Rajasthan Royals pulled off an outstanding two-run win more than Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller on Tuesday – and the on-field battle was only matched by a battle of wits off the field in between the two teams. Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) left fans in splits with a hilarious exchange on Twitter. It all began when Punjab Kings took a dig at RR fielders for repeatedly dropping KL Rahul’s catch. KL Rahul was dismissed just after scoring 49 runs, narrowly missing out on a half-century, but not prior to Evin Lewis, Riyan Parag and Chetan Sakariya had dropped his catch.
“And finally #RR holds onto a catch tonight,” Punjab Kings tweeted just after Rahul’s dismissal, adding a tongue-out emoji at the finish.
“Held our nerves too,” Rajasthan Royals tweeted in response.
Held our nerves as well. ???? https://t.co/vfBOfPwAOS
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 21, 2021
The exchange has racked up more than 7,000 ‘likes’ on the microblogging platform. In the comments section, quite a few praised the social media manager of Rajasthan Royals.
Not just RR players but RR admin deserves appreciation as well…. ????????????????????????????????????????????
For producing such a wide ranging thoughts and tweets which motivates all RR FANSWt a win ????
— ADITYA (@adi_itsok) September 21, 2021
admin on fire ????????
— MSDian ???????? #CSK (@MSD_00007) September 21, 2021
RR admin is the purpose of tonight’s win!
— Jay Upadhyay (@JayUpad70513792) September 21, 2021
This is not the 1st time that Rajasthan Royals have earned praise for their social media game. Back in April, they trolled themselves with a hilarious meme just after their loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
During Tuesday’s IPL match in Dubai, Kartik Tyagi bowled a sensational last more than to give his group a win more than PBKS. Punjab expected 4 runs off the last six balls but Tyagi dismissed Nicholas Pooran (32) and Deepak Hooda () and gave away only one run to snatch the win for his group from the jaws of defeat.