Twitter Reactions: Pant, Samson star as DD route SRH at their own backyard

Published - 13 May 2016, 00:02 IST | Updated - 13 May 2016, 00:02 IST

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Sunrisers Hyderabad took on the Delhi Daredevils in another good contest at Hyderabad. Visiting captain JP Duminy won the toss as DD elected to field first. While SRH had no changes in their playing XI from the last game, Delhi had JP Duminy, Jayant Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Mayank Agarwal coming in.

Batting first, David Warner once again led Sunrisers from the front as he provided a kickstart to their inning smashing 46 runs off 30 balls. However, once he and Shikhar Dhawan got out, the remainder of the SRH batting failed to put up a great show as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

In the end, SRH put up a total of 146/8 in their quota of 20 overs. Coulter-Nile and Amit Mishra were the pick of the bowlers for Delhi Daredevils as they took 2 wickets apiece. Morris was also quite exceptional and economical.

On the other hand, DD lost Mayank early but Quinton de Kock led their chase with an elegant 44 runs from 31 balls. It seemed like they were in a spot of bother at 78/3 but both youngsters Sanju Samson and Rishab Pant batted exceptionally well in the end as they took DD home comfortably.

Daredevils secured a 7-wicket victory over the hosts. Henriques was the pick of the bowlers for SRH with 2 wickets while both strike bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvneshwar Kumar failed to pick a single wicket.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the SRH-DD clash. Right from lauding Warner to trolling DD changes, from lauding de Kock to trolling SRH bowlers, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/730821197680787456

Two Teams with 14 Points..
Three Teams with 12 Points..
One Team with 8 Points..
From Now its a Six Teams tournament!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 12, 2016

Makes the top 5 even more interesting…..#IPL
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 12, 2016

Delhi Daredevils have won again.
What will happen next?
Could bench the winning XI next match#SRHvDD
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 12, 2016

Rishabh Pant is a serious young player. 18 yrs old & not taking any bowlers reputation into consideration. Playing the ball not the bowler.
— ian bishop (@irbishi) May 12, 2016

Rishabh Pant could well be the next big thing in Indian cricket, at least in 20 overs cricket. Natural striker.
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) May 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/730815355937902592

Rishabh Pant defeating SRH & Sanju Samson simultaneously #SRHvDD
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 12, 2016

Fizz who? – Rishabh Pant
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 12, 2016

DD have decided to play fearless, brainless cricket. #SRHvDD
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 12, 2016

Erasmus before making decision " Ye out hai? Ye not out hai? ya allah iska toh helmet gir gaya, ye toh out hai "#SRHvDD
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 12, 2016

Umpire in his head: Not out. Why are you appealing. Not out. Go back to your mark. Not out. Ohh isne meri beti ko aankh maari thi. Out BC.
— cricBC (@cricBC) May 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/730809616083394560

Those 2 boundaries by Karun Nair showed why he's rated so highly. Both shots were the best choices, given how the balls were bowled. #SRHvDD
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 12, 2016

Long live Steve Bucknor #SRHvDD pic.twitter.com/5YNzgpBK0E
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/730791259477037057

MILLION DOLLAR MORRIS SCORES A GOAL!!! #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) May 12, 2016

Sun Risers Hyderabad would be soon renamed as Sun Risers Hit Wicket. #SRHvDD
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 12, 2016

Reverse Swing…toughest ball to face as your first ball. Top ball by Shami to dismiss Henriques…. #SRHvDD
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 12, 2016