While one has a glance at the final scoreboard, it can be easily understood that the game was pretty much done and dusted at the half way mark.

Without skipper Steven Smith in the ranks, the Rising Pune Supergiant seemed miserable, as it didn’t take long for their run chase to be messed up. Their top order was back to the hut in no time and the middle order didn’t even put up a fight.

This dismal batting performance from Pune came after their bowlers were decimated by Sanju Samson and Chris Morris. Samson registered his maiden IPL century, as he set the platform with a classy knock. Morris towards the end bludgeoned the Pune bowlers with his knock of 38 off just nine deliveries.

The game turned out to be extremely dull and one-sided in the end. Fans on Twitter, however, were quite active and below are some of the tweets.

I love watching Sanju Samson play cricket! Hes some talent!

— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) April 11, 2017

Ashok Dinda's Form And Class Both Are Permanent. #Legend ???

Such Consistency! ???#RPSvDD #DDvRPS #DDvsRPS #RPSvsDD #Dinda pic.twitter.com/mh00M42V4Y

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 11, 2017

another unique record for ms dhoni ??#RPSvDD https://t.co/sW131POk4u

— Aslam Malik (@bajrangi_Aslam) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/HotStarIPL/status/851854659035820032

Samson was the Supergiant tonight#RPSvDD #ipl #IPL2017

— Utkarsh Singh (@utkar7h) April 11, 2017

#RPS beat SanjuSamson by 6 runs. #RPSvDD

— Anup Dixit (@SilenT_Horn) April 11, 2017

Dhoni Dropped as Captain, Dinda as opening & death bowler, Mayank Agarwal as opener, Whats RPS Management smoking these days??? #RPSvDD

— kailash moond (@Realmoond) April 11, 2017

All of a sudden DD seems to be a strong contender for IPL.The perfect combination of youth and experience is doing the trick. #RPSvDD

— Rishabh Raj (@itsRishabhRaj) April 11, 2017

A Super King Dhoni will take some time to become a Super Giant Dhoni !! #RPSvDD #DDvRPS @IPL #IPL

— Rishi AI ?? (@Rishi_Muni) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/ImranSekh_/status/851854770285363201

Pune is back to its usual form. Now feels good… #RPSvDD

— ????? (@thedarkrebel) April 11, 2017

Zaheer Khan still bowls better than some of the active Indian bowlers. #RCBvDD

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/AayushMUFC/status/851854741604716544

https://twitter.com/imajjith/status/851854711917494272

MS Dhoni till now…

vs MI = 12 of 12 balls
vs KXIP= 5 of 11 balls
vs DD= 11 of 14 balls

Strike rate less than 100#msdhoni #ipl #RPSvDD

— A B H I (@theAvisek) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/BanikSamaresh/status/851854709195276288