Kuldeep Yadav’s brilliant spell that saw him take a wicket in each of his four overs helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 6 wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 encounter at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
Kuldeep (4/20) flummoxed the Rajasthan batsmen with his wrist spin as the visitors were bowled out for 142 from 19 overs after being sent into bat. KKR chased down the modest tar༺get with two overs to spare๊ with Chris Lynn top-scoring with a 42-ball 45 while skipper Dinesh Karthik remaining not out on 41 off 31 deliveries.
With the win, KKR have n⭕ow inched closer to securing their berth in the playoffs. On the other hand, the defeat for RR have put their chances of qualifying for the playoffs in some serious jeopardy.
Here’s how the Twitterati reacted to the match:
And smiles to go…and keep from to me. Well done with ball & interviews. who is getting sane! & is Sunil!
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk)
Much needed 2 points for today. Have made their case stronger with this w🅠in but the battle is still on for the rest of the teams in contention.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
tweakers coming to the fore today, especially ,always been their strength, arguably the best spin 𝓰attack in this
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath)
W🤪onderful spell to pick 4 wicke😼ts, well bowled , Congratulations
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
Jeet gaye ! (KKR) 😂
— Richa Singh (@richa_singh)
Kuldeep Yadav is one of the bravest bowlers I have seen. Tosses the ball above batsmen’s eye l✃ine even in T20s. 👏👏👏🙏
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Congratulations for the victory over R🌊R!This has🥀 been possible due to excellent bowling performance by Kuldeep Yadav!Big clap for Kartik for his timely decision!
— Gautam Gangopadhyay (@GautamGangopad3)
4 wickets for Ku🃏ldeep Yadav. Tossing it up beautifully. So good to see. And, sadly, will count as a horror season with the bat for Stokes.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Yet anothe🍰r failure for this . Big collapse by . finishes with 4-20 from 4ovs, with all the key wktᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs👌👏..
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac)
Kuldeep Yadav, you beauty 😍
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Wow fantastic finishes the game
— sachikant swain (@sachikantswain)
KKR seems to have decided on no NRR madness in this chase. Secure this win, and aim to win the next𝐆 one to get to 16 and qu♎alify.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
Superb win by to move ahead in the points table and be a stꦫep ahead towards the playoffs. Well played once again
— Sayantan Dhar (@ImSayonton)
Whenever Karthik has scored 20-pl☂us runs against RR in an IPL match﷽, his team has won eight out of 10 matches. (80%)
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
Dinཧesh Karthik in successful run-ch♒ases in IPL 2018:
35*(29), 42*(23)🅰, 23(10), 45*(18), 41*(31)(today)
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz)
Rajasthan Royals and𝐆 Shahid Afridi are similar. They did something great in their first year and disappointed the fans for rest of the years.
— Karan Talwar (@BollywoodGandu)
So, Sunday is a must-win game for . Even after that, it will hav𝓀e to depend on other facts to book a playoff berth.
— Shayan Acharya (@ShayanAcharya)