Twitter Reactions: MI keep playoff hopes alive with a victory over RCB

Mumbai Indians took on the Royal Challengers Bangalore in another thrilling encounter at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss as MI elected to field first. While RCB brought in Chris Gayle and S Aravind, MI had debutant Nitish Rana coming in.

Batting first, RCB lost the man in-form Virat Kohli early who was followed by Gayle. While AB de Villiers and Shane Watson too failed to do the needful, KL Rahul again stepped up as he smashed 68 from just 53 balls and came to his team’s rescue.

Royal Challengers could only manage 151/4 in their quota of 20 overs, thanks to some clinical bowling effort by the Mumbai bowlers. Rookie left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya was the pick of the bowlers with outstanding figures of 1/16 in his 4 overs and picked up the Man of the Match at the end of the game.

On the other hand, MI lost Parthiv Patel early, but Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma built on a good partnership as Mumbai recovered from the early slump. However once both got out, they were again reduced to pressure. With 68 required from 6 overs, what followed was Kieron Pollard 35 (19)* and Jos Buttler 29 (11)* storming the RCB bowlers as they cruised MI to victory.

In the end, Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare. Varun Aaron picked 2 wickets but was expensive. On the other hand, Yuzvendra Chahal and S Aravind were exceptional.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the game. Right from lauding MI bowling to trolling RCB batting, then trolling RCB bowlers to lauding Buttler and Pollard, here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

If Pollard and Buttler bat together like this, it must be intimidating for bowlers……

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 11, 2016

Sums up RCB. Short ball missed by Rana.
KL Rahul appeals because he held onto one.
V Aaron just walks away thinking he got away with that.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 11, 2016

@RCBTweets See you next year!! #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/pbuJxBaPVb

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 11, 2016

Ramiz: You will have win to remaining four matches does that put so much pressure?

Virat: Nooo! I love it

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 11, 2016

RCB watching Chris Jordan bowl at the death. #RCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/2BH26SMIoP

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 11, 2016

Virat's put up a very brave front today. Dont feel he feels the same! Feel sorry for him with the kind of bowling unit he's got. #RCBvMI

— Siddharth Mishra (@Sid71083) May 11, 2016

For the first time in IPL, MI have defeated RCB twice in league stage in an IPL season. #IPL #RCBvMI

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 11, 2016

Mumbai's hopes still alive and kicking this IPL season, Bangalore's ready for burial…

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2016

That Russian cheerleader was honestly flummoxed "WTF it's over, these T20s don't last like those Test matches we love"#RCBvMI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 11, 2016

The best thing for #MI was that they mounted a successful run chase without a major contribution from @imRo45

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 11, 2016

Bottom line:
Even if you're Kohli, you'll never be better than Sharmaji ka ladka.@mipaltan @RCBTweets #RCBvMI

— Pranay Mohta (@CriticalBhukkad) May 11, 2016

That was the 400th six for @KieronPollard55 in T20 cricket! Only Chris Gayle has more!

— CricWizz (@CricWizz) May 11, 2016

Watching from the boundary. The true genius of @ABdeVilliers17 is in how easy he made that catch look. Athlete or magician? #RCBvMI

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 11, 2016

Two Incredible Catches

One from Stuart Binny
One from AB De Villiers

The Same team which was so poor in fielding one week before!

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 11, 2016

One of the many sports that AB is great at, catch a falling star.#RCBvMI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 11, 2016

If Sachin Baby heads back to the dressing room without a smile on his face… What would Chris Gayle say to him? ?? #RCBvMI #IPL

— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 11, 2016

Hardik Pandya's performance dropped faster than Anant Ambani's weight #RCBvMI

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 11, 2016

Sums up RCB. Short ball missed by Rana.
KL Rahul appeals because he held onto one.
V Aaron just walks away thinking he got away with that.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 11, 2016

Opening bowler, catcher on the sly, batsman in waiting, Stuart Binny is many things to many people.#RCBvMI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 11, 2016

An RCB fan after watching RCB's performance in this match.#RCBvMIpic.twitter.com/g96hjlj4m5

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 11, 2016

Chris Gayle's whatsapp status – " Can't score, blush only " #RCBvMI

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 11, 2016

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