Twitter Reactions: Delhi Daredevils end their winning drought

The Feroz Shah Kotla stadium witnessed the hosts end their losing streak as they defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad. With this win, Delhi Daredevils climbed up to the sixth position in the points table as Hyderabad stayed at their third position. Earlier in the day, it was captain Karun Nair who won the toss as Daredevils elected to field first. Angelo Mathews was brought in for Sam Billings while Jayant Yadav replaced Shahbaz Nadeem in the playing XI. For SRH, Bipul Sharma made way for Deepak Hooda.

David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan again provided a kickstart to the SRH innings as they put up a 53-run partnership for the first wicket off just 32 balls. Mohammed Shami then bowled a stunning yorker to dismiss Warner. Kane Williamson scored a run-a-ball 24 while Dhawan too failed to capitalise on a good start.

Just when the team needed someone to cash in, Yuvraj Singh stepped up with a fantastic inning of 70 runs from just 41 balls. Moises Henriques too played a quickfire cameo of 25 (18)* as SRH scored a spectacular 185/3 in their quota of 20 overs.

Shami picked up 2 wickets but went for 36 runs. Amit Mishra was splendid with 1/23 while Jayant Yadav was also economical. Chris Morris didn’t have a great day in the field while Kagiso Rabada was taken to the cleaners as he went for 59 runs in his quota of four overs.

Delhi Daredevils needed to bat really well if they were to chase a target of 185. The youngsters in the top order produced sensational performances with the bat. The likes of Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, all made significant contributions.

At the end, it was left upon Corey Anderson to finish the game for DD and he finished off in style with a spectacular 41 (24)*. Chris Morris also played a handy cameo as Delhi went on to win the game by 6 wickets and 5 balls to spare.

Mohammed Siraj took a couple of wickets but was expensive. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed to get the wicket of Shreyas Iyer, Siddharth Kaul dismissed Nair. The other bowlers failed to make any difference as they went for runs.

Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Congratulations @DelhiDaredevils for winning the game against @SunRisers @MishiAmit⭐️another top spell⭐️ @YUVSTRONG12 ⭐️superb batting⭐️

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 2, 2017

That win for Delhi means Gujarat can still over take SRH. The comeback is ON!

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) May 2, 2017

Individual scores in #DDvSRH:

Yuvraj 70
Corey 41*
Nair 39
Pant 34
Iyer 33
Warner 30
Dhawan 28
Moises 25*
Samson 24
Kane 24
Morris 15*

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 2, 2017

After plenty of permutations and combinations, finally a win. The experiment room worked for DD 🙂

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) May 2, 2017

#SRH lost the match. This is so depressing. Need a drink badly. ? #DDvSRH

— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) May 2, 2017

When #DD wins. pic.twitter.com/py85d3sLhB

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 2, 2017

Won after losing 5 matches in a row.. We know that feeling.. Be proud of yourself DD players! :') @DelhiDaredevils

— Sejal #MI ? (@Sejal_srt_sr3) May 2, 2017

What an exciting and powerful team Delhi are when their top order gets going

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 2, 2017

That time of #IPL where bottom teams will make life difficult for top ones.

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 2, 2017

44 from 30 and Moises Henriques is going to bowl one of them. #Fecked

— Wasif (@Theratedw18) May 2, 2017

I have got the feeling this match Is for Delhi Daredevils to be taking#DDvSRH

— Mohammad Tanveer (@cr7federet) May 2, 2017

Must say this new bowler Mohammed Siraj has got some serious bowling skills balls fast, & especially Yorkers​ with Pace keep it up #DDvSRH

— Mohammad Tanveer (@cr7federet) May 2, 2017

Every time I seen this wonder kid #RishabhPant in action m fall in love with his bat more n more..Future Ind superstar in making!✌#DDvSRH

— Avinash Zaware (@Avi_2weets) May 2, 2017

Moises Henriques is such an over rated player. SRH would be better off using a Mohammad Nabi.

— Clive (@vanillawallah) May 2, 2017

This is Karun Nair (36) highest score since his Test 300 against England at Chennai in Dec 2016, in 18 inns across all formats!#DDvSRH#IPL

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 2, 2017

From 67/10 to 67/1, DD's come a long way, baby#DDvSRH

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 2, 2017

Karun Nair just pulled out a Sachin Tendulkar there! What an upper cut!! Maximum!! Should give him confidence #DDvSRH

— Ravi Iyer (@Ravi_TNIE) May 2, 2017

Remember haters you were born to see Yuvi hitting six sixes in a row and make sixteen comebacks in Indian team ?

— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) May 2, 2017

Rabada has reminded us of Dinda today! #IPL #DDvSRH

— HoldingWilley ? (@holdingwilley) May 2, 2017

Seriously good knock from @YUVSTRONG12 tonight here for the @SunRisers ?? @IPL #crunch

— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) May 2, 2017

Strong finish from #Yuvi(4 6 1 1 4 4 1 4 . 4 1 4 4) gives #SRH 185. 52 runs came off the last 3 overs https://t.co/s1EbAR1rvE #DDvSRH #IPL

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 2, 2017

I assume Corey Anderson and Angelo Matthews were picked as batsmen…as was Kagiso Rabada… #ipl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) May 2, 2017

And this is the icing on the cake as finally @YUVSTRONG12 gets to flex his muscles – and wield that bat with a swing like a golfer #DDvSRH

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 2, 2017

I am sorry if i sound rude but Jayant Yadav is sheer waste in t20's.

— Amber Soni. (@amber_7777) May 2, 2017

Shami has some ideas, coming together here #DDvSRH

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 2, 2017

Top-edge off the bat of #Shikhar and Shreyas holds to send the man back to the dugout. Amit Mishra's a happy man! #DDvSRH

— shweta roy (@shweraroy) May 2, 2017

#DDvSRH nice way to punish a bad delivery…. What a shot… Somehow I feel Jayant Yadav lacks variations… Just off spin & straighter one

— Kiran Puthran (@Kiran_Puthran) May 2, 2017

As Champions Trophy is coming near, Shikhar Dhawan is also getting his touch back

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) May 2, 2017