Twitter reacts as abysmal fielding, and gorgeous Uthappa & Gambhir knocks give KKR victory over DD
Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa guided KKR to a professional victory over Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens. They dominated the Delhi team in all departments except fielding, where both teams were guilty of dropping simple catches. The Twitterati reacted to all this and more.
Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils 160/6 (Sanju Samson 60, Shreyas Iyer 47; Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/34, Sunil Narine 1/25) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 161/3 (Gautam Gambhir 71*, Robin Uthappa 59; Kagiso Rabada 2/20) by 7 wickets.
Here are the best tweets from the game
It seems a KKR victory was a foregone conclusion
KKR batting second at Eden since #IPL 2013:
— Deepu Narayana (@deeputalks) April 28, 2017
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Need 161 to win tonight.#KKRvDD #IPL2017
It was like any other IPL match, with the
This IPL Will Be Remembered For Bad Fielding And Umpiring #KKRvDD
— Chatil Panditasekara (@ChatilPandi) April 28, 2017
umpiring..
Umpire Ravi must have forgotten the wide rule. He is having a shocker again #IPL
— Gav Joshi (@Gampa_cricket) April 28, 2017
and Yusuf Pathan reminding everyone of home comforts
Yusuf Pathan's role in KKR team :
— Piyush Khemka (@khemka_piyush) April 28, 2017
1. Misfield & drop catches
2. Sit and clap when other batsmen score runs.
What a waste ! #ipl #KKRvsDD
There was enough time for entertainment
@deeputalks And that's the reason Kuldeep dropped Corey twice in his own over. #KKR likes LBWs. 😀 #KKRvDD #IPL
— Cric Lama (@Cric_Lama) April 28, 2017
Before the Daredevils finally ran out of steam
If DD bottled any better, they'd be a Coca Cola subsidiary. #DDvKKR #IPL
— Tareque Laskar (@tarequelaskar) April 28, 2017
Clearly, the players weren't communicating well with each other
Ankit Bwane calling in hindi with Morris on the other end
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) April 28, 2017
"Aaja aaja", "Chal, ho gaya" #IPL
But the KKR top order looked to make short work of the target
Relevant. #KKRvDD https://t.co/2LkdS2WvvZ
— 🅱hargav (@ThatIndianGuy) April 28, 2017
Samson & Mishra served up another example of the fielding prowess on show this IPL - just what they needed, with Gauthappa on current form
Samson went for a catch. Then made an eye contact with Mishra Ji. Rest is a history! 😂 #KKRvDD #IPL pic.twitter.com/LGaVqWRzJM
— Satnam 🏏 (@imSatnam_) April 28, 2017
Mishra aise dekh rha hai jaise khud tgda fielder hai#ipl#KKRvDD #DDvKKR pic.twitter.com/Yoo407zFML
— cricket freak (@cricloverakku) April 28, 2017
In the end, only this could have saved the Daredevils
The only way @DelhiDaredevils could have won this game if @KagisoRabada25 had bowled all the 20 overs. #KKRvDD #IPL #IPL2017
— Mannu Singh (@mannusingh13) April 28, 2017
But clearly, they didn't have enough
Ye match KKR vs KKR thaa,
— Sir Ashish Nehra (@SirAshish_Nehra) April 28, 2017
Aisa laga apne hi sath khel rhe Hain KKR wale#DD to hai hi nhi😂😂
Well played #Gambhir 👏👏#KKRvDD#KXIPvSRH