India vs West Indies T20: Twitter hail Rahul as West Indies defeat India in a thriller

The much awaited T20 International between India and West Indies finally took place in Florida and one can say that the match lived up to its expectations.

India skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, the West Indies opener proved his decision wrong and thrashed the Indian bowlers all over the park. The duo added 126 runs in only 57 balls for the first wicket to lay the foundation of a huge score. Johnson Charles was the first wicket to fell after scoring 79 off only 33 balls. His opening partner Evin Lewis, who was playing his first match, continued the fireworks and scored his maiden ton off only 48 balls. Useful contribution from other batsmen helped West Indies to post a mammoth total of 245 runs.

Chasing the huge target, India fired on all cylinders but lost Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli cheaply. But a 89 runs partnership between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul steadied the ship. Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 62 runs off only 28 balls to keep India in the match. KL Rahul, who impressed on the Zimbabwe and West Indies tour, continued his fine form and played one of the best innings of his career to take India close. The right handed batsman scored his maiden T20 ton off only 46 balls. Rahul scored 110 but his efforts were not enough as India lost the match by 1 run.

Let us see how the Twitterati reacted to this incredible match:

This time Dhoni hit the winning shot for the opposition team #IndvsWI

— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) August 27, 2016

What an innings by @klrahul11 this has been. Lovely clean striking and this should now be an incredible win .#IndvsWI

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 27, 2016

KL Rahul is The find of the year fr India in all formats. Guess where his new dimension was unlocked? Now IPL isnt all evil, is it?#IndvsWI

— Ameya Dalvi (@ameyadalvi) August 27, 2016

Rahuls are great at cricket.
Bad at politics.
They can run between the wickets but, not for PM.#IndvsWI

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) August 27, 2016

KL Rahul:

First Century in his first ODI

First Century in his second Test innings

First Century in his Fourth T20I

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 27, 2016

KL Rahul....you beauty. Special player. What composure. Take a bow. 👏👏😊😊

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 27, 2016

CENTURY! KL Rahul becomes the first player in T20Is to score a ton batting at no. 4 or below! #IndvsWI

— Nikhil Mane 🏏🇦🇺 (@nikhiltait) August 27, 2016

Wow @klrahul11 last 3 100's ,one each in in ODI, test, T20 all completed with a six.
Dabanng#IndvsWI

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 27, 2016

Sushant right now #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/DUuARNo0CB

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) August 27, 2016

Hardwork and Result of team India in todays match explained. #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/GccjilNUgg

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) August 27, 2016

Deleting Champion song from my Mobile & Laptop. #IndvsWI

— ओमर अब्दुल्लाह (@abdullah_0mar) August 27, 2016

Source:SportzWiki

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