Twitter reacts to Gambhir’s Test innings and KKR’s unexpected loss against Punjab
Kings XI Punjab bounced back in the game twice to win the match. The home side posted a defendable total on the board thanks to the brilliant knock by Maxwell. On the other hand, the KKR side failed to capitalise on the strong start provided by Chris Lynn and faltered to a 14-run defeat.
Rahul Tewatia became the unlikely hero for Punjab fans as his spell of 2 for 18 helped the hosts to secure a 14-run win, which kept their playoff chances alive. Earlier in the day, Punjab posted a total of 167 runs riding on Maxwell’s 44 and that eventually dented Chris Lynn’s brave effort.
Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 167/6 (Glenn Maxwell 44, Wriddhiman Saha 38; Chris Woakes 2/20, Kuldeep Yadav 2/34) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders 153/6 (Chris Lynn 84, Sunil Narine 18; Chris Woakes 2/20, Kuldeep Yadav 2/34) by 14 runs
Brilliant observation!
Why #kkr performs better? Because most of the player only work 2 months a year with 10 months holidays. #IPL #KXIPvKKR
— Tushant (@I_mTush) May 9, 2017
The Indian way
Why does Shastri say : Sunil "Narayan" when it is "Narine" (Na-ri-ne) #KXIPvKKR
— Happy (@Jsr_avi) May 9, 2017
Hindi commentators suffer criticism no matter what they say
This year Some Hindi commentators are worst and today they said 39/0 in 6 is a good start 😂😂 when teams scoring 70 in 6 #KXIPvKKR #IPL10
— Abhinav (@Maxi5Abhinav) May 9, 2017
That’s why Gambhir won’t make it to the Indian team
#KXIPvKKR Champions Trophy team selection pic.twitter.com/Aoo2qwWrav
— SARATH (@Sarathsivajr) May 9, 2017
The bar is set too high
Just 14 from the first over. Lynn and Narine have obviously decided to start slow and get their eye in 😄😄 #KXIPvKKR
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 9, 2017
Why wouldn’t KKR win?
Gautam Gambhir becomes the third player to score 5000 runs in India in T20 cricket after Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. @KKRiders #KXIPvKKR
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) May 9, 2017
Lynn now has six half-centuries in his last eight T20 innings #Lynnsanity #IPL #KXIPvKKR
— Live Score (@FaST_CricBuzz) May 9, 2017
-#GM_KaMI
#DidYouKnow@robbieuthappa has the maximum number of stumpings (31) in @IPL #DusKiDahaad #AmiKKR #KXIPvKKR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 9, 2017
BCCI predicted the future!
The other day Dhawan and Rohit proved why they are picked for CT and today Gambhir and Uthappa proved why they are ignored #KXIPvKKR
— Harish (@kobri7) May 9, 2017
#KXIPvKKR yesterday people cried gambhir isn't in CL. BCCI predicted future 😂 today's match 😂
— Syed Zaid (@zaid_syed) May 9, 2017
Man of the match for KXIP’s win goes to
#KXIPvKKR Tough competition clearly won by @GautamGambhir for today's man of the match. It was between @im_manishpandey & @GautamGambhir 😂
— Shivam💞 (@iamshkrkh) May 9, 2017
Seems like not all were happy with Mohit Sharma’s spell
There is only one thing slower than a @ImMohit_Sharma delivery - Snails. Of course, I am insulting the snails 😜#KXIPvKKR #IPL
— Sribees (@Lnspatta) May 9, 2017