On 11 May 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) locked horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Eden Gardens in the ongoing IPL. However, RR registered a thumping victory over Nitish Rana and his men. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an outrageous knock of 98* runs off 47 balls and won the match one-sided for RR.
However, KKR skipper, Nitish Rana gets trolled as he bowled the first over of the innings and got smashed for 26 runs by Jaiswal only. Seeing such a poor over, KKR fans went berserk and slammed the player in reply to a tweet that KKR shared before that over. They wrote: “Captain Rana opening with the ball.” But, seeing such brutal comments, RR came up and requested fans to go easy on their team.
Here is the shared tweet:
Go easy in the comments, guys. Just another game of cricket. Just another person doing their job. One Cricket Family! 💗🙏 https://t.co/HbyY9pQvLb
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 11, 2023
“Jaiswal's innings was praiseworthy.” - Nitish Rana
In reply, RR wrote: “Go easy in the comments, guys. Just another game of cricket. Just another person doing their job. One Cricket Family!” In reply, KKR also wrote: “One cricket family, indeed.” Seeing such a sport from a rival franchise, fans also shared their views on social media platforms. Speaking of the match, KKR scored 149 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. In reply, RR chased down the target in just 13.1 overs with nine wickets in the bag. Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 12 fours and five sixes.
RR skipper, Sanju Samson scored 48* runs off 29 balls, including two fours and five sixes. After the loss, Nitish Rana said: “Jaiswal's innings was praiseworthy. Today was one of those days in life where nothing I thought 180 was par. We made a lot of mistakes with the bat and it's the reason for losing out on two points. I bowled first because I thought I could gamble as a part-timer and get the in-form Jaiswal out but it was his day.” the KKR skipper scored just 22 runs off 17 balls while getting smashed for 26 runs in just one over.
Here is how fans have reacted:
Yes it’s a game of cricket and not every day is same day.. we win some we lose some but most imp we learn daily
— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) May 11, 2023
Appreciate the tweet!
— Sourabh Sanyal 🇮🇳 (@sourabhsanyal) May 11, 2023
Respect. 💓
— Dr. Cric Point (@drcricpoint) May 11, 2023
You have my respect admin. @rajasthanroyals
— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) May 11, 2023
Tough luck rana
— jetha hi🏆ler 🐦 (@sterns_haschen) May 11, 2023
He indeed said it's jaiswal's night today .
Well played and well taken
That’s maturity from @rajasthanroyals admin.
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) May 11, 2023
Admin pic.twitter.com/xx5M46dlxM
— वैभव 🇮🇳 (@VaiibhavSawant) May 11, 2023
— Abhay (@abhaysrivastavv) May 11, 2023
Twitter Fair Play awards goes to RR 👏
— Karan Arora 🔥MahiMaarRahaHai.com (@idea_juggler) May 11, 2023