The eighth match of the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) saw Dre Russ smashing Punjab bowlers all over the park. The West Indies all-rounder played a gem of an innings as he smashed an unbeaten 70 runs off just 31 balls to demolish PBKS’ hope to win the game. At one moment, it looked PBKS are going to get away as they reduced KKR to 51/4 in 7 overs. But it was Russell’s day and when it’s his day, nothing comes in between.
Although the West Indies giant did it for the nth time for KKR, it was Umesh Yadav who set the game for KKR with his 4 wickets in the innings. The veteran pacer finished the game with bowling figures of 4-1-23-4. This dominating performance from KKR sparked some praiseworthy reactions from Twitter users.
Looks like PBKS have executed a Brendon McCullum style of play🤣
Doing what KKR did against RCB!! #KKRvPBKS— Guñ (@Best_captain_) April 1, 2022
#KKRvPBKS
3 sixes lagne ke baad wicket le kar
Shivam mavi pic.twitter.com/7Kg2DPZehH— … (@_Mementos) April 1, 2022
Umesh Yadav today : pic.twitter.com/Zc0x8nzqGh
— Cricket wala ladka (@cricketwalaldka) April 1, 2022
#KKRvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/BV7nSVPizA
— 2.0 (@Meme_Canteen) April 1, 2022
Shahrukh Khan gets Out.
Ananya Pandey be like:
"When did @iamsrk uncle started playing ipl?"#AnanyaPanday #KKRvPBKS #IPL pic.twitter.com/APgFSbszEY— Subroto Mandal⚡ (@subrotoayush) April 1, 2022
Being a RCB fan, never gonna support KKR and the last match we lost was to Punjab so today, #KKRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/mElyLA2T72
— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) April 1, 2022
Shahrukh’s team bowling. Sunil (my favourite Shahrukh character) bamboozles Raj (Shahrukh’s superhit character) … with Shahrukh watching from the non striker’s end 🤓#KKRvPBKS
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 1, 2022
Umesh under Shreyas Iyer's captaincy: #PBKSvKKR #KKRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/DSBitHjaTc
— Abhishek Tripathi (@abhithecomic) April 1, 2022
KKR fans to Umesh Yadav!#KKRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/Y6AJL8PvKn
— Tanmay Singh Chouhan (@iam10May) April 1, 2022
Each and every KKR fan to Umesh Yadav#KKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar #KKRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/2VJMfPuBe6
— Diehard Culer 💙❤ (@culersincebirth) April 1, 2022
Ek baat to hai jo bhi RCB se nikalta hai wo agle IPL me proformance jarur deta hai#RCB #IPL #KKRvPBKS
— cricket ka keeda (@NareshV03657048) April 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/Meme_Canteen/status/1509913733224673282?s=20&t=UE4rnZkqxXec5GYiOBMkjQ
#PBKSvKKR #KKRvPBKS https://t.co/r8Ei3XUDB0
— MOHD HAMZAH (@md_hamza44) April 1, 2022
Ye Punjab ki "beast lineup" me Rahul chahar ko bhi count Kara tha kyaa…#PBKSvKKR #KKRvPBKS #KKRHaiTaiyaar
— Mritunjay Dubey (@mddubey409) April 1, 2022
Alexa plx plaY Umesh 2.0 … sorry he is unplayable 🔥🤞#KKRvPBKS #KKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar #IPL #umesh #TATAIPL
— TaSnEem (@TaSnEem43959597) April 1, 2022
Russell after being compared to Odean Smith. #KKRvPBKS https://t.co/pEfnDiQYlp
— A Y A N (@qaziayan_) April 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/kankeneeche/status/1509938329822793731?s=20&t=6ywQJDd8aJB4_bJ-6mDx_w
Shivam Dube yesterday : 25 runs
Odean smith today: 30 runs🤣🤣 #CSKvLSG #KKRvsPBKS #smith #MayankAgarwal #Russell pic.twitter.com/AXUn6hzMmR
— Amit🇮🇳 (@amessit10) April 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/theayantweet/status/1509938273657176066?s=20&t=6ywQJDd8aJB4_bJ-6mDx_w
Russell today : pic.twitter.com/N7cZtCV8vS
— 𝐚𝐪 (@aqqu___) April 1, 2022
#KKRvPBKS #PBKSvKKR #kkr #pbks #Russell #russellmuscle
Statue of destruction: pic.twitter.com/lw8107Am6J
— Ambuj 🇮🇳 (@ambuj_jii) April 1, 2022
Russell be like #KKRvsPBKS #PBKS #KKRvPBKS #IPL #IPL2022 #russell pic.twitter.com/hbSipt9SqP
— Manan Dave (@davemanan247) April 1, 2022
Ye Maggi Sir pe UGA ke Punjab Kings ko Kha Gaya #KKRvsPBKS #Russell pic.twitter.com/H3LEbobSWC
— 💛Samar Pratap🇮🇳 (@Samarpratap1207) April 1, 2022
Andre Russell ! The Legend ! The Match Winner
Saving KKR single handedly nth time!#KKRvsPBKS #IPL #Russell #Cricket pic.twitter.com/EhlQ8YE4wc
— Ifham Wani (@i_ifhamwani) April 1, 2022
Russell the muscle 🥵 #KKRHaiTaiyaar 🥵#KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/SNUf78ygnW
— God Of Death (Depress KkR fan) (@GodOfDeath728) April 1, 2022
Russel Today:#KKRvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/gMOmRk8mL1
— Hritik Pawar (@Hritikpawar9) April 1, 2022
How bowlers should bowl to Russ:#KKRHaiTaiyaar #KKRvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/aX7rsZcByx
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 1, 2022
