Twitter Praises Rahul After KXIP Get Past SRH in Close Encounter

With 11 needed off the final over, KL Rahul and Sam Curran held their nerves to help Punjab win the game.

KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal added a 114-run stand for the third wicket. 

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The game in which Kings XI Punjab were coasting at one point of time was brought down to the last over by the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers who took key wickets in the middle-overs to slow the scoring rate down for the home side.

With 11 needed off the final over, KL Rahul and Sam Curran held their nerves to help Punjab win their fourth game of the season on Monday, 8 April and get up to the third position in the points table.

A low scoring contest, the Sunrisers bowlers did well to pull things back after KL Rahul (71*) and Mayank Agarwal (55) added 114 for the second wicket. Nowhere then, did it look that the game might go onto to the final overs.

However, a crucial boundary from KL Rahul from Nabi’s fourth delivery sealed it for Punjab. Twitter was also on the edge throughout the riveting last over contest between the two teams.

Here are some of the best tweets from the last-over thriller.

Kings XI are back to winning ways after their loss against Chennai in their last match. SRH, on the other hand, have lost their last two matches.