Twitter Reactions: Sunrisers Hyderabad lift the IPL 2016 trophy

In the final showdown of the IPL 9, the Royal Challengers Bangalore took on the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the IPL trophy. It was a thriller in the end and SRH went on to become IPL champions for the first time.

Captain David Warner won the toss as SRH elected to bat first. RCB made no changes from their winning XI from the Qualifiers while SRH had Mustafizur Rahman back for them.

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Batting first, Warner launched himself in with a magnificent captain’s knock of 69 (38). Some blistering knocks by Yuvraj Singh and Ben Cutting ensured that Sunrisers reached a mammoth total of 208/7 in their quota of 20 overs. Chris Jordan took 3 wickets but was expensive. Shane Watson leaked runs badly as he went for 61 in his 4 overs, a record he won’t be proud of.

For the Royal Challengers, everything went right in the first 10 overs with the bat. Chris Gayle rose to the occasion on the night of the finals with 76 runs from just 38 balls while Virat Kohli too hit another brilliant half century. At 140/1 in 12.4 overs, RCB almost had one hands to the trophy. However, the moment Kohli got out, SRH bowlers cashed in and scripted a perfect victory for their team.

What were the talking points of the game? – IPL 9, Final: RCB v SRH – 5 Talking Points

In the end, SRH won by 8 runs and thus became IPL champions. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the IPL final. Right from lauding Warner and Cutting to trolling Watson, right from lauding Gayle and Kohli to trolling RCB, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game: