To make the clash more exciting, RR’s social media team sent out a clever tweet that quickly went viral and drew a lot of attention. RR’s Twitter handle compared their match against PBKS to the Copa del Rey semi-final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, writing, El Clasico tonight.
When a user with a profile picture of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the background wrote, El Clasico of minnows, the story took a hilarious turn. Nice dp, RR said in response.
Coming back to the match, PBKS won by a tense five-run margin thanks to skipper Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 86 and four wickets from Nathan Ellis. Punjab scored 197-4 after being invited to bat first in Guwahati, thanks to Dhawan’s 56-ball knock and a 90-run opening stand with Prabhsimran Singh, who hit 60.
Ellis then starred in his second game of his IPL debut season, taking 4-30 and limiting Rajasthan to 192-7, but not without a scare.
