Twitter Reactions: Gujarat Lions lose their first game in IPL

The Gujarat Lions took on the Sunrisers Hyderabad at their fortress Rajkot in another one-sided contest. Captain David Warner won the toss as SRH elected to bat first. While newlywed Ravindra Jadeja was back for GL, SRH brought in Aditya Tare.

Batting first, Gujarat lost the man in-form Aaron Finch in the first over to a Bhuvneshwar Kumar inswinger. However, skipper Suresh Raina announced his form in a great fashion as he scored a spectacular innings of 75 runs from 51 balls. He kept on batting as wickets continued to fall from the other end.

The Hyderabad bowlers bowled well as GL could only manage 31 runs in the last 5 overs. Bhuvneshwar was the pick of the bowlers as he had outstanding figures of 4/29 which included 3 wickets in the last over. Mustafizur Rahman like usual was also quite economical as well.

On the other hand, Warner launched a counter attack on the Gujarat bowlers. He batted magnificently scoring 74 runs from just 48 balls taking off all the pressure from Shikhar Dhawan who wasn’t in a great patch prior to the game. Dhawan managed to score his first half-century in this year’s IPL.

Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a dominant 10 wickets win over the table toppers Gujarat Lions. The GL bowlers hardly exerted any pressure as the openers secured a comfortable win for them. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets. Right from lauding to trolling both Dhawan and Raina. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

when #GujaratLions lost the match pic.twitter.com/TH1em2EsAH

— Maithun – HMP (@Being_Humor) April 21, 2016

Great win @SunRisers skipper @davidwarner31 leading from the front with @SDhawan25 top bowling effort to restrict Gujarat @BhuviOfficial ???

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 21, 2016

IPL 2016: where teams win the toss and elect to win #GLvSRH

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 21, 2016

Now a days Shikhar Dhawan scoring half century is like Virat Kohli not scoring half century..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 21, 2016

Indian Chasing League…. 14/15#ipl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 21, 2016

FIFTY FOR SHIKHAR DHAWAN pic.twitter.com/raHyNkrXJP

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 21, 2016

Indian Premier League was entertaining when it was fixed. This Jo Toss jeeta wohi Sikander shit sucks.

— Pratik (@fake_engineer7) April 21, 2016

Seriously, this #IPL desperately needs some close matches and some teams who win after batting first. #GLvSRH

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) April 21, 2016

Raina – Dhawan kabhi India ke liye itna accha khela hai?

Dhawan – Tu kya bol raha hai, tu kab accha khela hai?#GLvSRH #IPL2016

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) April 21, 2016

30 for Shikhar Dhawan. pic.twitter.com/6Q5cvxPYtV

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/iamshruti7/status/723197128357486593

Hyderabad's victory assured. That's two in a row which brings them to the forefront in the League. Which team is favourite now?!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 21, 2016

These last few results are throwing the #IPL wide open.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 21, 2016

Praveen Kumar thinks the target is 250. Gifting free runs!! #GLvsSRH

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 21, 2016

David Warner's bat looks as close to a baseball club as a cricket bat can.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 21, 2016

Gayle and Raina scheduled their children's birth during IPL season. Both of them get the best results during this period only.

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 21, 2016

Suresh Raina ends his streak of 30 Twenty20s innings without a fifty. #IPL #GLvSRH

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 21, 2016

Suresh Raina has scored more runs today than he scored for India in the whole #WT20.

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/723160810336342016

This wicket is Raina certified flat#GLvSRH

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 21, 2016

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