Twitter Reactions: Yusuf shines again as KKR route RPS in a rain marred game

The Kolkata Knight Riders took on the Rising Pune Supergiants in an interesting contest at the Eden Gardens. Captain MS Dhoni won toss as RPS elected to bat first. While KKR had Sunil Narine coming in for them, Irfan Pathan and Murugan Ashwin were brought in by the RPS.

Batting first, Supergiants didn’t have a great start as they lost both openers Ajinkya Rahane and Usman Khawaja early. George Bailey looked to take RPS through but he hardly got any support from the other batsman. Irfan Pathan had to sacrifice his wicket for MS Dhoni who also struggled to accelerate.

At the end, it was a quite dismal performance by the RPS batting lineup. Piyush Chawla was the pick of the bowlers tonight with figures of 2/21. They scored 103/6 in 18 overs before the match was delayed due to rain. Kolkata Knight Riders got a revised target of 66 runs from 9 overs which seemed like a cakewalk for them.

However, Ravichandran Ashwin sent back both Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir in the first over and gave RPS some hopes. Then, Yusuf Pathan took on Ashwin in third over as KKR got 22 runs from the over, thus achieving a comfortable victory by 8 wickets with 4 overs to spare.

Yusuf deservingly won the man of the match for his splendid 37 from 18 balls. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some superb tweet throughout the RPS-KKR game. Right from lauding KKR spinners to trolling RPS batting, right from lauding Yusuf Pathan to trolling RPS bowlers, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Dhoni: "We can tick off one more box. Injuries etc we have had, but no rain-affected loss"https://t.co/ouz9GyhhG9 #IPL2016 #KKRvRPS

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 14, 2016

This IPL, Rising Pune Supergiants has been as aggressive as the Swiss Army.#KKRvRPS

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) May 14, 2016

These post match hand shakes took longer than KKRs innings #KKRvRPS

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 14, 2016

Yusuf Pathan is taking revenge from RPS team management, for having dropped Irfan Pathan for most of this IPL #KKRvRPS

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/731555051471167489

Ever since Yusuf Pathan has sorted his gum chewing rhythms, he's become a far more authoritative batsman. #AurBhiGumHaiZamaneMein #KKRvRPS

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 14, 2016

What a knock, Yusuf Pathan has plundered 37 runs in 18 balls to win the game for his side. #KKRvRPS

— CricWizz (@CricWizz) May 14, 2016

They didn't even wait for a strategic timeout yaar.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 14, 2016

What amazing form @iamyusufpathan is in. First over promised to make the game interstng bt he walked out and was like cut the crap #KKRvRPS

— Ankit Mishra (@editedidea) May 14, 2016

He's in a hurry…Yusuf Pathan is in a hurry! He is batting on 36* off 15 balls, having hit 4 fours and 3 sixes already#KKRvRPS #IPL2016

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 14, 2016

Yusuf Pathan makes late night watches worthwhile, is he avenging Irfan's run out here? #KKRvRPS

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/731553439105191936

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/731553338261573632

Pathan enjoyed slice of early luck with a lbw decision but has since clouted the bowling with gr8 power. Not much poor Dhoni can do…

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 14, 2016

Just think Zampa was needed with second over of course hindsight. Ashwin's two overs were game.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 14, 2016

That's for Irfan, Dhoni – Yusuf!

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) May 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/731552930097029120

What a assault by Yusuf here. Finishing it off before rain comes back.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 14, 2016

Irfan Pathan must be feeling like Bhura from Lagaan, he sacrifice his wicket for his captain MS Dhoni.#KKRvRPS

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 14, 2016

The KKR are giving us a glimpse of the day-night Test match field in this T20 game. #KKRvRPS

— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) May 14, 2016

Ajinkya, rahane de! Tumse na ho payega!

— Hasmukh Agrawal (@futurism_in) May 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/hareeshtweetz/status/731502225298612224

Its a day of Miracle in IPL:

AB & Kohli Scored Century

Dhoni selected Irfan Pathan in the team

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 14, 2016