Twitter explodes as Mumbai Indians make a mockery of KXIP's bowling attack

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04/20/2017

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Hashim Amla's sublime century for KXIP was overshadowed by some explosive batting by Jos Buttler, Nitish Rana, and Parthiv Patel. MI made a mockery of the 199 target that Punjab set and the Twitterati had a field day praising Amla and the Mumbai batsmen while having their usual dig at Ishant Sharma.

Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 198/4 (Hashim Amla 104, Glenn Maxwell 40; Mitchell McClenaghan 2/46, Krunal Pandya 1/29) lost to Mumbai Indians 199/2 (Jos Buttler 77, Nitish Rana 62; Marcus Stoinis 1/28, Mohit Sharma 1/29) by 8 wickets.

Pre match banter

Forget Everything,I'm Relieved To See Foreign Umpires Back In #IPL

Chris Gaffney Yesterday, Marius Erasmus Today 😌😌#KXIPvMI #VIVOIPL
— Akshay Aher (@AkshayAher05) April 20, 2017

Do #MI and #KKR really need to play these matches ? Hands down, they are the most balanced sides. Directly promote to playoffs ? #KXIPvMI
— just_another_guy (@cricLife2093) April 20, 2017

So Mumbai Indians playing XI has four Gujaratis. Not to speak of the team owners. Shouldn't they be the Gujarat Lions? #IPL2017 #KXIPvMI
— Raj Narayan (@OnlineObelix) April 20, 2017

The match had a soporific start

6,7,7,6,6,5,6 - last 7 overs from the Punjobbers boringly consistent... #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 20, 2017

Before Amla (who scored a century)

#KXIPvMI 'Amla' is good for health. Hence proved 💃
— HustleMuch (@prekshi7) April 20, 2017

And Ashok Dinda was spotted on the field

Traces of Ashoke Dinda being seen in McClenaghan #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Babu Ballberring (@ron2rohan) April 20, 2017

Didn't know #Dinda was playing today. #Malinga #KXIPvMI @IPL #IPL
— Shareq Inamdar (@itssrq) April 20, 2017

The question on people's lips: can Sir Ishant influence the match?

Ishant Sharma's performance will decide the outcome of the match..#KXIPvMI

Can MI overcome this?? Or perhaps can Punjab contain him😂😂 pic.twitter.com/cVWK6ueC1d
— Xaikia (@TryIndia_critic) April 20, 2017

Of course he can!

Legend SirIshantSharma's Bowling Can Make Even Target Of 199 Look Too Small And Gettable. 🙏🙏🙏#KXIPvMI Ishant Sharma
— Vicky Nishant (@talk3vicky) April 20, 2017

8⃣2⃣/1⃣ in 6 overs!

Highest Powerplay score this season!

Highest Powerplay score for us in the IPL.#KXIPvMI #CricketMeriJaan #MI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 20, 2017

KXIP, just before getting hit for 27 runs in 2 overs

Better Sheron! Only six runs conceded that over by Swapnil Singh. Still need those wickets though!

MI 123/1 off 10 overs.#KXIPvMI #KXIP
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 20, 2017

Ashok Dinda again

Seems Ishant, sandeep, mohit all 3 sharmas took training from the legend Ashok dinda#KXIPvMI
— A@$#!$# Manani (@aashishmanani33) April 20, 2017

In the end, entertainment, entertainment, entertainment

Commentator saying "Sirf 16 run aaye iss over se" aptly describes the match. #KXIPvMI
— Tejas (@Tejaa_vu) April 20, 2017

Thanks to all the boundaries hit, the cheerleaders of Mumbai Indians are doing more work than the fielders of Punjab.#KXIPvMI
— Angad Singh Ranyal (@PiratedSardar) April 20, 2017

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