Published: Apr 22, 2016, 08:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 22, 2016, 11:44 PM (IST)
There is an uncanny similarity between these two sides. Not only the sides Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) led by India’s national captains — MS Dhoni (limited-overs India skipper) and Virat Kohli (India’s Test skipper) respectively but also they started their campaign with a win and then suffered two big losses. IPL 2016, Live streaming: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Pune
They will lock horns as both the sides will look forward to get the crucial two points. RCB will miss the services of Chris Gayle, who just became a father. RCB are a top-heavy side, who rely a lot on their batting to bail them out. Their bowling has remained a weakness and the absence of Mitchell Starc and Samuel Badree has further hurt them.
While RCB’s strength lies in their batting, RPS wear a more balanced look to their side. Kohli lost his fourth toss on a row and RCB will be batting first. They are playing Tabraiz Shamsi in place of Travis Head and Varun Aaron has been replaced by Mandeep Singh. Pune have made one change. Irfan Pathan sits out and Rajat Bhatia comes in. As always, we will bring you the best of the social feeds, including hilarious tweets.
That’s it. @RCBTweets win by 13 runs. But that innings from @PereraThisara definitely had us in the game. What a match we had tonight.
— Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 22, 2016
Fine contest in the end. Pune recovery superb after top order tottered but Dhoni will wonder if he could’ve gone for big shots trifle early
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 22, 2016
Yes a great victory!!!!! @RCBTweets as always #PlayBold #RPSvRCB #VIVOIPL
— Jayanth S Shekar (@hockeyjss98) April 22, 2016
Typical virat kohli’s reaction! #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/rsADkQpzcl
— durai (@duraionly) April 22, 2016
KL Rahul was catching that like a flood victim catching relief packets #RPSvRCB
— Yuvi (@Yuvraj_Sehgal) April 22, 2016
Its not harsal patel fault its kohli fault becoz that over should have been bowled by richardson #RPSvRCB @RCBTweets #ipl9 — Royal Challengers (@manasisawsum) April 22, 2016
Well played Parera.
U deserve Man of the Match— भारतीय विक्रम (@vikramc_24) April 22, 2016
Y the hell harshal Patel is included in the team. Worst bowler #RPSvRCB — gopalan (@gopalanvicky) April 22, 2016
Virat kohli saving richardson for next game, and thats what happens #RPSvRCB
— HD. (@harshadandu) April 22, 2016
Perera making the impossible suddenly seem possible! Game on! — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 22, 2016
Stop calling Dhoni the best finisher in the game..He once was..not now not anymore. P.S – B4 u start arguing with me..I’m his fan. #RPSvRCB
— Aaah – Niii – Ssshh (@anish_waghray) April 22, 2016
180+ run chase. 41 (38) can’t win it for you. Some days it might come off but most days it won’t from there — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 22, 2016
When team needed T20 innings Dhoni had played like ODI, lol #RPSvRCB — Kishore (@GheePongal) April 22, 2016
Dhoni gone and match is over for RPS #RPSvRCB — TN & DeadPool (@SHEBcricket) April 22, 2016
Parera could b a blessing in disguise fr RPS..they need big hitting nd he can do that….. #RPSvRCB — Misbahul Imam.. (@Misbahimam16) April 22, 2016
Match on Twitter looks more interesting than watching in stadium #RPSvRCB — Deepak Nikam (@blaster319) April 22, 2016
Dhoni ensuring that they not lost this match more den 30 runs hence batting 4 score around 160..also preparing his post match chat #RPSvRCB — arjun thakur (@arjun183) April 22, 2016
