Twitter Reactions: KL Rahul, Shahrukh Khan keep Punjab Kings’ alive with dramatic win over KKR

KL Rahul’s brilliant half-century and Shahrukh Khan’s sensational cameo powered Punjab Kings (PBKS) to a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a tense chase in Dubai. With this win, PBKS also kept their hopes alive for the playoffs berth in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.

Earlier, PBKS skipper Rahul won the toss and put KKR to bat first. After Shubman Gill’s departure in the third over, Venkatesh Iyer (67 off 49) and Rahul Tripathi (34 off 26), then Nitish Rana (31 off 18) put Eoin Morgan & Co. in a commanding position, reaching 165/7 in their stipulated 20 overs.

For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh claimed three wickets while Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami produced economical spells.

Here’s is how Twitter reacted:

WHAT A WIN! 👏 👏

Yet another nail-biter as @PunjabKingsIPL pull off a 5 wicket win over #KKR in Dubai. 👍 👍 #VIVOIPL #KKRvPBKS

Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/lUTQhNzjsM pic.twitter.com/3J2N1X6a4G

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 1, 2021

This Veer Zaara reboot is one for the ! 🥰#SaddaPunjab #IPL2021 #PunjabKings #KKRvPBKS @realpreityzinta pic.twitter.com/9yVgShBiiI

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 1, 2021

Shahrukh Khan hits a winning six against Shahrukh Khan’s team #KKRvPBKS

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) October 1, 2021

Man of the Match ➡️ KL RAHUL! ❤️

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 1, 2021

Sharukh Khan wins a game for Preity Zinta’s side!

It’s all written. 🙂

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 1, 2021

Today’s match was good, when Shahrukh khan defeated #ShahRukhKhan #KKRvPBKS

— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) October 1, 2021

Magical @PunjabKingsIPL with the 2 points tonight! 10 points apiece for @KKRiders & @PunjabKingsIPL on the table 🤸🏽👏🌴 #KKRvPBKS 😬 #gettingtight @IPL

— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) October 1, 2021

What a great news it will be for India if @klrahul11 goes to World Cup with the Orange cap. Well done captain for leading from the front. #KKRvPBKS

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) October 1, 2021

Still alive #PunjabKings

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 1, 2021

Namma ooruuu SRK beats the original SRK #KKRvsPBKS #IPL2021

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) October 1, 2021

If SRK cannot digest this defeat, Preity can send a Zinetac.

— Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT) (@ovshake42) October 1, 2021

Shahrukh and Rahul winning it for Preity Zinta’s side!

What a tale ❤️#KKRvPBKS

— Kaali Zaban (@Nitzjotwani) October 1, 2021

Captain knock by kl Rahul ❤️#PBKS 🥳🔥 pic.twitter.com/PgHNiAbZNo

— King 👑 (@kumar_15555) October 1, 2021