Twitter reacts to Ben Stokes' brilliant innings and Tahir's celebration

05/02/2017

After Gujrat failed to capitalize on a great start, RPS failed to induce any start at all but crossed the finish line thanks to an incredible innings by Ben Stokes. While he received big praise, the Twitterati saved some harsh words for Dhoni and a rare mention of the "RPS legend", Ashok Dinda!

Brief Scores : Gujarat Lions 161/10 (Brendon McCullum 45, Ishan Kishan 31; Imran Tahir 3/27, Jaydev Unadkat 3/29) lost to Rising Pune Supergiant 167/5 (Ben Stokes 103*, MS Dhoni 26; Pradeep Sangwan 2/38, Basil Thampi 2/35) by 5 wickets.

Here are the best tweets from the match

The way Tahir is playing, he actually might

I live just few kms away from Pune. I might get a chance to high-five Tahir if he sprints in the right direction :P#RPSvGL #IPL2017
— Ashish Nirmal (@NirmalAshu) May 1, 2017

I guess they spent all the money on wicket-keeping backups

#RPSvGL GL has more wicket keepers than one can imagine- Ishan @Bazmccullum @DineshKarthik @AaronFinch5 qual batsmanship in mid day wkprs
— Venky Srinivasan (@venkatesan1973) May 1, 2017

The wicketkeeping maestro was at his best today

RT If You Feel #MSDhoni Is Faster Than Light. Beautiful Runout. 🙏🏾

#MIvRCB #IPL #IPL10 #Dhoni #RPSvGL #GLvRPS pic.twitter.com/arsXLQ4PLs
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 1, 2017

No argument on that one

Gujarat Lions would've totally nailed the Six6 format - 20 overs is way too many for their non-existent attention spans#RPSvGL
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 1, 2017

Seems like he’s more famous for running than bowling

#RPSvGL some day imran tahir will run out of the stadium in the joy of wicket😹😹😹
— Rahul Khanna (@iambhaigod) May 1, 2017

IMRUN Tahir is the only player to play dual sports at the same time..

1. Cricket

2. Running race 😂😂#RPSvGL #Ipl
— ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (@Naazick) May 1, 2017

Batsman makes runs

Bowlers takes wickets

Tahir takes wickets and Runs 😎😎#MahirTahir #RPSvGL #RangWahiJungNayi #MIvRCB
— 🎾🏏ARUN SIDD🎾🏏 (@adyararun01) May 1, 2017

Everyone know who the real captain is

When Smith sets the field, Dhoni be like#RPSvGL pic.twitter.com/LhOgLbWpWB
— urstrulyKajal (@BanarasiBasanti) May 1, 2017

No event can proceed without the remembrance of this god

#RPSvGL Who else is missing Dinda in death bowling except for @TheGujaratLions
— Sourabh Sharma (@Keep0nMoving) May 1, 2017

That is harsh on Sangwan

Lol #Smithy tormented us all season and now of all has chosen this joker Sangwan to get out😂😂 #IPL #RPSvGL
— Karthik (@onenonlykarthik) May 1, 2017

Luckily, RPS didn’t reveal their number

Phone number mode activated for pune 😹🙈🙈#RPSvGL #GLvRPS
— விக்கி B.E (@vignesh_viki1) May 1, 2017

IPL fans this season be like

This @IPL -

TOP 3 - Splndid Prformnces

RCB - Whackd to all Cornrs

REST - Playing mini IPL amng thmselvs 😒#IPL #RPSvGL #Uneven_Tournament
— Rohit bhat (@Rohitbhat227) May 1, 2017

Complacency or pressure?

Pune will always be pune. 😂 Couldn't handle 5 wins and had to collapse. #RPSvGL #VIVOIPL
— Suyash Swaroop🏏 (@sscomp32) May 1, 2017

Worth every penny!

Chips down, time to prove his worth and he rises up to the occasion. Innings of Character #IPL #Stokes #RPSvGL
— Anand Subramaniam (@28anand) May 1, 2017