The match no. 16 in IPL 2021 produced one of the most one-sided contests of this season as Royal Challengers Bangalore absolutely destroyed Rajasthan Royals in all departments to go back on top of the table.
Playing their first match in Mumbai, the match started comically when RCB skipper Virat Kohli could not believe he had won the toss. After opting to field, Mohammed Siraj (3/27) produced a brilliant spell of bowling to completely put RR on the backfoot. In the end, Shivam Dube (46 off 32) and Rahul Tewatia (4o off 23) did show some fight to take their side to 177/9 in 20 overs.
It could have been a tricky target to chase but RCB were in no mood to take this contest down the wire. Devdutt Padikkal (101* off 52) played an innings of his life as he went on to smash a brilliant century. He was well-supported by skipper Virat Kohli (72* off 47) at the other end as RCB went on to win the match by 10 wickets in only 16.3 overs.
Twitterati had a lot of fun as they trolled Rajasthan Royals for their horrific outing on Thursday. As the RCB opening duo thrashed the bowlers, the netizens made some side-splitting memes on Sanju Samson’s side.
Here are the best tweets:
RCB skipper wins another toss
https://twitter.com/g48660305/status/1385229798788669443
What a spell by Siraj
https://twitter.com/g48660305/status/1385241557872242692
This is Siraj 2.0
https://twitter.com/the_indianstuff/status/1385242164947427335
Scenes from dressing room
#RCBvRR #RCB #Ipl2021
Virat to Paddikal in the innings break: pic.twitter.com/RgaztyMhD7— Ranjit Singh Bhagat (@ranjitsbhagat) April 22, 2021
What a victory!
https://twitter.com/ashumanglam/status/1385283796598099974
Very well summed up
#RCBvRR #RCB #Ipl2021
Match Summary pic.twitter.com/XeGKglEb1K— Ranjit Singh Bhagat (@ranjitsbhagat) April 22, 2021
Rajasthan Royals be like
https://twitter.com/holdmywrath/status/1385283559619842052
What an opening partnership
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal in today’s match :#RCBvsRR pic.twitter.com/qOoWHoO8Ay
— N I T I N (@theNitinWalke) April 22, 2021
Captain deserves some credit
https://twitter.com/navedanco46/status/1385284123657326593
Best seat in the house for RCB skipper
https://twitter.com/maihushinchan/status/1385276690822176770
No batting for Maxwell and ABD tonight
RCB's openers chased the total without losing the wicket.
le other batsmen :#RCB #RCBvRR #Kohli #Padikkal pic.twitter.com/HguU5XsrGj
— yeahxsin (@chaatmasaala) April 22, 2021
This is new RCB
#RCBvRR #ipl2021
RCB after won their four cosecutive matches in ipl history. pic.twitter.com/79bZYU4o8J— Amrendra Yadav (@ydvvv_707) April 22, 2021
Third loss in four matches
https://twitter.com/sameersheikh45/status/1385290076419084289
Some fans still can’t believe
#RCBvRR
4th consecutive win for RCB.Literally everybody rn : pic.twitter.com/GyLAIJjud1
— ARC (@thetrippinbug) April 22, 2021
New year, same story
Points table to Rajasthan Royals pic.twitter.com/9JiOE7PybV
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 22, 2021
RCB go top of the table
Rcb to Csk now : #RCBvsRR #Ipl2021 pic.twitter.com/C07uj4UALF
— hrs (@wtfharsh___) April 22, 2021
