Twitter Reactions: Gujarat Lions lose their 3rd game in a row

Published - 07 May 2016, 00:07 IST | Updated - 07 May 2016, 00:07 IST

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Sunrisers Hyderabad took on the Gujarat Lions in an interesting contest. Captain David Warner won the toss as SRH elected to field first. While GL had Dwayne Bravo and Pradeep Sangwan coming in, Sunrisers brought in comeback man Yuvraj Singh.

Batting first, Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum didn’t start on a great note as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra, both began with maiden overs. The pressured helped the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers with Gujarat being reduced to 34/4. Aaron Finch was the only batsman who could put up a fight as he scored 51 not out from 42 balls.

Gujarat Lions could only manage 126/6 in their quota of 20 overs. Bhuvneshwar and Mustafizur Rahman were the pick of the bowlers as both got 2 wickets apiece. The other Hyderabad bowlers also put up a wonderful effort.

Chasing 127, SRH lost Warner after some exploits. While Shikhar Dhawan batted on, he kept on losing partners from the other side. Yuvraj also didn’t have the best of comebacks as he got out for 5(14). However, Deepak Hooda and later Naman Ojha supported Dhawan well as they took SRH home.

While Dhawan scored 47 from 40 balls as he anchored SRH to a 5-wickets win against GL, Hooda also played a good cameo of 18 from 12 balls. For GL, Dhawal Kulkarni was the best bowler on the night as he took 2 wickets and was also quite economical.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the SRH-GL encounter. Right from lauding SRH bowling efforts to trolling GL top order, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

All for low totals, but this match was low on so many levels.#SRHvGL
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 6, 2016

Captain's knock by Dhawan except that he isn't captain but nonetheless. @SunRisers rising up the table nicely & building momentum. #SRHvGL
— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) May 6, 2016

Give Snicker Dhawan his due there – great dive… #ipl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) May 6, 2016

Itni umeed toh kabhi girlfriend se bhi nahi lagayi jitni har baar Yuvi se lagata hu..lekin dil toot ke reh jata hai har baar ?
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) May 6, 2016

4000 runs in Twenty20 Cricket for Shikhar Dhawan. 8th Indian to reach the mark. #IPL #SRHvGL
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 6, 2016

Easier to score with a nun than off Bravo on this surface. #IPL2016
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) May 6, 2016

After 10 overs, Dhawan is finally into double figures. ? #SRHvGL
— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) May 6, 2016

Captains could learn a lot from Warner today. Quick decisions, calculated risks and that passion! Leading right from the front #GLvSRH
— Beedu (@vividBharati) May 6, 2016

Raina not capitalising a start in T20 used to be an aberration…it has become a norm in 2016. Worrying signs. #SRHvGL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/alanwilkins22/status/728620991987912705

Brave effort from Finch, but advantage Hyderabad. And how good was Mustafizur yet again!?
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 6, 2016

Suresh Raina failing in IPL is like being ignored by the only girl who had a crush on you #SRHvGL
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 6, 2016

Mustafijur Rahman
4-0-17-2
so far in #IPL9
30-1-187-10
avg : 18.7
Eco : 6.23#SRHvGL
— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) May 6, 2016

Gujarat Lions in their first few games.
Gujarat Lions in the last few games.#SRHvGL #IPL2016 pic.twitter.com/WUtfL01pAE
— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) May 6, 2016

Only in the IPL will you see Warner drop a sitter, what a great tournament#SRHvGL
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 6, 2016

Gujarat is playing like corporate office cafeteria food, First few weeks it will taste awesome as the day goes it will get worse.. ?
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 6, 2016

Seems Gujarat lions has take some loosing tips from Pune super giants. ?#SRHvGL
— Banna. (@iJaiDeep_) May 6, 2016

This is easily the most hostile bowling spell this IPL season #SRHvGL
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 6, 2016

If it was an Aussie instead of Dhawan, he would've surely claimed the catch. #SRHvGL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/728601402839158784

Someone pinch me! 13 dots to start the innings by @SunRisers Kumar and Nehra v power houses McCullum/Smith. What a start. #SRHvGL #VIVOIPL
— Mel 'MJ' Jones (@meljones_33) May 6, 2016

A maiden, in the power play, against McCullum & Smith, in a T20 game!!! Give Bhuvi an Oscar, a Nobel,Arjuna award & income tax exemption ???
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 6, 2016