Twitter Reactions: Mumbai Indians cruise into the IPL finals
Karn was deservingly awarded the Man of the Match for his spell of 4/16.
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The second Qualifier luckily didn’t see any rain interruption during the match proceedings. However, it did see another low scoring encounter with Kolkata Knight Riders at the receiving end this time. Mumbai Indians managed to win the game and enter their fourth IPL final.
Earlier in the day, it was captain Rohit Sharma who won the toss as Mumbai elected to bowl first. They made one change as Mitchell Johnson replaced Mitchell McClenaghan. For the Knight Riders, Yusuf Pathan and Trent Boult made way for Ankit Rajpoot and Colin de Grandhomme in the playing XI.
Batting first, it was Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine back at the top for KKR. Jasprit Bumrah got the first breakthrough as Lynn was out early in the second over. He later came back to trap Robin Uthappa in front of the stumps. The Kolkata batting continued to disappoint as Sunil Narine failed to weave his magic again.
Even captain Gautam Gambhir couldn’t bring about a change in their fortunes as the KKR batting faltered badly. Karn Sharma came in to get the better of Gambhir followed by de Grandhomme who was dismissed for a duck. Kolkata were left reeling at 31/5.
Some late charge by Suryakumar Yadav and Ishank Jaggi took them to a total above 100 runs before they were bundled for 107 runs, failing to last even 20 overs. Karn was the pick of the bowlers with 4/16. Bumrah again impressed with some clinical figures of 3/7. Mitchell Johnson got a couple of wickets while Lasith Malinga managed to get the last wicket.
The chase didn’t begin as easy as Mumbai Indians would’ve expected it to. They faced two jolts early in the innings as both Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel were dismissed cheaply. At 34/3, with Ambati Rayudu back in the hut, MI did seem in a spot of bother.
Rohit Sharma played a composed innings but failed to finish the game for his team. The star of the day with the bat was Krunal Pandya who managed to score a spectacular 45 (30)* as Mumbai Indians went on to win the game by 6 wickets with more than 5 overs to spare.
Karn was deservingly awarded the Man of the Match. With this win, the final game of the IPL is all set to witness the Maharashtra derby between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant. It promises to be a cracker of a contest.
Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:
Srk to Gambhir – Maine baat kar li hai kaal se Wankhede ka security guard wali job join kar lena so mereko bhi entry ka tension nahi #IPL pic.twitter.com/GWqEZ0iJxs
— Humor Silly (@Humor_Silly) May 19, 2017
MI played CSK in the final in 2015, there was no CSK the next year. MI plays RPS in the final in 2017, there's no RPS next year.
— Abhishek (@absycric) May 19, 2017
One of the top sides in the @ipl @kkr can hold their heads high @mipaltan clinical performance hopefully a cracker of a final comin soon
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) May 19, 2017
It is a special feeling seeing two Indian pacers taking opposition's main men out again and again.
Bhuvi and Bumrah are absolute gold.
— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) May 19, 2017
Fantastic performance from @mipaltan tonight.
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) May 19, 2017
INTO THE FINALS!!! Congratulations @mipaltan @ImRo45 !!! ??? Great performance overall !!! #MIvKKR #IPL10
— Azina Rajan (@Azina_2545) May 19, 2017
#SharmaFace: Ishant has some competition. pic.twitter.com/ExvRG89klE
— Abhishek (@absycric) May 19, 2017
KKR has missed the trick on a turning track. Benching Kuldeep Yadav causing some serious damage to KKR. #MIvKKR
— Cricket bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) May 19, 2017
Bet Gauti would love to have Kuldeep bowling few overs tonight. Poor call to leave him out.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 19, 2017
great night so far for india reject leggies #MIvKKR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 19, 2017
3-1-7-3 for Jasprit Bumrah in his 100th T20 game! #MIvKKR
— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) May 19, 2017
Meanwhile someone scored 12 off 15. Also heard he is the captain. Ohh. #MIvsKKR
— s t a r l i g h t (@chaoticallly) May 19, 2017
Bumrah-Karn 7 wickets for 23 runs in 7 overs. Game, Set, Match for #MI??? Needless to say that #KKR must strike EARLY & keep Striking.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 19, 2017
Steve Smith after watching Jasprit Bumrah .. pic.twitter.com/nVywm5KOYN
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 19, 2017
This is Bumrah's 100th T20 game and he registered his best T20 figures – 3 for 7. #KKRvsMI #MIvKKR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 19, 2017
How KKR fans are seeing Suryakumar Yadav at the moment. #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/YEmtJtTpAI
— Chika Pikaa Rikaa (@Simply_neev) May 19, 2017
Karn Sharma:
Four Overs
Four runs per over
Four Wickets— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 19, 2017
Great spell @sharmakarn03 ✌️Good to see him doing so well with @mipaltan.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 19, 2017
#MIvKKR
Meanwhile Gambhir & KKR fans waiting for rain pic.twitter.com/RqKVlSbOzg— Sagnik (@Sangy_Sagnik) May 19, 2017
Gambhir's message to his #KKR team mates . #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/kosXW9Q3PM
— Hunटरर ♂ (@nickhunterr) May 19, 2017
if KKR can get to 120-130 I think they have a great chance to defend this score. Key for MI on such wickets is Rohit and Rayudu. #IPL
— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) May 19, 2017
GG fans right now. #MIvKKR #MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/Wt9Yj6RilW
— Kuptaan ?? (@Kuptaan) May 19, 2017
RCB ka,
SRH ka,
Sabka badlaa lega tera Mumbai Indians.. #IPL— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 19, 2017
Mumbai Indians doing to KKR what Shah Rukh did to Wankhede security guard. #MIvKKR
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) May 19, 2017
Kolkata can beat Mumbai only in terms of number of immigrants in both cities. #MIvKKR #IPL
— LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) May 19, 2017
Gautum Gambhir is such a legend that his team will pay him tribute by scoring 97 runs in this match #MIvKKR
— R_P_S (@Ra_Bies) May 19, 2017
Gambhir pierces the cover region with a polished shot. All along the turf. #KKRvMI #IPL
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) May 19, 2017
Takes a Karn Sharma to keep a Harbhajan Singh out of the playing XI. #IPL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 19, 2017
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