I am sure at the moment Isa Guha is thinking ‘Kahan phas gayi main’. #IPL #RPSvRCB — Paresh Godhwani (@Paranormal_PG) April 22, 2016
What are they doing!!………. Especially dhoni… I mean I don’t think he is now capable of winning a match when more than 150 r #RPSvRCB — iamafreak (@prabhatrxd) April 22, 2016
I have some 60% confident on @msdhoni that he will give win to RCB #RPSvRCB — Árjün (@ImArjun_M2R) April 22, 2016
IPL: Also called OPL(Openers’ Premier League) and CPL(Chasers’ Premier League). #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Vignesh Waran (@vwaran97) April 22, 2016
Dhoni cricket boring kar diya yaar ..thak thak thak #RPSvRCB — सुल्तान_Neel (@bajrangi_neel) April 22, 2016
More than 12 runs per over required, Dhoni is taking singles and letting a player like Rahane play strokes. #RCBvRPS #RPSvRCB — Ashish Nehra (@DiwansinghNehra) April 22, 2016
Wonder if Iqbal Abdulla contemplated the Mankad for just an instant before realising that it was the Indian captain #RPSvRCB — Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) April 22, 2016
Some sloppy fielding by @RCBTweets need more effort to get control of the situation #RPSvRCB — Naveen (@navi60f) April 22, 2016
This shamsi guy looks lk he entered ipl thru management quota ..nowhere to be found #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Arthur Warvig (@vw_Flynnrider) April 22, 2016
Very well said ! 484 runs in 4 games ! The only reason I watch IPL @imVkohli @ABdeVilliers17 @RCBTweets @IPL pic.twitter.com/NWj6Hrox69 — Mohamed Abuzaid (@abuzaid_abuzaid) April 22, 2016
Only difference bw RPS and RCB is…….there is no Devillers in RPS #RPSvRCB — Sameer (@Sameerbset) April 22, 2016
Pune named its team RPS after a legendery fast bowler Rudra Pratap Singh. #RPSvRCB #IPL2016 #VIVOIPL — Sanjay Sudhar Jha (@Jha_Sudhar) April 22, 2016
It’s very interesting how ‘Chinaman’ word came in existence. It was during Eng tour to WI when China origin player was playing #RPSvRCB — Abhishek Shekhawat (@abhi07cricket) April 22, 2016
Ever since @msdhoni has retired from test cricket, he’s been compensating for it in ODIs and T20 #RPSvRCB — Nikipedia (@NikunjDewan) April 22, 2016
Good start by Tabraiz Shamsi for #RCB… can he be the diff in this Bowling line up 🙂 #RPSvRCB — Rachit #IPL (@rachit_g2) April 22, 2016
Massive thank you @RPSupergiants fans in Pune! Close to full capacity loud,proud, colourful & chanting Dhoni Dhoni pic.twitter.com/WO0qyfS0wE — TEAM MS DHONI (@imDhoni_fc) April 22, 2016
Can the commentators stop calling cricketers as customers..#RPSvRCB #RCBvRPS #IPL9 #IPL2016 — Chuniya Mama (@daalrice) April 22, 2016
“Papa wo gaali dene waale uncle ko kidnapped kar liya maine, aap pelo RCB ko” #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/Y2NOcDYXBU — Parth™ (@Parth_Dil_Se) April 22, 2016
Saale Watson how dare you laugh at Dhoni. Have u forgotten what he did in Bangladesh. #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Harshvardhan S (@Harshvardhan499) April 22, 2016
Over 2.4 is the second earliest MS Dhoni has come to bat in a T20, in terms of overs. He had come to bat at Over 1.4 vs DD in 2010. #RPSvRCB — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2016
Every time KL Rahul dives and his cap falls off, a shampoo brand manager smiles silently.#RPSvRCB @RCBTweets — Shiv (@ForwardDefence) April 22, 2016
Chasing this down is as impossible as bringing back the black money to India #RPSvRCB — Harish (@kobri7) April 22, 2016
Seriously though, did any of you think today that Dhoni would come in to bat in the 3rd over?? #IPL #RPSvRCB — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) April 22, 2016
What a moment! When AB tickles Virat after the wicket! #RPSvRCB #RCBvRPS #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/cNTVSZ3pze — Vibhuti⭐️ (@Rythem66) April 22, 2016
