Twitter reacts as KKR qualify for the playoffs for the 6th time in IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who has boasted of the best bowling attack this season, failed to stop an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders side even though they had enough runs to defend. Twitterati were overjoyed after KKR qualified for the IPL playoffs for the sixth time by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 172/9 (Shikhar Dhawan 50, Kane Williamson 36; Prasidh Krishna 4/30, Javon Searles 1/24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 173/5 (Chris Lynn 55, Robin Uthappa 45; Siddarth Kaul 2/26, Carlos Brathwaite 2/21) by 5 wickets.
What a start by Goswami!
Shreevats Goswami is killing it... Full form #VIVOIPL #PerfectFan @Vivo_India
— Neha (@iNehaBhambri) May 19, 2018
Shreevats Goswami's six off the very next ball after being hit on the helmet was incredible
— Amol Joshi (@amalezishi) May 19, 2018
Bad day to be the hometown!
Shreyas Gopal from Karnataka knocked RCB out.
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) May 19, 2018
Shreevats Goswami from West Bengal bullying KKR bowlers now
Another great season for Dhawan!
Shikhar Dhawan becomes 5th player to score 500 runs against KKR in IPL...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 19, 2018
Shikhar Dhawan's last three IPL seasons
— Bhaskar Ganekar (@BhaskarGanekar) May 19, 2018
2016 - 501 runs - Rank 5
2017 - 479 runs - Rank 3
2018 - 473 runs - Rank 10 ***
(*** He'll play at least 2 more games in this season)#IPL2018 #SRHvKKR
No one expected Kane to fill in Warner's boot, but now...
644* runs by Kane Williamson in #IPL2018 is:
— srijith (@srijithcfc) May 19, 2018
➖ Second-most runs in a season by a #SRH player. Warner (848 runs in 2016) has the most
➖ Third-most runs in a season by an IPL captain. Kohli (973 runs in 2016) has the most#IPL2018 #SRHvKKR
Who said Kane is not a good T20 player?
Kane Williamson in IPL:
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 19, 2018
First 15 games: 11 Sixes
Next 14 games: 26 Sixes
Yet another youngster who has shined in this IPL!
Brilliant last over from Prasidh Krishna : W 0 4 W W W
— IPL CricfreakZ (@cricfreakz) May 19, 2018
Yet another Emerging star in this #IPL2018 #SRHvKKR
Prasidh Krishna shines with 4/30 via @ipl
— prince kumar singh (@prince2710singh) May 19, 2018
Even though RCB had a bad day, Karnataka has been a gala time!
Top performance from Karnataka bowlers today:
— Karnataka Ranji Team/ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಣಜಿ ತಂಡ (@RanjiKarnataka) May 19, 2018
1. Krishnappa Gowtham: 2-0-6-1 & 14(5b, 2x6s),
2. Shreyas Gopal: 4-0-16-4 (Man of the Match),
3. Prasidh Krishna: 4-0-30-4.#IPL2018 #RRvRCB #SRHvKKR
Another match another Narine cameo!
Narine giving those starts is the key💜💜💜
— Eldo Jacob (@eldoj28) May 19, 2018
Fun fact!
Sunil Narine in this IPL having more runs than
— Merin Kumar (@merin_kumar) May 19, 2018
Mayank, Finch, Maxwell, Stokes, Karun, Mandeep, Tripathi, QDK, Russell, Nithish, Ishan, Rohit, Manish, Uthappa & Rahane
3 runs less than Raina
Narine -298 runs
— சிறுத்தோஸ் (@TonySK486) May 19, 2018
Rohit -276 runs
🤐🤐
And then Lynn joined the party!
Half century for CHRIS LYNN...👏👏#SRHvKKR
— Fukkard (@Fukkard) May 19, 2018
Chris Lynn against Pacers 🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️#SRHvKKR
— SRK HATERS KO MAARO (@SRKsWarrior1__) May 19, 2018
Rashid Khan who?
Robin Uthappa against Rashid Khan:
— Abhay3 (@ImAbhay3) May 19, 2018
58 runs off just the 31 balls in 3 innings without being dismissed once including 4 FOURS & 4 SIXES#SRHvKKR
Million dollar question!
Are you fucking kidding me Uthappa? Will his innings never go past the 40s?#SRHvKKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar #IPL2018
— debodipta paul (@debodipta_paul) May 19, 2018
And with the win against SRH, KKR make it to the playoffs! Take a bow!
Congratulations #KKR. You made it against all odd. Being criticised for your auction pickings. Defendance on under 19 Player. You made you haters ,your admirer.. #KKRHaiTaiyaar #IPL2018 @KKRiders
— Sourav Samal (@iamsouraav) May 19, 2018
KKR qualified to play offs for the sixth time in IPL history...
— Mumbai Indians FC #DDvMI #DDvMI #DDvMI (@miIPLTeam) May 19, 2018
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