IPL 2017: Twitter Reacts As Steve Smith's Fifty Propels RPS To Imposing Total Against KKR 1

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a quickfire knock of 23 runs off just 11 balls while Steve Smith scored his third fifty of the tournament to propel Rising Pune Supergiant to 182 for five against Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing match in Pune.

After being asked to bat first, the Supergiant went off to a good start with Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi adding 65 runs for the first wicket before the latter was clean bowled by Piyush Chawla for 38.

A 47-run stand between Rahane and Steve Smith further bolstered their innings, as they crossed the 100-run mark inside 13 overs.

The partnership was broken when Rahane was stumped off the bowling of Sunil Narine for 46 but his dismissal did not cause much of a problem for the batting side, as MS Dhoni looked in great touch right from the start.

The former India skipper hit a four and a couple of sixes in his first 10 balls to race to 23. The home team was looking well-set to post big before Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Dhoni and the in-form Manoj Tiwary in the 18th over to put the batting side under pressure.

However, Smith and Dan Christian collected 30 runs in the last two overs to help their team post a challenging total.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the innings:

https://twitter.com/imSatnam_/status/857256134071025665

https://twitter.com/Shahrcasm/status/857257433827123200

https://twitter.com/Sarcasticdudee/status/857258310654976000

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