IPL 2016 | Twitter reacts to Kohli's duck, de Villiers' heroics as RCB enter the final

05/24/2016

AB de Villiers guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 4-wicket win with a scintillating knock after Kulkarni ran through the RCB top order. Virat Kohli made a duck and was at his animated best with Anushka in the stadium, and Twitter lost it. Here are some of the best tweets from the match.

1. And he is still in the top-3 greats of IPL!!

That day is not far when even spinners will bowl bouncers at Raina. And he won't be able to play them even then. #RCBvGL
— Harsh Shah (@harsh_shah811) May 24, 2016

2. Only way to stop Kohli

Maybe Raina does not want Kohli to complete his 1000 runs #Cheating

#RCBvGL
— An MSD Fan ©® (@FailuresWay) May 24, 2016

3.Miracles do happen

First time in IPL history RCB has reduced the oppositions 3-down under 10 runs! #RCBvGL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 24, 2016

4.Welcoming the lil brother. Much happiness!

.@TheGujaratLions is in deep trouble here. Losing 2 early wickets brings captain @ImRaina early to the crease. #GL-8/2. #RCBvGL
— Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 24, 2016

5. Spoke too soon, eh?

VS: Is Gujarat going to make sure the total is low so Virat doesn't get to hit a third century against them? ;) #MatchPeCharcha #RCBvGL
— Amazon.in (@amazonIN) May 24, 2016

6. Got to hand it to Aakash Chopra. Not sure if analysis or prophecy though...

Note to self : If #RCB's bowling has looked exceptional, wait till the other team bowls...it must be the pitch. #GLvRCB
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 24, 2016

7. And it starts again....

Anushka Sharma was on Sony Extra Innings & Virat got out early. These two are 2 mutually exclusive events #RCBvGL
— PM (@PoojaMissra) May 24, 2016

8. Some credits to the bowler as well. Brilliant bowling by the Mumbai boy!

Dhawal Kulkarni in Virat Kohli mode but with the Ball. He is bowling a Dream #RCBvGL
— Yokesh (@ImYokEsH) May 24, 2016

May be Virat Kohli is playing for #GujaratLions today in disguise of Kulkarni for some reason. Wtf! #RCBvGL pic.twitter.com/Ngrq0orAQx
— Abhishank Babbar (@ABsolutBabbar) May 24, 2016

9. Some testament to the best batsman in the world right now!

First duck for Kohli in T20s after 51 innings. His last duck was vs KXIP in 2014 IPL. #RCBvGL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 24, 2016

10. The official handles didn't hold back on the banter either.

PHEW! No hattrick for Kulkarni. Watto the new batsman out defends it easily to the bowler #GLvRCB #PlayBold
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) May 24, 2016

Half the side back in the dugout. Who's EXPOSED now? 😛 #GameMaariChhe #GLvRCB https://t.co/TZcbWeM43S
— The Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions) May 24, 2016

11. Don't go to the toilet boys.

RCB wickets falling faster than Kingfisher Airlines shares.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 24, 2016

12. AB de Villiers might choose to disagree, or would he?

Best performer for RCB in today's game😂😂😂😂😂 #RCBvGL pic.twitter.com/2aq1NS9auO
— srijith (@srijithcfc) May 24, 2016

13. Last one has to go to the best analogy of the night. One ABD.

If Sachin is God, AB de Villiers is SATAN!!

Wow!#GLvRCB
— Dark-Phoenix (@shantanuray) May 24, 2016

14. You don't say. Probably the best thing about IPL this season.

AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli. Still A Better Love Story Than Titanic. ;)#RCBvGL #IPL2016 #IPL #IPL9 ABDV pic.twitter.com/VxsQcfqwL9
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 24, 2016

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Correction: Virat Kohli was wrongly mentioned as the purple cap holder in the original article. It has been corrected to orange cap.