KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings is currently locking its horns with Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Eoin Morgan led Kolkata Knight Riders started strongly against KL Rahul and company after asking them to bat first. KKR bowlers showed complete dominance and discipline in their lines and lengths to put Punjab Kings on the backfoot.
Yes, as the match kickstarted in Ahmedabad, Punjab Kings made a decent start to the game before KKR’s star pacer Pat Cummins gave the much-needed breakthrough to his team by dismissing skipper KL Rahul.
KL Rahul, who scored a stunning 50 in the last match against the Mumbai Indians in a winning effort, could not get going as Cummins struck first blood to dismiss the Punjab Kings’ skipper for 19 runs off 20 deliveries
The dismissal took place in the 5th over after KL Rahul formed a decent partnership with Mayank Agarwal and both of them looked to dominate the KKR bowlers. Rahul wanted to hit a length ball down the ground, however, he failed to middle it. Rahul got a mere edge and Sunil Narine grabbed the ball at the edge of the circle. It was a significant breakthrough for Pat Cummins for his team after he went for 12 in his first over.
It’s been a tough going, but hang in there! ?
Keep going, @mayankcricket! #SaddaPunjab #IPL2021 #PunjabKings #PBKSvKKR pic.twitter.com/2GZ1FrdlgK
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 26, 2021
Soon after, KL Rahul’s dismissal, the batting line-up of Punjab Kings’ collapsed as the wickets started falling in quick successions.
Mayank Agarwal turned out to be the highest-scoring batsmen from Punjab Kings today with 31 runs. Chris Gayle (0), Deepak Hooda (1), and Moises Henriques (2) failed to get going with the bat and were dismissed cheaply. Nicholas Poora, who was bowled out by Varun Chakravarthy could only manage 19 runs off 19 balls.
Meanwhile, social media was soon flooded with reactions from Twitterati on this. Fans are slamming the batting line-up of Punjab Kings after their poor performance against KKR. From hilarious memes to jokes, Twitterati came up with mixed reactions while reacting to the performance of Punjab Kings’ players.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
The legend prevails, Rahul’s don’t perform well in Modi’s arena.
PS: I’m talking about #IPL2021 match between #PBKSvsKKR ?
— Sai Krishna (@imSkrishnaaa) April 26, 2021
Preity Zinta after watching Punjab’s performance today#PBKSvKKR pic.twitter.com/VIgWzKrbKk
— Tweetera?? (@DoctorrSays) April 26, 2021
Is it the batting or is it the pitch … 21 in 20 ? #PBKSvsKKR
— Rolee Kachru (@Rolee_Kachru) April 26, 2021
When Rahul Come to Know That Today Match is On Narender Modi Stadium !
Le Rahul :- pic.twitter.com/kZ3fP8Z4gp
— Prof cheems (@Prof_Cheems) April 26, 2021
The problem was Anil Kumble not Virat Kohli..Today we’re seeing it live.!#KKRvsPBKS
— Deep Point (@ittzz_spidey) April 26, 2021
Is it just me or do #KKR tend to feature in a disproportionately higher number of these ‘blah’ games? Even winning ones. #KKR and #SRH.#KKRvsPBKS
— Antariksh । अंतरिक्ष (@trixtalk) April 26, 2021
Scenes From Today’s Match #KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/hU4lddyM6V
— Yuvraj . (@SRkian_Avenger) April 26, 2021
It’s a fact.. that Rahul can’t play at Narendra Modi stadium!
Me to @klrahul11 #ipl2021 #KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/RMXBC9p874— RunMachineVK_18 (@RunMachineVK_18) April 26, 2021
Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine in KKR bus#KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/EI45JNrtJx
— Piyush Sharma (@misterpiyush) April 26, 2021
