Twitter Reactions: KL Rahul, Mujeeb Ur Rahman star in KXIP’s crushing win over RR

KL Rahul continued his brilliant form with the bat to lead Kings XI Punjab to a crushing 6-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League encounter in Indore on Sunday night.

Chasing a below-par total of 152, Kings XI rode on Rahul’s unbeaten 84 to reach the target with 8 balls to spare. Marcus Stoinis gave him good support and remained unbeaten on 23 while Karun Nair also contributed with 31 runs from 23 balls.

Rahul stayed at the crease from the beginning till the very end and smashed 7 boundaries and 3 sixes during his 54-ball innings.

Earlier, the Royals were restricted to 152 for 9 after being put into bat first with Afghanistan leg-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman starring with the ball.

The ‘Man of the Match’ award winner, Mujeeb, picked up 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs while Tye managed 2 for 24 with Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot and Axar Patel taking one wicket each.

RR opener Jos Buttler once again top-scored for his side by scoring 51 runs off 39 balls.

Here is how the fans on Twitter reacted to the match:

Very impressive run chase by Kings 11 Punjab. KL Rahul was 48 of 43 and just like what top batsmen do,was able to accelerate quickly and scored 36 of his next 11. The running between the wickets,the twos was a standout feature as well #KXIPvRR
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 6, 2018

Always rate finishing games as a very high quality in batsman and KL Rahul did it so brilliantly today. Good performance by the boys and really well led by Ashwin #KXIPvRR
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 6, 2018

Now this is how the best finish matches. This, from KL Rahul was an innings of the very highest class.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 6, 2018

Brilliant performance from #TeamKXIP, winning by 6 wickets against #RajasthanRoyals .
Keep it up @klrahul11 and @Mujeeb_Zadran !!#KXIP #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi @lionsdenkxip #IPL2018 #KXIPvRR @ashwinravi99 @virendersehwag @bradhodge007 pic.twitter.com/58VlwAd7yt
— Mohit Burman (@imohitburman) May 6, 2018

Technical competence along with the maturity to finish the game…almost singlehandedly. K L Rahul is a special talent who’s coming to his own this year. #KXIPvRR #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 6, 2018

What a knock ! What a player ! Big up Broisky 🍻🍻 Thoroughly enjoyed this one 🙌🏻🙌🏻 #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #brotherman #letsputasmileonthatface @kxipofficial @rahulkl pic.twitter.com/V2ad3vJPQ7
— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) May 6, 2018

Good to see @klrahul11 's consistent performance throughout the tournament so far, Congrats on the Victory @lionsdenkxip #KXIPvRR
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) May 6, 2018

#KXIPvRR. Well played @klrahul11 watch the entire inning of yours. Under pressure, tremendous response by you
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) May 6, 2018

KL Rahul was outstanding today. Loved the change of gears from him while batting. Dropped in anchor to carry the #KXIP home. Very stylish in his stroke play too @lionsdenkxip #KXIPvRR #VIVOIPL
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) May 6, 2018

RCB did not retain KL Rahul. A top-rated Indian batsman… who is now in the form of his limited-overs' career… Staggering! #IPL2018
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) May 6, 2018

K L Rahul is simply brilliant. He has paced this innings beautifully. Runs well and Never looked panicked or hurried. Good to see him start things & finish it off. #vivoipl2018. @lionsdenkxip vs @rajasthanroyals 👏👏.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) May 6, 2018

KL Rahul powers KXIP to victory against RR with 8 balls to
spare#KXIPvRR #RRvKXIP #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/Ef3IM5QDTo
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) May 7, 2018

Great innings by KL Rahul who was so brilliant today. His unbeaten 84 will be remembered for long .. Good performance by the team led well by Ashwin #KXIPvRR
— Rahul Dev (@RahulDevRising) May 6, 2018

Fantastic innings from @klrahul11 taking responsibility and closing out a match is the hallmark of real class.
Well played.
Single handedly won @lionsdenkxip this game. #KXIPvRR
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) May 6, 2018

KL Rahul in 2018 IPL:
Then: 50 in 14 balls ( His fastest in IPL )
Now: 50 in 44 balls ( His slowest in IPL )#KXIPvsRR #IPL2018
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) May 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/ikpsgill1/status/993187943509442561

Elegance, maturity, class personified… KL Rahul take a bow #KXIPvRR
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) May 6, 2018

Classy from KL Rahul. Just the kind of innings the Kings XI needed to negotiate that chase. Has the potential to be a great across all formats for India.
— Debayan Sen (ਦੇਬਾਯਨ) (@debayansen) May 6, 2018

Taking wickets and how 😍
3⃣ crucial wickets gets @Mujeeb_Zadran the man of the match award.#LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #KXIPvRR pic.twitter.com/JlipvTs2Mb
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 6, 2018