Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Harshal Patel had another bad day at work as he was thumped for 53 runs off his 4 overs against Punjab Kings in the ongoing match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Harshal Patel was being hailed as the flag-bearer of RCB’s death bowling plans. He is currently the highest wicket-taker in the tournament so far with 17 wickets under his name. However, recently, he conceded the most expensive over in the history of the Indian Premier League against Chennai Super Kings. Well, in a game against Chennai Super Kings Harshal Patel was smashed for 51 runs, including 37 in an over by Ravindra Jadeja.
Following this assault by Ravindra Jadeja, was taken to cleaners by KL Rahul and his men in the ongoing match against Punjab Kings.
In the ongoing game, Punjab Kings‘ skipper KL Rahul smashed him all around the ground once again. KL Rahul stood tall and soaked in all the pressure while wickets kept falling on the other hand. He remained unbeaten against RCB for the third time in a row. He gave a powerful performance and scored an unbeaten 91* runs as the team finished with a total of 179-5.
Meanwhile, fans on social media were disappointed after Harshal’s poor performance with the ball as he didn’t make much use of his variations. While some showed faith in the pacer, on the other hand, many started trolling him left, right and center.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
Two minutes silence for all those who were comparing Jasprit Bumrah with Harshal Patel.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) April 30, 2021
Harshal Patel for the first time this season went wicketless in an innings. He conceded 53 runs tonight.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 30, 2021
Harshal Patel has scored two 50+scores consecutively
Only thing that stops me is that Purple Cap he wears?— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/CFCVish__/status/1388156175384907798
Harshal- 4-0-0-53
Bumrah- 4-0-1-15But Harshal’s bday is 23 November 1990, Bumrah’s birthday is 6 December 1993
23-6=17
1993-1990=317>>>3
So Harshal Patel>>>>Bumrah pic.twitter.com/tXiaXakquV
— MK (@NotMK45) April 30, 2021
Harshal Patel scoring back to back half centuries. Talent ????
— V (@vigil_nte) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/sharmaboyk/status/1388157475942064134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1388157475942064134%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-ipl-2021-gajab-topibaaz-aadmi-ho-yaar-rcb-fans-roast-harshal-patel-another-failure
https://twitter.com/sharmaboyk/status/1388160126649987073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1388160126649987073%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-ipl-2021-gajab-topibaaz-aadmi-ho-yaar-rcb-fans-roast-harshal-patel-another-failure
Purple topi ki atmasaman to Harshal Patel after he gave 53 runs pic.twitter.com/A3uV27wdY6
— Sarcaster ?? (@sarcaster_) April 30, 2021
Harshal Patel to @academy_dinda after back2back Mindblowing performance. pic.twitter.com/3qOV5EIYKU
— Injamam (@inju_aju) April 30, 2021
Batsman to Harshal Patel in last over. #RCB
pic.twitter.com/0fzTFS3MBa— Context Cricket Videos (@ContextCrickett) April 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/Virat_Mamta/status/1388157244227735553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1388157244227735553%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-ipl-2021-gajab-topibaaz-aadmi-ho-yaar-rcb-fans-roast-harshal-patel-another-failure
#PBKSvRCB
Harshal patel with high economy and highest wickets pic.twitter.com/Bxb4n6weX5— Digvijay Singh (@digvijay_1177) April 30, 2021
Finally the luckiest bowler of #IPL2021 been given the correct treatment by @PunjabKingsIPL ?
Congo #harshalpatel for the 2nd fifty in last 3 matches ?#PBKSvRCB
— S A K S H A M (@_sakshamm) April 30, 2021
Harshal patel is overrated.
— kingsman (@kingsman2k1) April 30, 2021