Australian imports Steve Smith and James Faulkner pounded 65 runs in just 17 balls to carry Rajasthan Royals to a five-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial IPL game here Sunday. Smith (48 not out, 21b, 4x4, 4x6) and Faulkner (41 not out, 17b, 3x4, 3x6) came together in the 14th over with Rajasthan on 106 for five, and played some clever cricket to help their team overhaul RCB’s total of 190 for five with seven balls to spare. [caption id=“attachment_1518589” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Yuvraj Singh during the press conference after match 35. BCCI[/caption] In the process, Yuvraj Singh’s dream performance of 83 off 38 balls (7x4, 7x6) and 4 for 35 went in vain for RCB whose re-jigged line-up failed to deliver as they slid to their sixth defeat in nine matches while Rajasthan chalked up sixth win to consolidate their third place on the leaderboard. But for twitter, the match was all about Yuvraj. Have a look at some of the tweets below: https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/465516007931772928 https://twitter.com/fwildecricket/status/465516404671000576 https://twitter.com/AshokRaghavan/status/465516066811420674 https://twitter.com/coolfunnytshirt/status/465515917502210049 https://twitter.com/thewallwithin/status/465516414757912576 https://twitter.com/SriramVenkit/status/465517493201559552 https://twitter.com/cricketwallah/status/465522904822599681 https://twitter.com/rameshsrivats/status/465523572425760768 https://twitter.com/JudgeArnab/status/465524076639825920
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