RR vs DC | Twitter in splits as Buttler pulls off the England special by deflecting Yashasvi's stroke for four

Fireworks from Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel at the top of the order followed by a late onslaught from Tristan Stubbs ensured Delhi Capitals set the Rajasthan Royals a steep target of 222 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in a must-win encounter on Tuesday. However, the hosts needed to be wary given the visitors had more than enough artillery in their arsenal, as was on showcase earlier in the season when they had chased down a then-record 220-plus target against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The signs of the same were immediately evident as Yashaasvi Jaiswal kicked off the innings with a boundary albeit in a highly comical fashion.

Up against Khaleel Ahmed, the youngster drove hard at the full-length delivery to dispatch it down the ground with ferocity. However, Jos Buttler was caught unawares by the sheer venom of the shot and could not move out of the ball's way in time. The Kookaburra thus struck the retreating batter's thigh and the deflection completely wrong-footed mid-on who had been charging in straight to stop the ball in its tracks.

The umpire had no choice but to signal a four and the Rajasthan pair were all giggles at the same, echoing Twitterati's response to the hilarious incident,

Just escaped

Same way

Struggle is real

Bad shots

Joined the elite squad

All about middle stumps

Dissappointing

Lets see

Next era's promise

Gone