Twitter reacts as Rajat Patidar scores a superb century for RCB against Lucknow

Wednesday witnessed yet another big game in the final week of TATA IPL 2022. The game on Wednesday saw, Royal challengers Bangalore take on the Lucknow Super Giants at the famed Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The match was delayed by more than half an hour after rains delayed the toss. The entire ground was covered by covers as the cricket crazy fans of Kolkata began to swell. KL Rahul won the toss and chose to bowl first in a game which both the teams will treat as do or die as a loss means going back home.

Rajat Patidar scores a sublime century –

Rajat Patidar has been the find of the season for RCB so far. in every chance he has got with the bat he has been impressive. In the first Eliminator game against LSG, Rajat Patidar showed that the occasion did not faze him. After the early loss of captain Du Plessis, the 28 year old cut loose as Kohli paid the pedestrian. None of the bowlers were spared and every ball was pulled for four or six. Patidar was dropped by KL Rahul when he was past 50 and he made full use of it to become the first RCB batsman to score a century in the play offs. Patidar finished with 112 off 54 balls with 12 fours and 7 massive sixes.

Dinesh Karthik plays a blinder to help RCB reach 207-

Virat Kohli was subdued in efforts as he scored 24 ball 25 with 2 fours. While Rajat Patidar was going great guns the other batters came and left. Lomror was out for 14 off 9, while Maxwell was out for 9 off 10 balls with a six. The big hitting Australian was troubled by the spin of Bishnoi and couldn’t get off the blocks. It was Dinesh Karthik who again came to the rescue as he scored 37 not out of 23 balls with 5 fours and a six to help RCB reach 207 on the board.

Cricketers and Fans show their love on twitter –

One of the earliest to tweet was former England captain Michael Vaughan who was quick to praise the efforts of Patidar. Former India players Irfan Pathan and Amit Mishra too had their say on the fantastic innings by the youngster. Lisa Sthalekar and Harbhajan Singh too were effusive in their praise for Patidar’s knock. You can read the tweets embedded below.