Twitter reacts as KKR qualify for the playoffs for the 6th time in IPL

05/20/2018

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.

Shreevats Goswami from West Bengal bullying KKR bowlers now
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) May 19, 2018

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

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
— Bhaskar Ganekar (@BhaskarGanekar) May 19, 2018

No one expected Kane to fill in Warner's boot, but now...

644* runs by Kane Williamson in #IPL2018 is:

➖ 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
— srijith (@srijithcfc) May 19, 2018

Who said Kane is not a good T20 player?

Kane Williamson in IPL:

First 15 games: 11 Sixes

Next 14 games: 26 Sixes
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 19, 2018

Yet another youngster who has shined in this IPL!

Brilliant last over from Prasidh Krishna : W 0 4 W W W

Yet another Emerging star in this #IPL2018 #SRHvKKR
— IPL CricfreakZ (@cricfreakz) May 19, 2018

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:

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
— Karnataka Ranji Team/ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಣಜಿ ತಂಡ (@RanjiKarnataka) May 19, 2018

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

Mayank, Finch, Maxwell, Stokes, Karun, Mandeep, Tripathi, QDK, Russell, Nithish, Ishan, Rohit, Manish, Uthappa & Rahane

3 runs less than Raina
— Merin Kumar (@merin_kumar) May 19, 2018

Narine -298 runs

Rohit -276 runs

🤐🤐
— சிறுத்தோஸ் (@TonySK486) May 19, 2018

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:

58 runs off just the 31 balls in 3 innings without being dismissed once including 4 FOURS & 4 SIXES#SRHvKKR
— Abhay3 (@ImAbhay3) May 19, 2018

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