Twitter reacts as KL Rahul's magnificent 95 goes in vain
On a day when the Kings XI Punjab batsmen were quickly sent back to the pavilion by the Rajasthan Royals bowlers, one man, KL Rahul, stayed in the middle and almost won the match for them. The Twitterati showered praise on the Indian opener who scored a magnificent 95* which went in vain.
Brief scores : Rajasthan Royals 158/8 (Jos Buttler 82, Sanju Samson 22; Andrew Tye 4/34, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/21) beat Kings XI Punjab 143/7 (Lokesh Rahul 95*, Marcus Stoinis 11; Krishnappa Gowtham 2/12, Ish Sodhi 1/14) by 15 runs.
RR's loss ECB gain!
RR might have missed the trick by not opening Jos Buttler early in the IPL and ECB might be taking some notes now...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 8, 2018
Too late?
Why did Rajasthan Royals take so long to realise that Jos Butler would be a better choice to open the innings for them? #SelectDugout #RRvKXIP @StarSportsIndia
— Jovial_sunil (@jovial_sunil) May 8, 2018
How good is this guy, Take a bow Buttler
Jos Buttler once asked to open
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 8, 2018
18 balls half-century
27 balls half-century
And then Manjrekar jinxed it! -_-
Just the previous ball, Manjrekar says Buttler should get going right away.
— Aditya (@vizagobelix) May 8, 2018
Buttler comes down the track next ball and gets stumped.
Manjrekar says that’s the problem with Buttler 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️#RRvsKXIP #IPL2018
IYKWIM!
Buttler-Rahane opening combination makes me nostalgic. Reminds me of Sehwag-Aakash Chopra days
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) May 8, 2018
Afghans ruling the IPL, who would've thought?
Would you have believed it if you were told 3 years ago that two of the biggest bowling stars of the #IPL would be from Afghanistan! #RashidKhan #MujeeburRahman
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 8, 2018
And then this happened!
Poor mujeeb got the purple cap for like 5 sec 😂 but tye also deserves it #RRvKXIP
— 💓💫guanlin_w1 💫🇧🇪 (@101Guanlin) May 8, 2018
What a performance even when he was in pain!
"It's been a tough day. My Grandma passed away today and I would like to dedicate this performance to her," says a teary-eyed Andrew Tye #RRvKXIP #IPL2018 #IPL #RR #KXIP
— srijith (@srijithcfc) May 8, 2018
KXIP batting got of to a bad start!
Storm passed away quietly.. from jaipur.😂
— Pakka Indian |🇮🇳 (@pakkaindian1947) May 8, 2018
Chris Gayle looked like a real 38 year when he got stumped by Buttler. Pressure of competing against much younger opponents beginning to tell. #IPL2018
— Richardson Mzaidume (@hlubizer) May 8, 2018
But what an innings by Rahul!
#RRvKXIP
— sivasish sinha (@sinha_sivasish) May 8, 2018
KL rahul is a freak
Couldn't finish the game but played a magnificent innings.
Really unlucky to not finish off the game!
Some knock by KL Rahul. Didn't deserve to lose #IPL
— Harry Watt (@gigHaWatt) May 8, 2018
KXIP batsmen were wearing the invisibility cloak today!
KL Rahul at it again, finishing N.O. on 95. But where are the rest of the team? He needs some support. #IPL
— Ronan (@_RonanKelly) May 8, 2018
Top on the unlucky list!
Highest Individual Scores in a losing Cause in IPL 2018
— Swapnil Shanbhag (@swapniltalks) May 8, 2018
95 :KL Rahul v RR ,Jaipur ***
92 :Virat Kohli v MI ,Mumbai(WS)
88 :Andre Russel v CSK ,Chennai
85 :Rishabh Pant v RCB ,Bengaluru#IPL2018#RRvKXIP
That consistency!
KL Rahul in last 2 match vs Rajasthan Royals:
— Dilip Singh (@Statsdilip) May 8, 2018
6/5/2018: At Indore 84* (KXIP won by 6 wkts)
8/5/2018: At Jaipur 95* (KXIP lost by 15 runs)#IPL2018 @mohanstatsman