Twitter Reactions: SRH brush aside GL by 9 wickets as Rashid Khan dents Lions with 3/19
SRH won their 2nd match of the tournament courtesy a special innings from captain David Warner.
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It was an exceptional all-round display by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their 2nd match of the tournament against the Gujarat Lions as the hosts romped home by 9 wickets to win their 2nd successive match of the tournament. It was a great start by the Gujarat Lions courtesy Jason Roy but couldn’t continue as they started losing wickets at regular intervals.
Teenage leg-spinner Rashid Khan was the pick of the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers as he consistently bamboozled them with his googlies. There was hardly any batsmen who were picking his stalk delivery as the youngster dismissed Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch and Suresh Raina to finish with exceptional match figures of 3/19 in 4 overs.
Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith stitched a useful partnership towards the later part of the innings but it wasn’t enough to push their score beyond the 150 mark. Smith struck a lusty blow to go with his 4 fours and was eventually dismissed after making a 27 ball 37 while Dinesh Karthik was pretty sedating in his approach scoring a mere 30 of as many as 32 deliveries.
It wasn’t going to test the Sunrisers Hyderabad camp with such a paltry score on the board. Openers David Warner and Shikhar began with a hat-trick of sixes before Dhawan gave away his wicket to Praveen Kumar. There was no looking back for Hyderabad from there on as the duo of Warner and Moises Henriques plundered some big blows to help Hyderabad chase the total down with 27 balls to spare.
Warner looked in ominous touch and blasted the Gujarat bowlers mercilessly all around Hyderabad. His 45 balls 76 included 6 fours and 4 sixes and would have completed another IPL century if the target was a bit more. Henriques was the perfect foil for Warner up the order and finished with a 39 ball 52 including 6 fours.
Twitterati was pretty active throughout the match and there were certain tweets which described the proceedings in the best possible way. Here are some of the best tweets from the first match of Super Sunday.
Rashid Khan becomes the first associate nation player to win man of the match award in #IPL. A date to be remembered for a while. #SRHvGL
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 9, 2017
Well bowled and congratulations to Rashid Khan @SunRisers.Purple cap holder in only his 2nd @IPL match.Celebrations back home @ACBofficials
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) April 9, 2017
You can't keep @davidwarner31 out of the game for too long. Captains knock ?????? @SunRisers looking very impressive so far #SRHvGL #IPL
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 9, 2017
To good tonight @SunRisers. @TheGujaratLions need to have a look at some options in the bowling department. Only 1x wicket in 2x games
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) April 9, 2017
@SunRisers look extremely sharp. @TheGujaratLions not so much. #IPL10 #SRHvGL #insight
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) April 9, 2017
David Warner today:
Completed 1000 T20 runs at RGICS, Hyderabad
Completed 2000 #IPL runs for SRH
Completed 7000 T20 runs#SRHvGL— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan is a 'superstar in the making' – Warner#SRHvGL #IPL
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 9, 2017
This season so far Gujarat Lions have conceded 324 runs and taken one wicket in 30.2 overs. That's an ER of 10.68 runs per over. #IPL
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) April 9, 2017
Gujarat Lions in this #IPL so far,
2 games
1 wicket
That too of Shikhar Dhawan! #FML— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 9, 2017
It's been 2 games and GL have picked up just 1 wicket.
And.. That ONE wicket is of Shikhar Dhawan ?? #IPL— Abhishek ?? #KKR? (@ImAbhishek_) April 9, 2017
David Warner is now the 4th player with 7000 runs in Twenty20s. He took 223 inns for the milestone, the 2nd fewest among the 4. #SRHvGL #IPL
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 9, 2017
Bhumi Pujan Shikhar Dhawan Is Back In Form. Faith In Humanity Restored. ???#GLvSRH #SRHvGL #IPL #IPL2017 #SRH
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 9, 2017
3rd Wicket For Rashid Khan In 3 Overs With Only 12 Runs.
He's Going To Be To Contender For Purple Cap This Season.#GLvSRH #SRHvGL #IPL
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 9, 2017
The Afghan ?, @rashidkhan_19 foxed the Lions like a pro! The Man of the Match and the current Purple cap holder. ?? #SRHvGL #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/dtrdeUb67y
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 9, 2017
Most runs in IPL since 2014 season:
2000* Warner
1837 Kohli
1595 ABD
1438 Rahane
1418 Uthappa#SRHvGL— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 9, 2017
"He's a superstar in the making."
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan earning high praise from David Warner. He's the man of the match.#SRHvGL pic.twitter.com/iJre9onso6
— ScoopWhoop News (@scoopwhoopnews) April 9, 2017
gujarat averaging half a wicket per game at the moment #SRHvGL
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 9, 2017
Nine bowlers have claimed two LBWs in same innings in #IPL
Today Rashid Khan became the first bowler to claim 3 LBWs in an inns#SRHvGL— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan you beauty. In the land of the Hyderabadi biryani the Chicken Afghani making a serious statement. @SunRisers @IPL #SRHvGL pic.twitter.com/o31NgQ5quL
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 9, 2017
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