Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders locked horns in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League 2021 in Abu Dhabi. This was the game when this season got derailed back in May as it got postponed before the whole tournament was suspended.
Virat Kohli won the toss in his 200th IPL game but that was the only thing that happened in his favour. Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a poor start as Kohli got out in the second over of the game to Prasidh Krishna.
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Debutant K Bharat came out to bat at number three and scored few runs with Devdutt Padikkal, who got out, after scoring 22 runs, on the last ball of the powerplay. Bharat also followed him in the pavilion very soon.
AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell were in the middle and they had the uphill task of building the RCB innings. But Andre Russell bowled an outstanding yorker to De Villiers and disturbed his stumps. Maxwell couldn’t get going and got out to Varun Chakravarthy.
The rest of the batting lineup fell like a deck of cards. Chakravarthy was on fire as RCB batsmen failed to read his variations. He registered the figures of 4-0-13-3.
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Harshal Patel played a few shots and scored 12 runs to boost RCB’s total before getting out to Lockie Ferguson, who bagged two wickets in the game. Russell bowled an exceptional spell of 3-0-9-3 and kept the pressure on RCB batsmen to break free.
Twitter was on fire after seeing this poor batting display from RCB. Here are some of the most notable tweets;
92!!is that even a score!?way to go RCB!with u guys all the way…watching every second of it live!
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) March 18, 2010
What year was @QuinnyDeKock69 born in?
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) September 20, 2021
15 runs between de Villiers, Kohli and Maxwell 😂😂 #KKRvRCB
— Kwizera (@TherealKwizera) September 20, 2021
Bowlers who got AB de Villiers first ball in #IPL …
Albie Morkel
Sudip Tyagi
Jacques Kallis
Kane Richardson
Moises Henriques
Andre Russell#RCBvsKKR #RCBvKKR #KKRvsRCB #KKRvRCB #IPL2O21 #IPLinUAE— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 20, 2021
Serious intent from @KKRiders good to see. Will improve their NRR a lot. Will open up the table as well. Will be a huge win for them. #IPL2021
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 20, 2021
Couldn’t find the rhythm with the bat, but time for our bowlers to bring in the #ChallengerSpirit.
Let’s send positive vibes to our boys! 🙌🏻#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 #KKRvRCB #1Team1Fight pic.twitter.com/lhfli91OmT
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) September 20, 2021
You have to love the cool, matter of fact reaction from Varun Chakravarthy when he gets a big wicket. As if to say, I'm a bowler, it's my job, no big deal! Love watching him bowl.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 20, 2021
People are now figuring why Varun Chakravarthy is in that World Cup squad.
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) September 20, 2021
Dismal batting performance by #RCB. To lose this match, KKR will have to bat worse or RCB bowlers something truly spectacular
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/anonymous___333/status/1439982079605805060?s=20
https://twitter.com/justkohlithings/status/1439983460081405952?s=20
Nothing is legend here. He trolling our Indian captain. Unreal hate everywhere
— 5wides (@retiredout7) September 20, 2021