@RPSupergiants की ताजा हालत , “यह सब क्या हो रहा है?!?!?” #IPL2016 #IPL9 #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/3QAHb9nBVY — मूषक (@Mooshak4u) April 22, 2016
SirJadeja: Faf du Plessis Gone. #RPS Has Lost It. Now Only Formality Is Left. 😉#RPSvRCB #RCBvRPS #IPL2016 — Vijay Bhaskar (@ghostlyrants) April 22, 2016
Kane Richardson’s Hair Cut is what small Children have in Summer – Tapeli Cut !!#RPSvRCB — Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) April 22, 2016
#RPSvRCB @RPSupergiants -12/1 (1.5/20 ov)#WICKET @KP24 retired hurt 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00 pic.twitter.com/c2VPV2HJ4R — IamSD15_ (@IamSD15_) April 22, 2016
Looking,forward to seeing Shamsi bowl. New spinners always a curiosity. — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 22, 2016
Ouch! @KP24 looks in trouble here. He may have pulled something here. He’s walking off now. Not an ideal start. #RPSvRCB #BeASuperGiant — Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 22, 2016
Now who is spreading the rumour that the reason behind @imVkohli break up was @ABdeVilliers17 !! #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Humouristic (@Humour_Reloaded) April 22, 2016
Jis team ka striking bowler stuart binny ho, us team ki bowling attack ka andaza aasani se lagaya ja sakta hai #RPSvRCB — Akmal Shaikh (@AkmalShaikh_) April 22, 2016
Big blow for the #SuperGiants! In form @faf1307 is out and it’s 12/1. #RPSvRCB #BeASuperGiant — Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 22, 2016
Want to Learn How to Hit CLASSY 4 Either Go to DRAVID or AJINKIYA RAHANE Damn Classy Player he is#RPSvRCB#DumKaNayaRang@RPSupergiants — Piyush Saini (@piyushsaini17) April 22, 2016
#RPSvRCB why Kohli gave new ball to Binni when he has other options? — Banwari (@banwarij) April 22, 2016
When Anushka realized Virat has a secret relationship with AB D VILLIERS #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/2FFoFn5T6Q — parash.mirakkel (@parash_mirakkel) April 22, 2016
2 batsmen scoring 80+ for a team in an IPL match: Hussey 86*/Raina 82* v MI, 2013 ABD 133*/Kohli 82* v MI, 2015 ABD 82/Kohli 80 v RPS, 2016 — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2016
AB & Kohli played 109 balls out of 120 Balls Still RCB failed to score 200+ at Bangalore.. Good bowling effort by Pune! — Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 22, 2016
Superb last over there from @PereraThisara. RCB finish with 185 runs on the board. Time to chase now! #RPSvRCB #BeASuperGiant — Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 22, 2016
SHIT! Just Missed My Century By 3 Runs. 😉 #RPSvRCB #RCBvRPS #IPL2016 — Sir Ishant Sharma (@SirIshantSharma) April 22, 2016
Say what you want. Bright pink flags & Jersey looks quite hideous. #RPSvRCB #RisingPuneLOL — Gobblefunking (@gobblefunk_) April 22, 2016
2 minute of silence who thinks kholi innings was great #RPSvRCB — atul frank (@iamatulfrank) April 22, 2016
AB de Villiers and Kohli are the only pair have 3 150+ partnerships in the history of T20 cricket. — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2016
High partnerships btw Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers 215* in 2015 157 in 2016 155 in 2016 tonight! 107 in 2016 103 in 2013 in #IPL#RPSvRCB — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 22, 2016
Jai and Veeru these both are! #ABD #Kohli #RPSvRCB — Chirag (@chigz10) April 22, 2016
Is any their statistics for most runs given throughout season. Ishanth is trying to achieve that. MSD is still believing him. Worst #RPSvRCB — Ramkumar Yoganathan (@yoganathan_ram) April 22, 2016
