delhi team batting has been like its road policy sometimes EVEN sometimes very ODD ! #RPSvDD

— vikram sathaye (@vikramsathaye) May 17, 2016

One of the minimum 3 changes that #DD will make for the next match must surely be Brathwaite in for Coulter Nile. #RPSvDD

— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) May 17, 2016

After seeing low standard of umpiring, #IPL officials invited a good & experienced umpire.pic.twitter.com/fsEhfA5dan

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/732608265884831748

Of course #DD can still qualify but their IPL history will hold them back & there are too many proteas for a knock out situation. #RPSvDD

— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) May 17, 2016

Dinda took no wickets in his last 3 matches. But 3 wickets in this match. #RPSvDD

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 17, 2016

If Delhi Daredevils lose tonight, they don't deserve to qualify for the playoffs. #RPSvDD

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/732587231248973826

Karun Nair is class. I think he is technically better than even his Karnataka team-mate Rahul.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) May 17, 2016