Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) finally have a win on their plate after five losses on the trot. The Shreyas Iyer-led team beat a better-placed Rajasthan Royals (RR) to bring the fourth win for themselves in ten games. KKR had only one player to thank and that was Rinku Singh. Although Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana played handy knocks, it was Rinku Singh’s quickfire innings that turned the game in KKR’s favor.
The southpaw batter scored 42* off 23 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six to turn the tide in his team’s favor. Meanwhile, Nitish Rana also played a handy knock of 48* off 37 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer departed after scoring 34 off 32 balls but his stay at the crease kept KKR in the hunt.
Earlier, RR fell short of the right total on the ground as they failed to accelerate in the slog overs. For them, Sanju Samson scored a half-century (54 off 49 balls) while Hetmyer played a little cameo as he aggregated 27* off 13 balls. As KKR broke their losing streak and finally bagged a win, Twitter users reacted in their own style.
Check the top reactions from the game here:
toss coin too @IamSanjuSamson 🙂@rajasthanroyals #IPL2022 #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/CVjpWPI1Gj
— Toxic (@pandey__jiii) May 2, 2022
Shreyas- "You gonna play a key role today."
Anukul- "Kahan fielding karni hai?"
Shreyas- "Abey playing XI me hai.. Powerplay me bowling karni hai"#KKRvRR
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit) May 2, 2022
Umesh bhai in the Powerplay this season.#KKRHaiTaiyaar #KKRvRR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/mJyMltjvHO
— chakdecricket (@chakdecricket1) May 2, 2022
KKR deciding to pick Mavi: #IPL2022 #IPL #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/E70MYvvVB9
— Abhinandan Nahata (@khelgyani_abhi) May 2, 2022
Buttler dismissed for a 25 ball 22
Kohli fans' reaction. #IPL #IPL2022 #Cricket#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/Fhr8FOvKuq
— Arnav Singh (@Arnavv43) May 2, 2022
Sunil Narine fielding tonight!#KKRvRR #RRvKKR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Xj4bNWvXzq
— Cricket 24×7 (@TheCric8Addict) May 2, 2022
Samson, I will watch the premiere of your episode on BwC tomorrow. But please don't put on a show tonight.
It's a request! #KKRvRR #BwC— Abhishek (@AbhishekKirsten) May 2, 2022
Jos Buttler submitted the application form in academy with his marvellous Tuktuk inning but he have to give some more performance like this to win our heart😎👍 #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/J1W0gYJ7ps
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 2, 2022
Narine would be my favourite fielder if I'm batting@KKRiders @rajasthanroyals #KKRvRR
— Nikhil (@N1kn1l) May 2, 2022
#KKRvRR #KKRvsRR #WhistlePodu
Csk fans cheering for Rajasthan Royals belike: KKR ko points nahi deneka re baba pic.twitter.com/7Rf3v5pLob— Anonymous9726 (@Anonymous97261) May 2, 2022
Sanju Samson in today's match 🔥#KKRvRR #RRvKKR #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/pHVvmZvnvy
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) May 2, 2022
When you have to outsource for expertise #KKRvRR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/HCRTajctxz
— Rishabh shah (@Pun_Intended___) May 2, 2022
Isse toh meko le lete venky uncle….paisa bhi nhi lete hum…🌚#KKRvRR
— Nahid (@iam_nahidh) May 2, 2022
How can finch be so consistent – at failing 🤷♂️ #KKRvRR
— SnEhA KuMaR ReDdY (@snehakumarreddy) May 2, 2022
Ye kinke bharose match chod ke chale gaye bhai !!! #iyer #KKRvRR
— Meme Tapree (@MTapree) May 2, 2022
This is how Baz decides openers in every game #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/87J4V6M3p3
— ComeOn Cricket 🏏🇮🇳 (@ComeOnCricket) May 2, 2022
KKR this season pic.twitter.com/EApzpMYpor
— Ankit Pathak 🇮🇳 (@ankit_acerbic) May 2, 2022
When bowlers do well, batters don't and vice versa 😑#KKRvsRR #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/Jq6b77bt2I
— AG (@ghosh_aindrila) May 2, 2022
Imagine losing to teams that have lost eight matches in a row and five in a row. RR 😭#KKRvRR
— Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) May 2, 2022
Never doubt the legend🥵
Rinku Singh!! #KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/o0Kqt1hmPv— Royal Hindustani (@Rudra2812) May 2, 2022
#KKRvRR
Looks like Umpire is ardent SRK fan 🙆😂 pic.twitter.com/WmNT2Vn9TR— Musafir (@safarnama111) May 2, 2022
Man of the match 🥶
#KKRvRR #umpiring #umpire #ipl pic.twitter.com/uK527t6svr
— black heart nft (@BlackHeartNFT) May 2, 2022
Umpires to SRK rn-:#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/iZ8ZwfAB2d
— Diksha🌈👭 (@Sizzlingdiksha) May 2, 2022
Lord Rinku supremacy 🔥#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/wWqiXUdu5m
— Harsh Mishra.. (@iamharsh55) May 2, 2022
Same Energy????#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/HLmHLw93vs
— Akshit Sharma🇮🇳 (@ShrmaGka_Ladka) May 2, 2022
*KKR struggling to win*
Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh : pic.twitter.com/q0U0IVnhwB— A (@AppeFizzz) May 2, 2022
Rajasthan Royals fans waiting to Umpire after the match 🧐#KKRvRR #RRvKKR #KKRvsRR #HallaBol pic.twitter.com/HtGKySgPyW
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) May 2, 2022