Looking at Ishant here and the 17 Tests that are lined up for India in next 1 year or so, I am pretty scared. #IPL #RPSvRCB #IPL2016 — Devarchit (@Devarchit) April 22, 2016
Why is Virat batting like Dhawan today ? #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/5v96JC240G — Jimish (@jimishbathia) April 22, 2016
RCB’s batting line-up RCB’s bowling line-up #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/HFttBZhSK1 — Sociotard (@Socio_tard) April 22, 2016
#RPSvRCB Fans having a great time and some very interesting banners there for @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/rrU5V1FwWA — Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) April 22, 2016
#RPSvRCB Y r they showing Rajat Bhatia making dirty obscene gestures with his tongue in super slo-mo? #IPL — LayEggBeforeWicket (@LayEgg_B4_Wkt) April 22, 2016
For bowlers against #Kohli and #abdevilliers feels like this-hurtful #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/c4dvatva7B — Prashanth (@PrashYerramilli) April 22, 2016
Virat Kohli has been dropped! That could be very, very expensive! #RPSvRCB #LiveToPlay pic.twitter.com/Q5yLDCSuVX — Zevenworld (@zevenW0rld) April 22, 2016
Ankit Sharma trying hard to get selected in the Indian Test team#RPSvRCB — Style Bhai (@Gutkha_Mukesh) April 22, 2016
Dropping Kholi’s catch is like giving grace marks to someone who is already passing with distinction #RPSvRCB — vibhor aggarwal (@vibz88) April 22, 2016
3 100+ stands by a pair in a single IPL season: Dhawan-Gambhir in 2008 Gayle-Kohli in 2012 AB-Kohli in 2016*#IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2016
Ankit Sharma dropped virat which would have been the first dismissal of virat by R ashwin #RPSvRCB — Office of Pappu (@OfficeOfPappu) April 22, 2016
Nobody wants to take catch off ashwin’s bowling..recent curse #RPSvRCB — bravoman (@an_usa_bar) April 22, 2016
So, ordinary bowling from pune bowlers. Now its impossible to restrict RCB under 180. So bad. #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — ՏհօҍհíԵ ցմԹԵɑ (@shobhitgupta921) April 22, 2016
Ashwin looks to have started bowling along with Ishant during nets, bowling a lot of extras of late!#IPL #RPSvRCB — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) April 22, 2016
The awkward moment when one of the hindi commentators called #RPS – Pune Super Joints! #RPSvRCB — Authentic fangirl (@srissmine) April 22, 2016
We haven’t seen @sachin_rt & Don Bradman batting together but thank you @IPL for bringing @imVkohli & @ABdeVilliers17 together. #RPSvRCB — praSHant (@imPR10) April 22, 2016
If maradona have hand of God, Then Dhoni have leg of God #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/MYUk3pTqne — Office of Pappu (@OfficeOfPappu) April 22, 2016
Batsman. Captain. Wicket-keeper. Goal-keeper. Dhoni again uses his right leg to stop an intentional steer from Kohli. #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Vaibhav Singh (@MsdianVaibh) April 22, 2016
AB | Pune | Kohli pic.twitter.com/plEJmvVaD4 — Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 22, 2016
Does anyone else think that RisingPuneSuperGiants’ jersey looks like KwalityWalls’ Rainbow Icecream? #RPSvRCB — dhaerya malhotra (@dhaeryamalhotra) April 22, 2016
Ishant ‘No Ball’ Sharma ahead of Irfan Pathan? I don’t like the ‘politician Dhoni#RPSvRCB — Parag Jain (@parag63) April 22, 2016
It seems @imVkohli is enjoying ABD’s company more than that of Anushka 🙂 #RPSvRCB — praSHant (@imPR10) April 22, 2016
Murali Karthik: ABD to andar se hi set ho kar aate hain!! Aur bc khud commentary se pehle, do large with soda dena @SirJadeja #RPSvRCB — Lie-sense of Humor (@maniknayyar1) April 22, 2016
Me when kohli and ABD building a partnership #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/TaczsEoZXv — Office of Pappu (@OfficeOfPappu) April 22, 2016
