During the 11th match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs.
After winning the toss, RCB’s captain Virat Kohli had put in the visitors to bat. On the back of Sanju Samson’s eight IPL half-century, Rajasthan Royals scored 217-4 in 20 overs.
RCB, at one point in time, looked set to chase the total. However, once Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers got out in quick succession, their chances of chasing the highest ever IPL total appeared bleak.
In their allotted quota of 20 overs, Bangalore ended up scoring 198-6. Kohli top-scored with 57 (20). His innings comprised of seven fours and two sixes.
Watch the Twitter reactions on this match:
Samson is the most non violent six hitter you can hope to see #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 15, 2018
Saying it again…Rahul Tripathi is wasted by RR at 6. Why buy him if you can’t fit him in the position that’s best suited for him? #RCBvRR #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 15, 2018
Umesh Yadav has conceded 50+ runs in an IPL match 5 times – the most by any bowler.
Prev highest was 4 times by Ashok Dinda. #RCBvRR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 15, 2018
Rahane played a totally different brand of cricket. Still Trouble brewing for Short. One might bring two. Shortly after the power-play overs are done. #RCBvRR #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 15, 2018
– 26-ball FIFTY for Virat Kohli
– His 31st in IPL
– His fastest in IPL#IPL2018 #RCBvRR— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 15, 2018
RCB has changed their jersey color to green for today but RR ne maar maar ke RCB ko wapas laal kar diya #RCBvRR #IPL2018 #sanjusamson
— Ashish Pathak (@ashpathak1989) April 15, 2018
Dont want to jump the gun,
But Rishabh Pant is just exaggeration, real talent is this guy #SanjuSamson
What a Talent!#RRvsSRH— Shubham Singh (@SinghShubham_) April 9, 2018
#SanjuSamson a classic case , that justifies talent isn’t everything, keeps getting himself out at wrong times, after looking so good…#RRvsDD #IPL2018
— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 11, 2018
Incredible batting from #sanjusamson..! Last 5 overs la 88 runs ah! totally justice to the 8cr he was bought for 👍👍 Paavam Umesh Yadav: last match 3 wickets in one over, this match 3 sixes in one over 😜 #RCBvRR #iplonstar
— Bhavna Balakrishnan (@Bhavna__B) April 15, 2018
Amazing batting by #SanjuSamson. Hitting it clean, effortlessly. An absolute bucket smash for #RR, and for anybody who has him in their fantasy team. Huge total ahead for #RCB, fun chase coming on. #IPL
— Sidhu (@sidhuwrites) April 15, 2018
92(45)* with 10 6s – #SanjuSamson has played THE knock of the #IPL2018 so far. Wow! Quite a talent.. #RCBvRR..
Super chase ahead (218) for the #RCB. Gonna be a big challenge..
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) April 15, 2018
RCB have 5 more runs than RR did at the 15th over stage #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 15, 2018
Buttler fingers #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 15, 2018
RR were struggling to get 170. Now they have 217 on the board. Thanks to Sanju Samson. Pure Class. #sanjusamson #ipl2018
— Kartik Tandon (@thekartiktandon) April 15, 2018
What a Fantastic Innings by #SanjuSamson…. take a bow… What a batsman….
Indian Cricket Future with these players looks Very Safe…….#RRvRCB #Ipl2018— Rohit Jaiswal (@rohitjswl01) April 15, 2018
What a talented player #SanjuSamson! He is going to play for India soon and he is having very very bright future! #RCBvRR #IPL2018
— KRKBOXOFFICE (@KRKBoxOffice) April 15, 2018
From 50(34) to 92(45) – #SanjuSamson just went berserk in his final stretch, 42(11).. It was raining 6s.. #RCBvRR #RR
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) April 15, 2018
With this talent Sanju Samson should have been playing for India. Amazing through-the-line shots. Effortless #RCBvRR
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 15, 2018
#sanjusamson super duper knock. It now needs the real collective batting might of @RCBTweets to pull this one off!
— Ranjit Paliyath (@ranjitpaliyath) April 15, 2018
That was a special innings from Sanju Samson. Great Vishu gift. Love watching him bat. 217 even for RCB’s formidable batting line up is a daunting total #RCBvRR
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 15, 2018
#RCB had no answer to #RR's 💪🏻 #HallaBol! @rajasthanroyals have won the Royal battle comfortably! #RCBvRR
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 15, 2018
Effortless six hitting!! Lazy elegance about each of his last few hits Sanju Samson. Clearing the ropes with ease. Fantastic innings. This will take some getting @RCBTweets #RCBvRR
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 15, 2018
That one innings totally justifies the money he is getting paid. Brilliant. #IPL2018 #sanjusamson
— Sudheesh SANKARAN (@sudheeshsnair) April 15, 2018
#SanjuSamson innings was pure Rampage .. #RRvRCB #RCBvsRR
— Sumit kadel (@SumitkadeI) April 15, 2018
