Sanju Samson’s heroic knock of 119 on his captaincy went in vain as Punjab Kings (PBKS) registered a thrilling win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in t𒉰he 4th match of IPL 2021 in Mumbai💝 on Monday.
The high-scoring encounter saw RR falling short of the 222-run target as they were restricted to 217 for 7 by PBKS, who rode on the superb bowling performance from young Arshdeep Singh in the last over.
Earlier, the KL Rahul-led side posted 221/6 on the board after being put in to bat first at 🔯the batting friendly ಌWankhede Stadium.
Punjab with the help of superb knocks from Rahul (91), Deepak Hooda (64) and Chris Gayle (40) reached a total which was 40 runs more than the avera𒉰ge score at this venue.
Rahul’s half-century was his 22nd in IPL while Hooda scored his 3rd fifty.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to PBKS’ victory:
This one went down to the wire! Sanju goes for the big shot over cover, but doesn't get all of it. Taken. win by 4 runs.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Naam hi nahi Badla, Shayad kismat bhi badli. Good win for Punjab Kings. Sanju Samson was absolutely brilliantꦦ to hit his 3rd IPL century, but Deepak Hooda was top class. His innings was the difference.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a game , what performances .got to ꦐfeel for Sanju Samson, seems to be batting in slow motion , got so much time . Arshdeep impressive again 3 for 35 in a 2🗹20+ game
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Sanju not taking single can be justified with the way he was playing & given that Morris was new at t🌳he crease. It wa♕s totally understandable. Happens in the game of cricket. Well played 👏
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
Outstanding knock 💯 clean hitting 👏👏
— Muj R 88 (@Mujeeb_R88)
Absolute scenes! Punjab Kings win by four runs! Great knock by KL Rahul. Hooda exciting to watch! And Captain Samson played a great innings under pressure almost getting RR home. Tꦯalk about edge of your seat! So much to love about this game. How good is IPL? 🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
One of the GREAT innings !!! What a game of cricket … The IPL is bloody incredible … no other T20 comp has so many close games …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Compusure. Class. Century. Captain Samson 👏 👏👏
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Really happy for great knock. Top class🔥
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93)
Uff what a seesaw this game was! Incredible by almost repeated last yrs 223 chase!
@klrahul11 ‘s knock was so composed & well paced. Hooda’s hard hitting w꧑as so exciting to watch. Huge credit to for holding his nerve to help win!— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
Sanju Samson take a bow what a game.. well done Arshdeep great spell and sup♋erb last over under pressure 👌
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
What a game it was. Feel sorry for . Well bowled congraꦐtulations on the Victory.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
What a incredible 💯 from 👌👌
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a match is here that was truly one of the🌊 best kn♎ocks I have seen in the ! What a knock unfortunate for but you guys are going to be dangerous this time around! good for to win this one!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Boy oh boy!!! I just love ❤️ this
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
What a game of cricket 😮
— Carlos Brathwaite (@CRBrathwaite26)
is known as Hurricane Hooda in do🧸mestic cricket. But, this is the real Hurricane innings of his IPL life.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Yessssssss 😬😬😬
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh)
Most 100s in IPL:
6 – Gayle
5 – Kohli
4 – Watson, Warner
3 – ABD, Samson— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)