4th consecutive 50+ stand between Kohli and ABD this IPL. #IPL2016 #RPSvRCB — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2016
When Virat is on the pitch you can only hear “Kohli Kohli Kohli” frm the stadium even if he is not playing… Legendary Batsman. #RPSvRCB — Rohit Sharma (@imRo45_) April 22, 2016
KL Rahul, can you please get out so we can see Kohli and ABD bat together again #RPSvRCB — Mo Mo (@LumzanMo) April 22, 2016
Ishant shd b declared as the Superman of the match. He not only delivers the ball bt make sure it doesn’t reach the Batsman as well.#RPSvRCB — Rohit Sharma (@imRo45_) April 22, 2016
How thisara parera makes it to this team man over albie morkel #RPSvRCB — ani (@DanceEatRepeat) April 22, 2016
Is that Sir Ishant Sharma or Miss Ishantini Sharma Playing Today.#messedup #hairstyle #RPSvRCB — PremAmour (@premamour08) April 22, 2016
Someone please give Ishant Sharma a hair donut. He needs it badly I guess #RPSvRCB #IPL2016 @IPL pic.twitter.com/w6NsKFbH9y — twinklingtina (@twinklingtina) April 22, 2016
SirJadeja: Normal Bowlers Start With Wicket On 1st Ball. Legendary Bowlers Like SirIshantSharma Start With Wide On 1st Ball. #RPSvRCB — Vijay Bhaskar (@ghostlyrants) April 22, 2016
Ishant on the pads for 4 balls on the trot. Tell me why should I be excited about this #IPL. — Devarchit (@Devarchit) April 22, 2016
Ishant targeting the 4th leg stump. — Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 22, 2016
Clash of the Titans about to begin.#IPL #RPSvRCB pic.twitter.com/nRUIrkKAnK — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) April 22, 2016
I still fear @msdhoni‘s decisions, the selection of the team is one,But then at the end he has this habit of delivering in style #RPSvRCB — Abhishek sikarwar (@ApsSikarwar) April 22, 2016
MS Dhoni has scored 509 runs against RCB – the most for him against any team in #IPL. #RPSvRCB — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) April 22, 2016
It’s not clash of two captains, it’s just a game. One will win, one will lose. But I love both of the equally. So supporting both. #RPSvRCB — Priyam Singh Dhoni (@priyamsinghmahi) April 22, 2016
I’m going with #RCB for this game…yes, I know that they’re batting 1st but everything must change someday. What say, @ProfDeano? #RPSvRCB — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 22, 2016
.@RPSupergiants are warming- up ahead of their game against @RCBTweets #RPSvRCB #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/32qlW4ezqH — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 22, 2016
[VIDEO] Captain @imVkohli & Team @RCBTweets warming ahead of #RPSvRCB #VIVOIPL clash in Pune. #PlayBold #VK18FanClubhttps://t.co/guKKHu1ph9 — VK 18 Fan Club™ (@imVkohliFanClub) April 22, 2016
#RCBXI: Kohli, Lokesh, de Villiers, Watson, Singh, Sarfaraz, Binny, Richardson, Abdulla, Shamsi, Harshal. #RPSvRCB — CricLife (@TheCriclife) April 22, 2016
#RPSXI: Rahane, du Plessis, Pietersen, Smith, Dhoni, Perera, Bhatia, Ashwin, Ankit, Ishant, Murugan. #RPSvRCB — CricLife (@TheCriclife) April 22, 2016
Difficult to handle alpha males @imVkohli & @msdhoni in same dressing room? Not at all, says Ravi Shastri because they trust each other — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 22, 2016
Two changes in #RCBXI: Mandeep Singh comes in for Varun Aaron and Tabraiz Shamsi replaces Travis Head.#RPSvRCB — CricLife (@TheCriclife) April 22, 2016
.@imVkohli — “I should send someone else for the toss. This is the 4th consecutive time I lost the toss.” #RPSvRCB — CricLife (@TheCriclife) April 22, 2016
#RPS win the toss and opted to field first against #RCB #RPSvRCB — CricLife (@TheCriclife) April 22, 2016
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