RR vs KKR | Twitter reacts as flared tensions between Jofra and Harshit culminate in panicked Hetmyer

Kolkata Knight Riders made the most of their decision to bowl first at the Barsapara Stadium on Wednesday as they scalped wickets at regular intervals to restrict the Rajasthan Royals to a subpar total of 151/9. Varun Chakaravarthy was the pick of the bowlers, as is often the case, with wondrous figures of 2/17 but the mystery spinner had enough help around him as Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, and Vaibhav Arora matched his wickets tally as well. In fact, it took a late 16-run cameo from tailender Jofra Archer to even take them beyond the 150-run milestone, the Englishman's seven ball stay making for some peak IPL cricket viewing.

Archer arrived to the crease in the 19th over after Harshit got the better of Dhruv Jurel and immediately cut a short and wide delivery towards square leg for a maximum. The KKR player was far from pleased and given his reputation for wearing his heart on the sleeve, an exchange seemed inevitable. And it arrived the very next ball itself, when Harshit slung in a full delivery allowing Archer to stride forward with a riveting hit down the ground. However, Harshit was quick with his reflexes to get a hand on the Kookaburra and stop in its track and once he realized Jofra was outside his crease, the pacer was quick to threaten a throw at the stumps. 

While all this chaos went down at the other end, Shimron Hetmyer was worried for both his life and wicket given the pace at which the ball and came as well as the fact that harshit got his fingers to it. As a result, he sprawled and tumbled to the ground in awkward fashion in the background, adding even more entertainment to the amusing incident -- much to Twitterati's delight.   

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