Twitter thrashes Siraj for conceding 54 runs and lauds Chris Gayle for scoring a magnificent 99

BySoumil Khare,SportsCafe Editor

04/13/2019

Another astonishing show by the Universe Boss at Mohali. Gayle played a blistering knock of 99 off 64 deliveries and took KXIP to a total of 173. Mohammed Siraj contributed to KXIP's total with his expensive spell and rightfully, Twitter went mental and lashed out Siraj for his terrible performance.

They should have kept Gayle!

Q: What is worst than losing 6 matches in a row.

A: Batsman scoring 99 runs against you whom you dropped from your team that may cause 7th defeat.#KXIPvRCB
— Sunil- The cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 13, 2019

When karma hits you back!

Club level catching from Kohli. #KXIPvRCB
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 13, 2019

He is really struggling!

This is Kohli’s 3rd drop catch in this #IPL. #KXIPvRCB
— Ashish Gupta (@ashishgupta87) April 13, 2019

When Kohli dropped Gayle at 84!

Kohli dropped Gayle, again. After 2 years. #KXIPvRCB
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 13, 2019

He was just too good today!

Can we plzz take some time to applaud the supreme talent of Saini??

Or are the praises reserved for mediocre ones like Rayudu, Chahar, Rana, Alzarri Joseph etc?? #KXIPvRCB
— Jayesh Kumar Dey (@dey_jayesh) April 13, 2019

Hahahahahah!!

Name a better finisher duo than Umesh and Siraj #KXIPvRCB
— Cricket Guru (@CricketGuru15) April 13, 2019

Saini bowled beautifully today!

Navdeep Saini has kept Gayle quiet... This is awesome..#KXIPvRCB #PerfectFan #VIVOIPL @Vivo_India #Bangalore
— ...Rachit (@rachit_g2) April 13, 2019

Makes sense!

If Pawan Negi is not bowling an over, isn't hetmeyer a better option as a batsmen? Why play 3 overseas only? @RCBTweets #KXIPvRCB
— ಪವನ್ (@jignaase) April 13, 2019

But Gayle looked interested!

Looks like #KXIP thinking that #RCB will loose even if they score less , so nobody seems interested in playing #gyale #KXIPvRCB
— Rebel👊 (@yamini109) April 13, 2019

Long way to go!

Where was Navdeep Saini until this IPL season ? @BCCI send him Indian kit as soon as possible #KXIPvRCB #IPL
— Karan Patel (@patelkaran952) April 13, 2019

This is hilarious!!

Siraj will not even feature in the teams for fantasy leagues but somehow is always there in the playing xi for RCB #Aatumoolai #IPL2019 #KXIPvRCB
— Rahuveer (@RaghuGates) April 13, 2019

Kohli is a puzzle!

Virat kohli is the hardest puzzle to solve for anyone. On a spin friendly track, pavan negi not even given single over. #KXIPvRCB
— Catches Win Matches (@CSKIPL15) April 13, 2019

Universe Boss!!

Gayle is IPL LEGEND.PERIOD. #KXIPvRCB
— Abhishek Panda (@AvishekPanda5) April 13, 2019

We all wanted him to score 100!

After playing the perfect support act to several Gayle hundreds over the years, Kohli’s once again played out of his socks to see another... only for the Universe Boss to disappoint and fall short by one run! #KXIPvRCB #IPL2019
— Yash Jha (@jhayash) April 13, 2019

LOL!

50 For Mohamed Siraj !!!😂#KXIPvRCB
— CHOWKIDAR JON (@i_am_pragnesh) April 13, 2019

G.O.A.T

Chris Gayle is the best T20 batsman. #KXIPvRCB
— Tushar Swarup (@tusharswarup) April 13, 2019