Twitter Reactions: Mumbai Indians register first victory at their fortress in IPL 9

Mumbai Indians took on the Royal Challengers Bangalore at their fortress, the Wankhede. Rohit Sharma won the toss as Mumbai elected to field first. While MI brought in Pollard, RCB made as many as 6 changes including Travis Head and Kane Richardson.

Coming out to bat, RCB recovered well after KL Rahul got out. Both Kohli and AB de Villiers put up a good platform as they raced their way to 91 runs in 10 overs. However, once both the set batsmen got out, the run rate dipped. The late charge by Head and Sarfaraz Khan ensured that RCB had a total to defend.

Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for MI as he took 3 wickets. Krunal Pandya also took 2 big wickets in the form of Kohli and ABD. RCB went on to score 170/7 in their quota of 20 overs.

On the other hand, MI lost Parthiv Patel early as Richardson struck on his first ball of this year’s IPL. However, Rohit scored a spectacular 62 runs from 44 balls as he paved the way for a Mumbai win. He was supported well by the new no.3 Ambati Rayudu. In the end, it was a Buttler and Pollard show as MI won the game by 6 wickets with 2 overs to spare.

Rohit Sharma was announced the man of the match for his superb match winning innings. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some amazing tweets throughout the crucial MI vs RCB encounter. Here are some of the tweets that took place during the course of the game:

With this kind of bowling, RCB cannot defend even 250 on this Wankhede pitch.. #IPL #MIvsRCB

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) April 20, 2016

Only RCB has the combination of world's best batsmen & world's worst bowlers in the team.#RCBvMI

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 20, 2016

Mankind angel for Mumbai Indians pic.twitter.com/naf1GGBy16

— Ojas. (@Ojasism) April 20, 2016

The best way to win a game in IPL 2016 is to win the toss and elect to field.

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 20, 2016

Mumbai Indians chased down the target with 12 balls to spare. #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/PP73Nm6ypX

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/722848003912900608

When even @ABdeVilliers17 misfields you know the game is gone. Superbly played Mumbai!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 20, 2016

mad match moment: Those 5 wides from Krunal Pandya, bowled it side on slinger like Malinga#MIvRCB

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 20, 2016

If Buttler and Pollard hit form together……

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 20, 2016

Jos the Boss… #ipl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 20, 2016

Most 30+ scores in IPL:
52 – Suresh Raina
50 – VIRAT KOHLI / ROHIT SHARMA#IPL #MIvRCB

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/722829659956584449

"Big Man, Tall man, little man" – Indian commentators' vocabulary#MIvRCB

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 20, 2016

Dhoni and Kohli opt for Binny even in ads. #binnyBhai

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 20, 2016

That's 150th six for Rohit Sharma in IPL. 3rd after Gayle (230) and Raina (153) to hit 150 or more sixes in IPL.#IPL2016 #MIvRCB

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 20, 2016

Inzamam is Mumbai Indians Running Coach? #MIvRCB

— Himanshu (@HimanJadduboy) April 20, 2016

Rohit Sharma is running as if Virat Kohli is batting at the other end #MIvRCB

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) April 20, 2016

The edge of AB's fingers are safer than the middle of most people's palms.

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 20, 2016

Sarfraz Khan dismissed when he looked like he might hit every ball for 6! More wickets falling too. But 171 still stiff to chase for Mumbai!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 20, 2016

Got to admire Rohit's captaincy today…has really rotated his bowlers well and have looked for wickets. #MIvRCB

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 20, 2016

The future of Indian and Aussie T20 batting at the crease…. #ipl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) April 20, 2016

Hit on the head, went head to head, got us ahead and now he's headed! Well done @klrahul11 #MIvRCB #IPL2016

— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) April 20, 2016