Twitter reacts to Mumbai Indians winning three games in a row to rise to fourth

05/09/2018

Mumbai Indians looked like a team on a mission to make it to the playoffs as they won comfortably against Kolkata Knightriders and moved into the top 4. The Twitterati had nothing but praise for Ishan Kishan who went berserk and scored a brilliant 62 off 21 balls to take the game away from Kolkata.

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 210/6 (Ishan Kishan 62, Rohit Sharma 36; Piyush Chawla 3/48, Sunil Narine 1/27) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 108/10 (Nitish Rana 21, Chris Lynn 21; Hardik Pandya 2/16, Krunal Pandya 2/12) by 102 runs.

What did this guy have for breakfast!

Ishan Kishan innings:

0 6 1 4 0 0 4 2 4 1 1 4 1 4 6 6 6 6 0 6 W

62 Runs in 21 Balls
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 9, 2018

Fastest fifty in IPL for MI:

17 Balls Kieron Pollard

17 Balls Ishan Kishan*
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 9, 2018

Good to see him smiling again!

The Skipper is happy for young Ishan Kishan 🙌🙌#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/mdyMp074gh
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 9, 2018

Now that's how you announce to the selectors that you are ready!

Didn’t bat in the last game, asked to float in early today.. Up against one of the best spin attacks in a must win game - Ishan Kishan’s knock today was as good as it gets. In a line up full of superstars, the kid stole the show! 👏🏻👏🏻 #KKRvMI
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 9, 2018

That is a good headache to have!

There was a time when india didn’t have any wicket keeper who can bat. Now we have 7 who can play purely as a batsman.

MS Dhoni

Dinesh Karthik

Rishabh pant

Lokesh Rahul

Ishan kishan

Wriddhiman saha

Sanju samson
— डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) May 4, 2018

Delightful shots!

6,666* Likes for I-SHANDAAR KISHAN! 🙌 💙

.#Cricket #IPL #VivoIPL #IPL11 #IPL2018 #IndianPremierLeague #Kolkata #EdenGardens #KKRvMI #KKRvsMI #Mumbai #MI #MumbaiIndians #BleedBlue #DuniyaHilaDengeHum #AkkhaMumbaiKhelega #CricketMeriJaan #Love #Ishan #Kishan #IshanKishan 💕 pic.twitter.com/QOL87T2Su2
— Cricshots (@Cricshots10) May 9, 2018

Meanwhile...

All are busy in praising Ishan Kishan and Ben cutting but forgot about piyush chawla and kuldeep Yadav's innings they just Missed their half Centuries... Really! Sad 😩😭😣 #IPL2018 #IPL #KKRvMI #MIvKKR #MumbaiIndians #CricketMeriJaan #KKR
— Nikhil here (@rapolu_nikhil) May 9, 2018

What a bad game for Kuldeep!

what about Kuldeep Yadav?....seen 2 extremes at Eden gardens......hattrick vs Aus in ODI......& today 4 consecutive 6s against him by a teenager in an IPL game....
— amitava (@amitava0112) May 9, 2018

Ben Cutting also joined the party!

SUPERB INNINGS ẞy BEN CUTTING 👏👏👏 24 Runs In Just 9 Deliveries With 1 Four And 3 Sixes!!! #IPL #VIVOIPL #VivoIPL2018 #VIVOIPLonStar #IPL2018 #IPL11 #BESTvsBEST #MIvKKR #CricketMeriJaan #MI 💙 #MumbaiIndians
— RKO Guy!!! (@ChiragCKO) May 9, 2018

Ben Cutting finally showing the Mumbai Indians management why he should be batting ahead of so many others... but the winner of this innings is obviously Ishan Kishan’s absolute blinder! Come on MUMBAI INDIANS!!!!
— Amul Vikas Mohan (@amul_mohan) May 9, 2018

True!

Real optimistic people are those who believe Uthappa will chase down 210 tonight
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) May 9, 2018

KKR fans right now!

Two run-outs.

Spinner bowling the 20th.

Dropped catches.

Hardik Pandya taking wickets.

The most obvious game ever. Sack Dinesh Karthik as the Captain on the ground. @KKRiders
— Waivaw (@CallMeVaii) May 9, 2018

MI fans right now!