IPL 2020 RR vs CSK: Samson, Archer show sets Twitter on fire as Royals beat CSK by 16 runs
Rajasthan Royal kick-started their IPL 2020 campaign with a sensational win over Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah on Tuesday. Steve Smith's Royals beat CSK by 16 runs in a high-scoring clash. Sanju Samson, Steve Smith outclassed CSK bowlers to guide their team to a massive 216/7 in the first innings. Samson slammed 74 runs off 32 balls to light up Sharjah with 9 humongous sixes. Smith played an incredible knock of 69 runs off 47 deliveries while making a comeback to competitive cricket after a concussion break. Jofra Archer also joined the party in the last over to slam 27 runs off 8 deliveries in which he hit four back to back sixes against Lungi Ngidi.
Chasing the massive target, CSK left 16-run short, despite Faf du Plessis fabulous knock of 72 runs. The Proteas slammed seven sixes during his magnificent innings.Β
Rahul Tewatia was pick of the bowler from Royals camp as he took three wickets for 37 runs in four overs including a crucial one of Shane Watson, who got off to a good start and hit 33 runs.Β
Tewatia also got the wicket of the busy Kedar Jadhav (22), thanks to a sharp one-handed catch by wicketkeeper Samson. du Plessis then tried to milk as many runs as he could from the 'death' overs. But when he fell for 72, CSK still needed 38 off seven balls to win. That became 38 to win off the last over when Ravindra Jadeja left the very next ball unharmed.
MS Dhoni (29*) hit three consecutive sixes in the last over which helped his team reduce the margin of defeat to 16 runs.
The fans on social media went berserk as it was raining sixes on a placid Sharjah track, with shorter boundaries as compared to other IPL venus - Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Samson, Archer and Dhoni were talking points on Twitter during the game.
Out Of The Park
β SΚΙͺα΄ α΄α΄ (@ibeingshivam_) September 22, 2020
Dhoni Mass π₯ π₯#CSKvsRR pic.twitter.com/kI4dawGQaK
Viru's aggression
β Abhishek (@its_abhishek7) September 22, 2020
Dhoni's calmness
Sachin's class
Perfect mixture of all above=Sanju Samson.
I wish he'll be the captain of the men in blues someday.#CSKvsRR #RRvCSK pic.twitter.com/DeHzElj5pb
Don't care that CSK lost the match, but those 3 sixes from #Dhoni were pure bliss to watch. #ipl2020 #CSKvsRR pic.twitter.com/mEJGHiWpBp
β Pratik Jawanjal (@PratikJawanja17) September 22, 2020
#CSKvsRR
β Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) September 22, 2020
Dhoni fans after seeing hat-trick of sixes after a long time: pic.twitter.com/6Oh0CKQt3D
Sanju Samson is not just the best wicketkeeper batsmen in India but the best young batsman in India!
β Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 22, 2020
Anyone up for debate?
Jofra Archer when he saw #SanjuSamson hitting sixes pic.twitter.com/swWMty1GKD
β Saurabh Dubey (@Saurabh41393288) September 22, 2020
What a catch π π³
β Pratiksha Jha (@JhaPratiksha) September 22, 2020
Dear @BCCI ,hope you are watching this π. #SanjuSamson#CSKvsRR pic.twitter.com/lkE4BkeNUQ
Jofra Archer after hitting 4 sixes #RRvCSK pic.twitter.com/rXoopV2jct
β Ankit Vashistha (@engineerankit3) September 22, 2020
#CSKvRR #JofraArcher
β Paramhans Namdev (@ItsParamhans) September 22, 2020
Csk:- Finally all the batsmen were out
Le Archer pic.twitter.com/wMx9CnkW3S
