Twitter reacts to Smith and Pant's hilarious run-outs
Dwayne Smith decided to jog while taking a quick single before Pant was caught day dreaming by Suresh Raina in the second innnings in a match that saw four run outs. The Twitterati picked up on these two hilarious dismissals and trolled the duo for the way in which they threw their wickets away.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Lions 195/5 (Aaron Finch 69, Dinesh Karthik 40; Amit Mishra 1/27, Mohammed Shami 1/36) lost to Delhi Daredevils 153/6 (Shreyas Iyer 96, Karun Nair 30; James Faulkner 2/39, Dhawal Kulkarni 1/30) by 2 wickets.Here are the tweets from the game
How slow was Smith? (Watch incident here)
The slowest throw for a run-out yet Dwayne Smith got out
— Jessy Rajkumari (@RajkumariJessy) May 10, 2017
If you know what I Mean! #GLvDD #DDvGL
Indian food has definitely changed Smith! :P
Dwayne Smith's looking like he's just had fish curry rice plate !
— Jatin Paranjape (@jats72) May 10, 2017
KFC presents.....
If there's an award for most unfit player in #IPL , Dwayne Smith will win that honour. #GLVDD
— Abhishek (@abhishek2526) May 10, 2017
Didn't know Raina had such a dedicated fan! :O
Fan on the field - Autograph please! @ImRaina @TheGujaratLions #GLvDD pic.twitter.com/fknjZgkeoz
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 10, 2017
Then this happened! xD (Watch incident here)
Smith : No one can get out in a much sillier way!
— srijith (@srijithcfc) May 10, 2017
Pant : Hold my beer pic.twitter.com/ZYOI0rr096
But it had Raina's presence of mind written all over it!
It's not @RishabPant777 carelessness
— Achal Sharma 🇮🇳 (@achalsharma17) May 10, 2017
It's #sureshraina brilliance !! #bestinthebusiness @TheGujaratLions 👏👏👏#IPL #GLVDD
It seemed so!
Pant in a hurry to join Samson in the dug out!!! #GLvDD #IPL
— Anish Telkikar (@telkikar_anish) May 10, 2017
Deja vu!
Rishab pant got run out almost same way he got himself out in Under 19 world cup final against West indies @IPL @BCCI #
— Abhay Sharma (@Im_AbhaySharma) May 10, 2017
Now that's harsh!
Ok. So ppl who really wanted to give Rishab Pant a chance at the International Level, Need to see his absurd presence of mind. Stupid runout
— Vignesh (@viggu_8391) May 10, 2017
Mishra must be proud!
Rishabh Pant just made Amit Mishra very proud, what a meandering run out, could've been smoking a cigi and reading a book#GLvDD
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 10, 2017
Nervous 90s!
R Tripathi: 93
— iPL Live Score (@IPLGaMe) May 10, 2017
M Vohra: 95
S Iyer: 96
R Pant: 97
These Indian Young Batsman deserved a century in this #IPL
-#GM_KaMI