IPL 2019, Match 32: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals-Twitter Reacts as KXIP Post 182
Apr 16, 2019 at 9:55 PM
In the 32nd match of Vivo IPL 12, it was Rajasthan Royals skipper Ajinkya Rahane who won the toss and put the hosts in. KL Rahul and Chris Gayle came out in the middle to begin proceedings. Both batsmen took their time to get going. KL Rahul, in particular, took an eternity to get going. Chris Gayle, on the other hand, took a few deliveries to get going but in no time he raced off to 3.
The southpaw smashed 3 big sixes and a couple of fours en route to his knock of 30 of 22 deliveries before Jofra Archer removed him with a peach of a delivery. It was a slower delivery and the ball moved perfectly to take the outside edge of Gayle’s bat. Mayank Agarwal came out in the middle and started smashing the long ball to perfection from the outset.
He smashed Ish Sodhi and Shreyas Gopal for a couple of sixes and raced of to 26 of 12 deliveries. He was dismissed by Ish Sodhi as he attempted another big shot and was holed out in the deep. KL Rahul slowly but steadily went to his fifty mark and finally struck some big blows to get going. However just as he was set to bat till the end, he was dismissed by Jofra Archer.
David Miller, on the other hand, survived a close shave as he was castled by Jofra Archer of a no ball. He cashed on the opportunity and smashed some lusty blows to get Kings XI Punjab to a competitive total in the end. Jofra Archer bowled quite brilliantly for the Rajasthan Royals and he has again strengthened his case for a World Cup call-up.
In the last over it was Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin who struck back to back sixes to get his team’s score to 182 in their allotted 20 overs. Jofra Archer finished with exceptional figures of 3/15 in his 4 overs spell.
Jofra Archer has been a cut above the rest today with a True Econ Rate of -5.113, a regular trend this for @rajasthanroyals this season. He's induced 26% false shots and @lionsdenkxip batsmen have made 'good connection' with only 4% of his deliveries. #IPL2019 #KXIPvRR
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 16, 2019
England Will Select Archer For World cup ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤#KXIPvRR
— England (@Engcricketu) April 16, 2019
Why would @lionsdenkxip drop Sarfaraz and choose Pooran and Mandeep over him? Absolute rubbish selection of the middle order and are paying the price for it now. Rooting for @rajasthanroyals to capitalize on this mishap and go on to win this!#KXIPvRR
— Gautham Balasubramanian (@gautham91609) April 16, 2019
Ffs drop mandeep #KXIPvRR
— Charan (@charanjd75) April 16, 2019
@klrahul11 showed why he is in world cup squad for India 🇮🇳 #KXIPvRR #KXIP @lionsdenkxip but will 170 be enough? Not sure. Will see.
— Souvik Bhattacharya (@imsouvikb) April 16, 2019
Shreyas Gopal bowling. Mayank Agarwal batting. K L Rahul at the non-striker’s end. Stuart Binny was the man with the diving effort.
Karnataka Premier League??? ☺️🤗🙈 #KXIPvRR— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/conflictedsocio/status/1118185245763719168
https://twitter.com/colorless_man/status/1118185209617248257
Harsha Bhogle: Jofra Archer has been outstanding again. Could light up the World Cup. https://t.co/rVU6yKuBsK #KXIPvRR via @cricbuzz
— Mohd Rizwan (@MohdRiz82600925) April 16, 2019
Instances of a bowler conceding 41+ runs against a particular team in #IPL2019
12 – vs #KXIP👈
9 – vs #KKR
7 – vs #MI
6 – vs #RCB
5 – vs #RR
4 – vs #SRH
3 – vs #DC
2 – vs #CSK#MakeStatsGreatAgain #SaddaPunjab #KXIPvRR #KingsXI #IPL2019 #VIVOIPL #VIVOIPL2019 #IPL12 #IPL— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) April 16, 2019
Unadkat is to @rajasthanroyals the same way Siraj is to RCB#KXIPvRR #KXIP #RR #IPL2019 #GameBanayegaName
— Suvo (@ami_ritabrata) April 16, 2019
Shame on you Again Teasing Buttler Worst Captain Ashwin #KXIPvRR
— England (@Engcricketu) April 16, 2019
There is a clear change in KL Rahul's approach at the start of his innings in this season. His approach after he's faced 10 balls hasn't changed much though.
SR – First 10 Balls
2018 – 164.3
2019 – 78.5SR – After facing 10 Balls
2018 – 155.4
2019 – 143.4#KXIPvRR #IPL2019— संदीप देशमुख (@sandyDD75) April 16, 2019
KXIP were 152/2 at 17th.
If they took single every ball, they will be 170.
Big hits are so overrated in T20s#KXIPvRR @IPL @StarSportsIndia #IPL2019— PK (@iPkoppula) April 16, 2019
Ashwin anna do something to trigger poms, been a dull week #IPL2019 #KXIPvRR
— Charan (@charanjd75) April 16, 2019
Like we have HDL n LDL, i.e Good Cholesterol n Bad Cholesterol in our body, RR has Jofra Archer n Jaidev Unadkat. On a match day they just hope d Good one overpowers d harm fm d bad one @sumanthraman @sanjaymanjrekar @IPL #IPL2019 #IPLT20 #IPL12 #ipl #KXIPvRR #KXIPvsRR
— Ambika (@apmahapatra) April 16, 2019
An interesting competition in the match. #KXIPvRR #GameBanayegaName
— Hottest Chichori (@StyloQueen_) April 16, 2019