Twitter reacts to RCB's dramatic win over SRH in IPL 2020
Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) secured a 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday (September 21) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With this win, the Bangalore side joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the top of the table, who also won their first match of the IPL 2020.
Earlier in the day, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch gave RCB the perfect start as the opening pair formed a 90-run partnership for the first wicket. Padikkal, on his IPL debut, also brought up his half-century off 36 balls before getting sent back to the dressing room by Vijay Shankar.
Skipper Virat Kohli's stint was a short one too as he managed to score just 14 runs.
Finch added 29 too the score before De Villiers absolutely took to town and brought up his 50 against the SRH bowlers.
RCB ultimately hoisted a total of 163/5 from their 20 overs and handed a 164-run target to Warner's SRH.
THIS IS HOW TWITTER REACTED TO RCB's WIN:
1. 'Congratulated to Mr. 360°'
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Congratulated to Mr. 360°
— (@ramuvasupalli7) September 21, 2020
Good performance in first match getting best score
Congratulated to Mr. 360#PlayBold #RCB pic.twitter.com/TLGlm5iA25
After #RCB Vs #SRH pic.twitter.com/muTADAa8fe
— #IstandwithFarmer (@tweetniti) September 21, 2020
Look at the smile in Kohli na's face ..priceless...@TnRcbCults #ipl #RCB pic.twitter.com/Y9rV2OpDFp
— Krish (@krishpruthvi) September 21, 2020
2. 'Experienced Umesh bowling Blindly'
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Kya Mtlb #RCB match jeet gyi ?
— Shruti Upadhayay (@SHRUTIU211) September 21, 2020
mujhe to lgta tha wo bs dil jeetne k liye hai #ipl2020
Virat Kohli to Umesh yadav in dressing room..#RCB pic.twitter.com/MlqPcTozjT
— #Manish (@HashtagManish) September 21, 2020
Dropped Catches, Experienced Umesh bowling Blindly, It's so frustrating to see that as a skipper. He had to bowl 12 Overs Between Dubey, Sundar and Umesh. Still he rotated them so wisely. This win doesn't matter much to me. Seem him grow as skipper does! #RCB pic.twitter.com/dar1U2zCLB
— Shivam Aks (@AksShivam) September 21, 2020
3. 'King Kohli'
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#RCB #IPLT20 pic.twitter.com/x19P85xGKL
— Bisha (@Bishald91591953) September 21, 2020
#Rcb#Kingkohli#RCBforever pic.twitter.com/3AWfzikOcw
— Sathishkumar (@Sathish96853272) September 21, 2020
#RCB #ViratKohli #kohli #RCBforever #RCBians
— Shraddha (@ShraddhaPhulre) September 21, 2020
Vese toh main bhut sakht hu
Pr yaha m pighal gyi pic.twitter.com/1M0EeJ4ACD
4. What a chase!
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On the chase, Hyderabad got off to a poor start after losing skipper David Warner (6) via a bizarre runout! However, Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey (34) then formed a solid partnership and propelled SRH towards their target score.
Looking for a breakthrough, Kohli called in Yuzvendra Chahal who did not disappoint his skipper and sent Pandey back to the dressing room with a back of the length delivery.
Chahal produced the match-winning spell in the 15th over of the match when he dismissed Bairstow (61) and Vijay Shankar (0) in back to back deliveries and just missed out on his hattrick.
5. What's next?
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After that, wickets started falling in a heap for SRH as they lost Priyam Garg (12), Abhishek Sharma (7), Rashid Khan (6), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0), Sandeep Sharma (9) and Mitchell Marsh (0) in quick successions and were all out for 153 with two more balls left.
RCB's next match is against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on September 24.
