RR vs LSG: Twitter Reacts As Rajasthan Hold Their Nerve To Break Lucknow's 3-match Win Streak

Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured their third win of the tournament as they defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by a narrow margin of 3 runs to end KL Rahul and co’s 3-match win streak in the IPL 2022 season.

Batting first, Rajasthan put up 165 on the board courtesy of excellent lower-order batting from Shimron Hetmyer and Ravichandran Ashwin. The latter even retired hurt to become the first in the history of the IPL to do so.

Hetmyer’s 36-ball 59 included six sixes and just a solitary four but he ensured that Rajasthan recovers from 67/4 at the halfway stage to a respectable total. For LSG, Krishnappa Gowtham was the pick of the bowlers with 2/30 in 4 overs.

In response, Lucknow was jolted twice in the first over. Trent Boult dismissed both KL Rahul and Gowtham to put LSG on the backfoot. Quinton de Kock and Deepak Hooda began rebuilding and helped the Lucknow side stay in the chase.

Late cameos from Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis ended up pushing Lucknow closer to the total. 15 runs were required off the last over bowled by debutante, Kuldeep Sen, and he managed to hold his nerve and finish the game off.

With the win, Rajasthan now has 3 wins in four matches and they move to the top of the table due to their superior net run rate. As for Lucknow, they drop down to 4th place having suffered their second defeat.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to RR vs LSG:

Brilliant bowling at the top by #trentboult and Champion spell by a champion @yuzi_chahal Match winners .. congratulations @rajasthanroyals great win .. great batting @SHetmyer ? superb work @ashwinravi99 with the bat and bowl too..

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 10, 2022

#YuzvendraChahal ke paas kala bhi hai aur jigar bhi! He showed it once again but good to see Samson is using him rightly like RCB used to do. Almost always strikes when his team needs wicket/ #LSGvsRR #LSGvRR #RRvsLSG

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) April 10, 2022

Last year #kartiktyagi and this year #kuldeepsen. #rajasthanroyals giving confidence and clarity to the young boys! #RRvsLSG #TATAIPL #CricketTwitter

— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 10, 2022

Kuldeep Sen! You beauty! Bowling the 20th when Marcus Stoinis is playing like this is INSANE. What calmness! ???
Loving this ipl for unearthing some unbelievable Indian talents??#RRvsLSG

— Bhavna Balakrishnan (@Bhavna__B) April 10, 2022

What a temperament Kuldeep sen ????? @rajasthanroyals

— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) April 10, 2022

It's been a day of Kuldeep’s, both showcasing their skills with the ball. One on debut, one out to seek redemption. Super Sunday at #IPL2022 #KKRvDC #RRvsLSG

— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) April 10, 2022

Axar and Shardul above Sarfraz
Ashwin at 6
Gowtham at 3
Holder at 4
Sunday IPL games taking inspiration from Sunday park cricket ? #LSGvRR #KKRvDC #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/2Nh2pg1r6n

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 10, 2022

You can't see us but this was us the entire last over.

STILL SINKING IN! ? pic.twitter.com/GGsnb6vCcN

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 10, 2022

Resurgence of Yadav and emergence of Sen. A Sunday to remember for two Kuldeeps. #LSGvsRR #IPL

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 10, 2022

Loving @rajasthanroyals this year … ? #IPL2022 !! They could go all the way

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 10, 2022

This was Lucknow’s game. They simply were over thinking #RRvsLSG

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 10, 2022

Who would’ve thought this asleep game would wake up like this?!!! #LSGvsRR

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 10, 2022

Love the way Chahal is bowling…..

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 10, 2022

First #Boult and then Prasidh and Chahal in middle but ultimately it came to debutant #KuldeepSen in the last over. Incredible temperament of the young pacer. ? #RRvsLSG #LSGvsRR #LSGvRR

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) April 10, 2022

Fine debut by Kuldeep Sen for RR. Held his nerve to stave off brave attempt by Stoinis to take LSG home. Race for Points hotting up!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 10, 2022

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