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 the 4t🎐h 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 Wankhede 🐠Stadium.
Punjab with the help of superb knocks from Rahul (91), Deepak Hooda (64) and Chris Gayle (40) reached a total wh🎶ich w𝓰as 40 runs more than the average 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. G𓄧ood win for Punjab Kings. San🍃ju Samson was absolutely brilliant 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 feel for Sanju Samson, s🎃eems to be batting in slow motion , got so much time . Arshdeep impressive again 3 for 35 in a 220+ game
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Sanju not taking single can be justified with the way he was playing & given that Morris was new at the crease. It was♐ totally understandable. H꧟appens 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 S🍃amson played a great innings under pressure almost getting RR home. Talk 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 ꩵ& well paced. Hooda’s hard hitting was so exciting to watch. Huge credit tඣo for holding his nerve to help win!— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
S♕anju Samson take a bow what a game.. well do💜ne Arshdeep great spell and superb last over under pressure 👌
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
What a game it was. Feel sorry for . Well bowled congratulations 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 knocks I have seen in the ! What a knock unfortunate for but you guys are going t🅰o 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 domestic cricket. But, this is the real Hurri♈cane 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)
