Twitter Reactions: Wriddhiman Saha 93* sets highest total of IPL 2017
Saha's brilliant 93* came off 55 balls as he was on the attack right from ball one.
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Wriddhiman Saha made sure that Mumbai Indians will have to make history to beat Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Sent in to open the innings, Saha was equal to the task as he went after the hard new ball to put pressure on table-toppers Mumbai Indians from the outset. He remained unbeaten on 93 as Kings XI piled up 230/3 after 20 overs, the highest total in this year’s IPL.
No team has chased that many runs to win an IPL game ergo; Mumbai will have to create history if they achieve this mammoth target. Put into bat first by Rohit, Punjab rocketed to 71/1 after 6 overs with Saha making 31 of them. The remarkable aspect of Saha’s knock was that he played proper cricketing shots early on to get into a rhythm. He took a particular liking to Mitchell McClenaghan hitting the Kiwi for three boundaries in the innings’ second over. From then on, Saha went from strength to strength to collect runs all around the park.
When Maxwell was going hard at the other end, Saha played the tranquil role by rotating the strike. He anchored through the middle overs hitting the odd boundary to make sure that Punjab’s scoring rate never dropped below 10 runs an over.
As soon as Maxwell perished, Saha took on the role of being the aggressor and hit Harbhajan over long-on for six in the 12th over to reach his half-century off 31 balls. The shot of the innings came in the 15th over of the innings when Saha hit Malinga over long-off for his second six of his knock. When Saha hit his third six – of the first ball of the last over bowled by Pandya – hopes of a possible hundred surfaced. The 32-year old, in the energy-sapping heat of Mumbai, was too fatigued to bother for a hundred and gave the strike to Axar Patel who finished the inning sin style by hitting the last ball for six.
Saha’s innings consumed just 55 balls and was studded with 11 fours and 3 sixes.
We bring you the best twitter reactions of Saha’s glorious knock:
Always enjoy watching players show another dimension to them. And @Wriddhipops has done again today what he did in the 2014 final.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 11, 2017
Highest scores by keepers in #IPL 2017
97 Rishabh Panth
93* Wriddiman Saha
87 Robin Uthappa#MIvKXIP— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 11, 2017
Wah, wah Saha! Couldn't reach his century, but has been the pivot around which Punjab's massive score has been built
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2017
@lionsdenkxip what a inning by saha 95 not out deserve the hundred and very beautiful batting by guptil and maxxi today hope kxip win
— Amrender Kang (@Amrenderkang) May 11, 2017
A good reminder from @Wriddhipops , he's a contender for the shorter formats as well. Well played buddy ???
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) May 11, 2017
Fantastic performance by #KXIP. Well done Maxi and @Wriddhipops. Raining balls at the wankhede #ipl #IPL2017
— Aditya (@Aditya75794196) May 11, 2017
We have seen some clean striking of the cricket ball from @Wriddhipops its 231 needed on the board to defend for @mipaltan #ipl#MIvKXIP pic.twitter.com/6oyxywrshj
— Haricharan (@ImHaricharan) May 11, 2017
Season of Wicket Keepers !! #IPL
Well played Wriddhiman Saha !! @Wriddhipops #MIvKXIP
— MS Dhoni 7781 #IPL10 (@msdhoni7781) May 11, 2017
Waooo…great batting @Gmaxi_32 @Wriddhipops just like fast&furious @lionsdenkxip #MIvKXIP
— Deep Rai (@deepraihinduism) May 11, 2017
What a batting by @Wriddhipops took Punjab to 230 huge total now it's time for @mipaltan to create history #KXIPvMI #IPL
— Vasu Jain (@vasu_1001) May 11, 2017
Reporter : Well played Wriddhiman, what inspired you today ?
Wriddhiman Saha : I did it for Preity Zinta's kisses and hugs #MIvKXIP— Kaushik (@i_k_b) May 11, 2017
"Wriddhiman Saha" Most famous cricketer from West Bengal after Ganguly made himself more famous today. pic.twitter.com/yoC5wCILio
— Raj Mohan Khurana (@RajThebookman) May 11, 2017
A good reminder from @Wriddhipops , he's a contender for the shorter formats as well. Well played buddy ???
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) May 11, 2017
What an innings by Wriddhiman Saha & Maxwell taking the run rate up too! All the best Kings XI Punjab!!!@SonySIX @10saalAapkeNaam @kxip
— Shweta Dave (@ShwetaDave5) May 11, 2017
Fabulous team effort, pivoted around Wriddhiman Saha 93*(55b), who till today wasn't having a great time with the bat !! #IPL #KXIPvMI
— Manikanta Aravind? (@Ma_aravind) May 11, 2017
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