Royal Challengers Bangalore began the second phase of the IPL 2021 in a horrible way. Fans were waiting for a thrilling show from Royal Challengers Bangalore against Kolkata Knight Riders, however, it was a heartbreaking sight for the fans to see the RCB batting line collapse once again.
None of the RCB batsmen got going and they constantly kept losing the wickets in front of some very disciplined bowling from KKR.
As the game kickstarted, Virat Kohli elected to bat first, however, his decision backfired badly as they lost two wickets within the powerplay and from there the wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Skipper Virat walked out to open the innings for his side along with his batting partner Devdutt Padikkal. Though he started cautiously and even managed to smash a stunning boundary through his trademark cover drive.
While RCB struggled to find some rhythm going into their batting innings, on the other hand, KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy turned out to be the hero with the ball with a 3-fer. KKR bowlers kept relentless pressure on the batters and Eoin Morgan did a great job with his bowling changes.
Infact, the top guns of RCB including the likes of Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, among others, all failed to contribute with runs, resulting in an embarrassing scorecard for Bangalore. The RCB team was bundled out after scoring only 92 runs.
Meanwhile, social media was soon flooded with reactions from the fans, who started trolling the Virat-led team left, right, and center. In fact, ‘vintage RCB’ was trending on top on Twitter with fans coming up with hilarious memes and jokes.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
RCB owe its each and every single fan a personal therapist.
— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) September 20, 2021
RCB is Bangladesh of IPL.
— Dikshant Chouhan
(@wOrds_mAy_worK) September 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/MSDhoniRules/status/1439985232447426574?s=20
#RCBvKKR
? Vintage RCB is back pic.twitter.com/nTsL2ssEuK— Dr Appy dhillon (@Jobless_kid21) September 20, 2021
RCB fans before start of match:
Aaarrrrr ceeeeee BeeeeeFew moments later:
Areeeee Beeeee Ceeeeee— Vaibhav (@1997Indian) September 20, 2021
#RCBvsKKR
Cricket Fans trying not to troll Kohli: pic.twitter.com/paFQBBYq4b— رومانا (@RomanaRaza) September 20, 2021
After ABD wicket #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/hQuWHvftLi
— SwatKat? (@swatic12) September 20, 2021
RCB fans when
ABD arrived After 3 balls #RCBvsKKR pic.twitter.com/G9nM1AAjTt— तूफान का देवता ᵀʰᵒʳ ? (@istormbreaker__) September 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/Chefly_abhinav/status/1439963569991213058?s=20
RCB helping KKR with over rate. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 20, 2021
RCB will play for the environment, for charity but never for their own team
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) September 20, 2021
RCB never recovered after Sir Jadeja masterclass?
#RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/g0jmOsGgPj
— Titu Mama (@TituTweets_) September 20, 2021
Me after watching RCB’s batting collapse pic.twitter.com/Rz5gm4xuXq
— The_DHONi_GuY? (@cr_satyam07) September 20, 2021
Someone , how many trophies RCB won ?
Abd : pic.twitter.com/a0b1kikTrU
— MAHIYANK
? (@Mahiyank78) September 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/prvs8/status/1439966675361624077?s=20
My mental health has been screwed since the day I started supporting RCB.
— Anil (@anilalpula) September 20, 2021
#KKRvRCB | Glenn Maxwell |
The most important lesson that as a RCB fan I have learned over the past 13 years : pic.twitter.com/KbTxR4H8Ds
— Gaurav rajpurohit (@Gauravrazz1220) September 20, 2021
RCB performing as per expectations from the first match itself.
True professionalism.This is Vintage RCB ?#RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/76zH4ZFs3D
— ???????? ?? ? (@Sufiyaan_Asim) September 20, 2021