Twitter explodes as Mumbai Indians make a mockery of KXIP's bowling attack
BCCI
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
β Akshay Aher (@AkshayAher05) April 20, 2017
Chris Gaffney Yesterday, Marius Erasmus Today ππ#KXIPvMI #VIVOIPL
Do #MI and #KKR really need to play these matches ? Hands down, they are the most balanced sides. Directly promote to playoffs ? #KXIPvMI
β 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
β 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
β Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 20, 2017
Before Amla (who scored a century)
#KXIPvMI 'Amla' is good for health. Hence proved π
β HustleMuch (@prekshi7) April 20, 2017
And Ashok Dinda was spotted on the field
Traces of Ashoke Dinda being seen in McClenaghan #KXIPvMI #IPL
β Babu Ballberring (@ron2rohan) April 20, 2017
Didn't know #Dinda was playing today. #Malinga#KXIPvMI @IPL #IPL
β 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
β Xaikia (@TryIndia_critic) April 20, 2017
Can MI overcome this?? Or perhaps can Punjab contain himππ pic.twitter.com/cVWK6ueC1d
Of course he can!
Legend SirIshantSharma's Bowling Can Make Even Target Of 199 Look Too Small And Gettable. πππ#KXIPvMI Ishant Sharma
β Vicky Nishant (@talk3vicky) April 20, 2017
8β£2β£/1β£ in 6 overs!
β Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 20, 2017
Highest Powerplay score this season!
Highest Powerplay score for us in the IPL.#KXIPvMI #CricketMeriJaan #MI
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!
β Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 20, 2017
MI 123/1 off 10 overs.#KXIPvMI #KXIP
Ashok Dinda again
Seems Ishant, sandeep, mohit all 3 sharmas took training from the legend Ashok dinda#KXIPvMI
β 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
β 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
β Angad Singh Ranyal (@PiratedSardar) April 20, 2017
