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:

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

https://twitter.com/Thesnehashis/status/993158812419817472

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