Twitter Reactions: Mumbai Indians crush RCB at home, register first win of the season

The Mumbai Indians finally registered their first win in the 2018 edition of the IPL. After having lost their first three games of the season, the Men in Blue managed to beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their fourth game. The sea of blue at the iconic Wankhede Stadium erupted after the home side cruised to an easy win on the day. The visiting side showed no fight in the run chase and their skipper, Virat Kohli, ended up fighting a lone battle.

Earlier in the game, it was Kohli who had won the toss and had opted to bowl first. The decision to bowl first proved to be very good for the visitors as Umesh Yadav bowled a fiery spell first up. Umesh cleaned up Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan on the first two balls of the match. At 0/2, things looked grim for the hosts. Evin Lewis and Rohit Sharma then bailed the team out of the hot waters.

The two batsman not only added runs on the board but also ensured that the early jolts were not deeply felt. They added 108 runs off just 66 deliveries for the third wicket to bring Mumbai Indians back in the game. The partnership was broken when Evin Lewis was dismissed on 65 (42) in the 12th over by Corey Anderson. After Lewis’ departure, Rohit Sharma singlehandedly took the innings along.

Rohit scored a brilliant 94 with the bat and his knock came off just 52 deliveries. The innings was studded with 10 fours and five maximums. He was unfortunate to have missed out on the well deserved century. But his efforts helped MI post 213/6 in their stipulated 20 overs.

In the run chase, Royal Challengers Bangalore hoped for a good start. Their openers, Quinton de Kock and Virat Kohli, added 40 runs on the board to make things look competitive. But once the wicket of De Kock fell, the wickets started falling in clusters. The MI bowlers regularly chipped in wickets and gave no chance to the visitors. The only thing that did not go their way was an injury blow of Ishan Kishan with a throw on the field.

While wickets fell from one end, Virat Kohli held the fort at the other. Kohli remained unbeaten on 92 off 60 deliveries as RCB could only muster 167/8 in their 20 overs. The Mumbai Indians registered their first win of the season and it was by a margin of 46 runs.

Here is how the fans reacted to the Mumbai Indians win:

Ee sala cup rent pe namade. #IPL

— Silly Point ?‏ (@FarziCricketer) April 15, 2018

When you pay a huge stipend to an intern who doesn't perform. #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/UT1QpgjTZY

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) April 17, 2018

Dear Virat Kohli release yourself from RCB and choose a better team pic.twitter.com/qwrVEyNiFR

— Abhijeet (@TheYorkerBall) April 17, 2018

Great to watch @ImRo45 & @imVkohli in full flow tonight. Congratulations on the Victory @mipaltan #MIvRCB

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) April 17, 2018

Congrats @mipaltan for the stupendous victory. Well played @ImRo45 . Highly impressive innings @imVkohli #MIvRCB

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) April 17, 2018

1st match: Rohit Sharma scored 15 runs, MI lost the match.

2nd match: Rohit Sharma scored 11 runs, MI lost the match.

3rd match: Rohit Sharma scored 18 runs, MI lost the match.

4th match: Rohit Sharma scored 94 runs, MI wins the match.#Talent#RCBvMI

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 17, 2018

VK to his fans?? #IPL pic.twitter.com/kE6cfVG5gm

— Googly (@rightarmspin) April 17, 2018

Rohit 94 and Kohli 92* – first time both captains have made scores in 90s in a T20 match. #MIvRCB

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 17, 2018

Last 3 days two of the finest Knocks ended in losing side..

Captain Dhoni: 79*

Captain Kohli: 92*

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 17, 2018

Kohli gets 92* in 20 overs but could well have damaged Bangalore by batting too slowly early on. In T20, everything is different.

— Tim (@timwig) April 17, 2018

Dhoni would be proud of how Kohli reduced the margin of defeat #MIvRCB

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 17, 2018

Kohli carries the bat. Teammates be wary, he might carry it right into the dressing room tonight. #ipl.

— cricBC (@cricBC) April 17, 2018

So called chokers won even after being 0/2 And the champion side best team of IPL lost after reducing the team to 0/2. Pity

— David Warner (@tarun_0707) April 17, 2018

Four consecutive matches won by teams batting first now in the last three days.#MIvRCB

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) April 17, 2018

#EeSalaCupSurelyNotNamde

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 17, 2018

DD, RCB and MI – all with 1 win in 4 games. All of them need at least 6 wins in 10 games to stand a chance for play-offs. #MIvRCB

— Jalandar (@scriblng) April 17, 2018

T20 leagues need to try Bonus Points system. It will add interest into some boring chases. Also a better tie-breaker than NRR in the points table. #MIvRCB

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) April 17, 2018

Sad but true. It looked like #ViratKohli versus #MumbaiIndians! #MIVRCB #VIVOIPL

— Prragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 17, 2018

#wankhede has been a very hard venue for the spinners thus far, @RCBTweets.. can look to take them on…and make them pay #MIvRCB #IPL2018

— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 17, 2018

When RCB make it to playoffs on NRR, we will remember this Kohli innings #YaRight

— Sidvee (@sidvee) April 17, 2018

This #MI side too good to have been down 0-4. They win, and win big. Is this their up, up and away moment? ? #VivoIPL

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 17, 2018

Ee Sala Orange Cap Namdhe.

— Prabhu ? ‏ (@Cricprabhu) April 17, 2018

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