IPL 2017: Twitter Reacts As Jadhav-Negi Show Steer Royal Challengers Bangalore To Respectable Total 1

Kedar Jadhav and Pawan Negi shared a 54-run partnership to help Royal Challengers Bangalore recover from a shaky start and post 162 for against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Electing to bat first, the Royal Challengers went off to a decent start with Virat Kohli and Mandeep Singh adding 31 runs before the latter’s slog sweep went straight into the hands of Hardik Pandya at the deep mid-wicket.

Nine runs later, the visitors suffered another huge setback when their skipper departed courtesy of a soft dismissal off the bowling of Mitchell McClenaghan.

Travis Head and AB de Villiers then steadied the ship with a 45-run stand but three wickets inside 23 runs once again derailed their innings.

Krunal Pandya was the architect of that brief collapse. The left-arm spinner first sent back Head before accounting for de Villiers who was looking in his elements and had already raced to 43 off 26 balls with the help of three fours and as many sixes.

The next to return to the hut was Shane Watson after being clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.

Kedar Jadhav and Pawan Negi then took the onus on themselves to steer their side to a challenging total. The fifty stand was broken on the fourth ball of the final over when Negi was dismissed by McClenaghan for 23-ball 35 run knock. On the very next ball, Jadhav departed too after scoring 28 off 22 balls.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the innings:

https://twitter.com/uthulk99/status/859012612771635205

 

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