‘Finest Innings in IPL This Year’: Twitter on Krishnappa Gowtham

Twitter showers praises on Krishnappa Gowtham following his match-winning knock of 33 of 11 balls against Mumbai.

Krishnappa Gowtham scored a whirlwind 33 of 11 balls to take Rajasthan Royals to victory in yet another last over finish against the Mumbai Indians on Sunday, 22 April.

Gowtham walked in to bat in the 18th over with the Royals needing 43 runs of 17 balls to win. Jasprit Bumrah was at his best in the death and Mustafizur was bowling economically too. It seemed that Rajasthan had their task cut out if they had to get over the finish line.

However, Gowtham made it look ridiculously easy for the home side. After scoring a six and a four a piece in Mustazfizur’s 18th over, he smashed Bumrah for two boundaries in the following over. With 10 needed of the final over, he took Hardik Pandya to the cleaners and ensured that there were no further hiccups in the Royals’ chase.

Rajasthan romped home with two balls to spare.

This was Mumbai’s fourth last-over defeat in the tournament.

Gowtham was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for 6.2 crore in the auction.

Twitterati showered their appreciation on Gowtham and hailed his heroics.

‘Gowtham, Take a Bow’

Krishnappa Gowtham. From no awareness to stardom in 15 mins. The magic of IPL. 👏👏👏

— Shailesh Kapoor (@shaileshkapoor) April 22, 2018

Krishnappa Gowtham from nowhere pulled off a stunning victory for RR

33 Runs in 11 balls ( Four 4s and Two 6s )

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 22, 2018

Remember the name KRISHNAPPA GOWTHAM !! Finest innings of this IPL season so far. #RRvMI

— Serendipity (@ConsiderMeHappy) April 22, 2018

What an innings by Krishnappa Gowtham! Calm mind and clean hitting!👌👌👌👌 #IPL #RRvMI

— Nitin Gadhave (@NDG_KRD) April 22, 2018

Super Sunday gives us two last-over thrillers. #CSK taking it by a whisker in the first one, and Krishnappa Gowtham smoking it round the park and winning it for #RR. Awesome!

— Sidhu (@sidhuwrites) April 22, 2018

#MumbaiIndians were prepared for Ajinkya, Samson, stokes, Butler, Klassen, Archer but "Krishnappa Gowtham" was out of syllabus😅 #RRvMI

— Ashish Awasthi (@Ashisha2090) April 22, 2018

Ex Mumbai Indian Krishnappa Gowtham took #MI by storm. This is what happens when you bench a beast throughout the season. #RRvMI

— Abhay Chaudhary (@ImAbhay3) April 22, 2018

‘Value for Money’

He's been a fantastic buy for #RajasthanRoyals, this Krishnappa Gowtham. He'd been tracked by quite a few franchises and showed his value today. 33(11)!!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 22, 2018

Krishnappa Gowtham was bought for 6.2 crores in the auction.

Wondering why?

He's proved it tonight! #RRvMI

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 22, 2018

Anil Kumble rated Krishnappa Gowtham when he was bought very highly. It wasn’t the Karnataka bias. You’re good if Kumble holds you in high regards. #RRvMI

— samreen (@SamreenRazzaqui) April 22, 2018

K.GOUTAM proved his price tag today!!

Gowtham did a Dinesh Karthik for Rajasthan
Terrifc match.

Match winning inning played by Krishnappa Gowtham 33 off just 11 including 4 fours and 2 sixes#RRvMI

— Srikanth Matrubai (@goodfundadvisor) April 22, 2018

Bought For Rs 6.2 Crore, Rajasthan Royals Finally Reap The Benefits Of Krishnappa Gowtham

— Sagar Gupta (@sagarguptadelhi) April 23, 2018

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