After a thrilling game of cricket witnessed by the fans in the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Jaipur on Sunday, it was the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) who snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat in the high octane clash by 11 runs against the Rajasthan Royals (RR). With the win, the team under the leadership of Kane Williamson has reached the numero uno position of the IPL points table. The men in orange currently have 12 points from 8 games, two more than second-placed CSK.
SRH started their IPL 2018 campaign on a decent note by winning three consecutive games, but faltered a bit, losing a couple of games. However, they have now put aside the disturbance, returning to winning ways in their last three fixtures.
And in Sunday’s game as well, the Sunrisers bowling attack stood tall as they defended of low par total of 151 and in the process, registered a hat-trick of victories. SRH bowling spearhead, Bhuvneshwar who has scalped six wickets from four games, with an economy under seven, however, was missing the past three games.
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Interestingly, ahead of the game, as a banter, SRH posted a stats between Bhuvaneshwar and RR skipper Ajinkya Rahane. The statistics were dominated by the bowler who had a record of dismissing Rahane 6 times while doling out 55% dot balls.
Retweeting the post, legendary spinner Shane Warne who led RR to victory in the inaugural IPL gave a rebuttal. Warne took on the challenge on behalf of the franchise, claiming that Bhuvi will go for a bashing when the teams meet at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. He wrote, “Welcome to our fortress! FYI our Captain is in the mood to shake, bake & smash your man Bhuvi all over the pink city !”
Welcome to our fortress ! FYI our Captain is in the mood to shake, bake & smash your man Bhuvi all over the pink city ! https://t.co/1z3X7hzxJ1
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) April 29, 2018
However, the results came opposite to Warne’s prediction as Rajasthan failed to win the match and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar did not even feature in the lineup. The social media went berserk as the SRH fans didn’t want to miss the opportunity to roast their rival. The reactions which followed were nothing short of hilarious.
Joke of the decade😆😛😛#RRvSRH pic.twitter.com/VtH375PApg
— NagaChaitanya Fan|SRH| (@NCFan_) April 29, 2018
Not performing current Playing XI
RR Playing XI For Next match
1.Ajinkya Rahane (Open)
2.Gowtham Krishnappa (Open)
3.Sanju Samson
4.Ben Stokes
5.Heinrich Klaasen (Wk)
6.Stuart Binny
7.Mahipal Lomror
8.Jofra Archer
9.Dhawal Kulkarni
10 Anureet Singh
11.KathuriaIsh Sodhi— Rohit kalal (@rohit_rohit1947) April 29, 2018
@ShaneWarne – Do you still call it as a fortress? Ha ha! Go Orange Army!
— viswateja (@viswatejacsm) April 29, 2018
I think your captain have baked, shaked, smashed your head😂😂 with that slow innings,through out 20 overs😂. I think u need an another break😂.
— SATHISH (@ImSathishk02) April 29, 2018
Joke😂😂😂👌👌👌
— Manikumar Darling (@ManikumarDarli1) April 29, 2018
