Tonight, Rajasthan Royals hosted the match for Kings XI Punjab at Sawai Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur. The ongoing season started with a very bad note for Rajasthan Royals, they are currently at the bottom of the list.
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Before the match started, KXIP were asked to bowl first as the toss was won by Ajinkya Rahane.
The innings was opened by the captain, Ajinkya Rahane who failed to give a good performance and went back to pavilion after scoring 9 runs off 10 balls. K.Gowtham too was sent back after he scored 8 runs off 6 balls.
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Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat, both of them failed to perform tonight and both of them were dismissed at the first balls scoring zero runs each by the exceptional bowling of Andrew Tyre. Andrew Tyre stole tonight’s match by taking 4 wickets.
Joss Buttler, gave a thrilling performance tonight by scoring 82 runs off 58 balls, smashing 9 fours and 1 six.
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The bowlers of KXIP gave another outstanding performance by their bowling and fielding. The players of Rajasthan Royals gave a target of 159 runs to the players of Kings XI Punjab.
Here’s how twitteratis reacted to the first innings played by RR , have a look:
Ashwin is like that guy from gully cricket who owns the bat – he bats up the order and also bowls maximum overs. #RRvKXIP
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 8, 2018
Andrew Tye’s grand mother passed away today and he is still in India. deKock, on the other hand, left his team in a mess, with so many chances being done just coz of him. Chokers #RRvKXIP
— cric_bakchod (@Cric_bakchod) May 8, 2018
11 Runs Off 7 Balls.
No Fours, Only Six.
Strike Rate 157.14
Ran Himself Out, Coz Bowlers Can’tLord Stuart Binny Has Given A Tight Slap To All Haters Today. ??? #RRvKXIP #RRvsKXIP
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 8, 2018
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This was the first time that Ashwin batted at No.3 in T20 cricket. He has now batted at all the positions in T20 cricket.#RRvKXIP
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) May 8, 2018
Eng commentators: I think Gayle was out of the crease, quick work there behind the stumps.
Hindi Commentators: Aur yeh kaam tamam ho Gaya. Yeh toh bahot badi machli, Whale machli phasa li yaha bowler ne.#RRvKXIP
— RS (@AwaraRish) May 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/RoshanKrRai/status/993886297507942400
Andrew Tye dedicates that performance to his grandmom, absolutely breaks down in the interview. Such a touching moment.#RRvKXIP
— Arvind Ramachander (@arvindia4u) May 8, 2018
Ashwin just came to check how the wicket is behaving, now will guide the upcoming batsmen.#RRvKXIP #StarPlusNayiSoch
— Mr. A ? (@cricdrugs) May 8, 2018
Ashwin – Mr. Unpredictable comes and goes.#RRvKXIP
— Jaanvi? (@ThatCric8Girl) May 8, 2018
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1st #IPL century for Buttler? #RRvKXIP #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 8, 2018
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Andrew Tye dedicates that performance to his grandmom, absolutely breaks down in the interview. Such a touching moment.#RRvKXIP
— Arvind Ramachander (@arvindia4u) May 8, 2018
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 8, 2018
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