Twitter Reactions: Mumbai Indians beat Supergiants in the Maharashtra derby

Published - 01 May 2016, 23:58 IST | Updated - 01 May 2016, 23:58 IST

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Mumbai Indians took on the Rising Pune Supergiants in the Maharashtra derby at Pune. Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss as MI elected to field first. RPS had the Aussie pacer Scott Boland coming in while MI had an unchanged XI from their last game.

Batting first, RPS lost Rahane early. Then, Steve Smith continued his brilliant form as he along with Saurabh Tiwary put up an 84 runs partnership for the second wicket. While Smith smashed 45 runs from 23 balls, Tiwary also did well for his 57 (45).

However, the tables turned later in the inning, as the MI bowlers did well to restrict the RPS batsmen to 159/5 in the end. Jasprit Bumrah was again the pick of the bowlers as he picked 3 wickets and bowled a lethal second spell.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians began well. Parthiv Patel got out after a good start, as Rohit Sharma continued his great form batting second. He scored a magnificent 85 runs from just 60 balls as Mumbai Indians cruised to an 8-wicket victory. Both Ambati Rayudu and Jos Buttler built crucial partnerships with Rohit in the end as MI chased 160 with 9 balls to spare.

RPS bowlers continued their poor form as the Pune Supergiants went on to lose their fourth and last game at home. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the Maharashtra derby. Right from lauding Rohit and Smith to trolling Dinda and Harbhajan-Rayudu. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Gujarat Lions maintain top spot, Kings XI Punjab remain at the bottom while Mumbai Indians move up #IPL2016 pic.twitter.com/HLNr8AAOIl
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 1, 2016

Rising Pune Supergiants the worst choice of name turned out to be worst team of this IPL….
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 1, 2016

Dhoni's team remains short by 20-25 runs, 3-4 foreign players and 2-3 good bowlers.#RPSvMI
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 1, 2016

Jis team mei mai khada ho jaata hu, wo team IPL semis se pehle hi khatm ho jaati hai – Ashok Dinda #RPSvsMI pic.twitter.com/jP3vYQj4vn
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 1, 2016

The way Rohit Sharma is batting this IPL is like *yeh mere baap ka tournament hai*
#RPSvsMI
— Jimish (@jimishbathia) May 1, 2016

First real game were RPS were completely outplayed. Rest all games, they had a chance. Rohit ensured their was none today.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 1, 2016

Rohit Sharma in this IPL:
Batting first: 7, 7, 5, 0
While chasing: 84*, 62, 65, 68*, 85*#RPSvsMI
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 1, 2016

Road ahead for RPS: Win every game they play, and don't get injured.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 1, 2016

Pune become the only team to lose all their home matches this season. Lost all their four games!! #RPSvsMI
— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) May 1, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/726829582016368641

On Rajat Bhatia.
'He runs in so slowly, like he doesn't want to bowl.' – Ramiz Raja.
'He runs faster than he bowls.' – Gavaskar.#RPSvMI
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) May 1, 2016

Mumbai in cruise control. Pune have looked beleaguered in both batting and bowling
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 1, 2016

6000 runs for Rohit Sharma in T20s
2nd Indian after Suresh Raina & 7th overall!!#RPSvsMI
— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) May 1, 2016

R Ashwin's form has slumped faster than Dhoni's luck #RPSvsMI
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) May 1, 2016

Peter Handscomb
Peter Goes Bald
Peter No Need To Comb !#RPSvsMI
— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) May 1, 2016

Dhoni has stopped playing the helicopter shot ever since the #AgustaHelicopter scam broke out.
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) May 1, 2016

Harbhajan: BC saale ball toh pakad theek se.
Rayudu: Nehra samajhta hai kya apne aapko, chal bhaag.
Harbhajan: Cool dude.#RPSvsMI
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) May 1, 2016

The difference between Harbhajan-Rayudu and Harbhajan-Sreesanth is that Harbhajan is married now.
He has learned the art of apologising.
— Angad Singh Ranyal (@PiratedSardar) May 1, 2016