'The return of the king...' - Twitter floods with memes as India outmuscles Bangladesh courtesy to Kuldeep Yadav's brilliant comeback

Indian team in the absence of some big names including the likes of regular skipper Rohit Sharma alongside star speedsters Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. The team went into the game under the captaincy of the stand-in skipper KL Rahul and completely outplayed the hosts to win the match by a big margin of 188 runs.

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Talking about the action in the match on fifth day of the match, Bangladesh started their innings from the last day’s score of 272 runs for the loss of six wickets. Although the star Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj provided a quick breakthrough for the Indian team by dismissing Bangla all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Subsequently, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took the charge to wrap up the hosts’ second innings on 324 runs. Eventually, India finished the series opener with a convincing win over Shakib’s men.

The cricket fans didn’t make it too late to come up with some witty and exciting memes over the social media platform, Twitter following the victory of India. They took to Twitter to lavish their praises on the Indian bowlers, especially Kuldeep for a brilliant Test comeback after a long wait of 22 months.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Well bowled @imkuldeep18 👏🏽😄 #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/kEQjbdaFjO

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 18, 2022

Stand-in skipper KL Rahul also spoke about the team’s performance in the ODI series and the brilliant display in the first Test as well. Subsequently, KL Rahul heaped praises on the Indian bowlers for excellent performance in the second innings of the match.

"The ODI series didn't go our way. It's a hard-fought test match, we have to work hard to win this match and the way we did is great. The pitch did flatten out but it didn't worry us. There wasn't much on the pitch but their openers batted well. We didn't play test cricket for a while and we know nothing comes easy. Happy to start our Test season on a winning note,” said KL Rahul in the post-match presentation.

"Very pleasing with the way, we bowled, the energy is high. The pitch wasn't assisting but the bowlers did generate something. We won the Test match and I am happy, so we will think about what we need to do in the second match,” he added later.