IPL 2016: Twitter reacts as Superman Russell trumps Maxwell's heroics
Andre Russell produced a brilliant all-round performance for Kolkata Knight Riders as Kings XI Punjab slumped to yet another defeat. Glenn Maxwell played a sensible innings till he decided to try an extravagant shot and failed. Twitter appreciated the entertainment and here are the best tweets.
The two respective captains leading the chart.
Batsmen with most run outs in #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 4, 2016
13 - Gautam Gambhir
12 - M Vijay
11 - Y Venugopal Rao#KKRvKXIP
Taking care of the important things in Cricket.
Q- What's the similarity between Marcus Stoinis & Ishant Sharma?
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 4, 2016
A- They have more focused on their hair than their bowling.#KKRvKXIP
Relax! Its just a parody account but still funny.
Thank you Mohit Sharma. I will buy you when KXIP drops you in next auction at base price. #KKRvKXIP
— Shah Rukh Khan (@tomnjerrytwo) May 4, 2016
A hat-trick of wides outside off.
Sandeep Sharma has perfected the wide outside off.#KKRvKXIP
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 4, 2016
Ishant Sharma watching Sandeep and Mohit Sharma bowling brilliantly in the last two overs
Two bowlers named Sharma are bowling brilliantly at the death for KXIP. #IPL pic.twitter.com/DSvnM9ibcT
— Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 4, 2016
Absolutely brilliant death bowling with yorkers galore.
That was some excellent death bowling by KXIP, hardly get to see such things these days!! #HappywalaSelfie pic.twitter.com/bGCDJg1u0l
— Nikhil Mane (@nikhiltait) May 4, 2016
Asking Maxi to relax. Good luck with that, mate!
Relax Maxwell, you've got time #KKRvKXIP #IPL
— X (@sonia_sks) May 4, 2016
Ball hit the stumps but the bails did not go off. Remarkable stuff!
Amazing that zing bails may be responsible for giving Punjob the win... #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) May 4, 2016
We agree!
SRK be like FAN se zyada to KKR chal rhi hai. #KKRvKXIP
— maithun (@Being_Humor) May 4, 2016
The last resort.
Preity Zinta Should Walk Into The #KXIP's DugOut And Say This Out Loud! ;)#KKRvKXIP #IPL2016 #IPL9 #IPL pic.twitter.com/0RlyD9k19O
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 4, 2016