Rajasthan Royals (RR) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at their home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Despite their captain Ajinkya Rahane’s half-century, RR fell short of a modest target set by SRH. Before the game, RR mentor and Indian Premier League (IPL)-winning captain Shane Warne started a little banter of his own on Twitter. Warne quoted SRH’s tweet on the contest between Rahane and SRH bowling spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Here’s Warne’s tweet on the matter –
Welcome to our fortress ! FYI our Captain is in the mood to shake, bake & smash your man Bhuvi all over the pink city ! https://t.co/1z3X7hzxJ1
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) April 29, 2018
Here’s how Warne got trolled for his tweet before and after RR’s loss at home –
ROFL pic.twitter.com/STmNM1eBuE
— Abhay Chaudhary (@ImAbhay3) April 29, 2018
One of the best T20 innings by Rahane
Carrying the bat, making sure the loss.— BatBallBails (@BatBallBails) April 29, 2018
I think your captain have baked, shaked, smashed your head with that slow innings,through out 20 overs. I think u need an another break.
— SATHISH (@ImSathishk02) April 29, 2018
— Naveen Narne (@NNsayz) April 29, 2018
Joke of the decade#RRvSRH pic.twitter.com/VtH375PApg
— NagaChaitanya Fan|SRH| (@NCFan_) April 29, 2018
— Vikaas (@AlwayzzVikaas) April 29, 2018
You sounds over confident or arrogant fool.
LOL Btw ur batsmen can’t even touch the @sandeep25a bowls. forget abt @BhuviOfficial— Khwaja Syed (@Syed_Khwaja007) April 29, 2018
Horrible miscalculation of run chase.
Needed a soul search by skipper— Davey smith (@Safi7473) April 29, 2018
Lol @ShaneWarne it isn’t good to have this much over confidence
— Sarfaraz khan (@sarfucool1) April 29, 2018
yep .. bhuvi will be shit scared & will opt out of the match faking injury .. want some more spice ?? pic.twitter.com/VmkFDDHhRg
— Parikshit Kulkarni (@PKulk99) April 29, 2018
Keep your apologies ready. You will need them after the match
— Zak Haan (@hanzak95) April 29, 2018
O you guys gonna get some. Go ahead prepare for bhuvi. kaul sandeep and rashid will come out of syllabus
— Utkarsh (@jstutkarsh) April 29, 2018
ah well at least my captain isnt a cheat
— jed shaw (@jedshaw4) April 29, 2018
The stats were not even applicable as the clash between Rahane and Bhuvneshwar was not going to happen. Bhuvneshwar is out of the SRH side owing to an injury he suffered during IPL 2018.
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Rahane opened the batting with the hope to chase down the target of 152 set by SRH. Kane Williamson-led SRH bowlers once again got the better of opposition batsmen in the death overs.
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Rahane scored 63 runs leading from the front after opener Rahul Tripathi’s wicket. He stitched a partnership with Sanju Samson to get RR back on track. But mediocre performances from RR’s middle order, including Ben Stokes getting out for a duck, contributed to the loss.
RR are currently struggling to make it into the top four of IPL 2018 points table. They are in the fifth position with 3 wins from 7 games. On the other hand, SRH became the table-toppers after beating RR on the latter’s home ground.
