Twitter Reactions: SRH bowlers hurt Mumbai Indians with regular strikes

The defending champions Mumbai Indians faced a narrow defeat in the season opener this year. They have always been late bloomers in the tournament. However, one would know that it is always good to get the first points on the board as soon as possible. In the pursuit of their first points of the season, the defending champions headed south to face off against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The stage was all set for the second home game of the 2016 IPL champions. The Sunrisers had beaten the Rajasthan Royals in their first game of the season and were certainly high on confidence. Coming to the game, they continued their good show in the first half of the game. As the things stand out at the half way stage, the equation looks tilted in the favor of the home side.

The game started off with a surprise coming from both the camps. Two big names missed out the game from each side. While Hardik Pandya did not turn up for Mumbai Indians on the day, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was ruled out from the SRH camp. SRH skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl first. His bowlers lived up to the expectations very well.

Mumbai lost their skipper Rohit Sharma in the second over itself with Billy Stanlake drawing first blood. Evin Lewis got going for his 17-ball 29 but failed to convert it to a big one. Suryakumar Yadav scored a fighting 28 off 31 deliveries in the middle order but that never really looked in command. The wickets kept tumbling with the SRH bowlers sharing the scalps among themselves.

Rashid Khan bowled four overs to concede just 13 runs that put the brakes on the MI innings even more. Kieron Pollard played a late hand of 28 off 23 deliveries but the innings barely crawled. Eventually, the Mumbai Indians finished with 147/8 in their stipulated 20 overs. Sandeep Sharma, Stanlake, and Siddarth Kaul took two wickets each while Rashid and Shakib Al Hasan grabbed one each.

Here is how the fans reacted to the Mumbai Indians innings:

Bumrah facing a free-hit instead of bowling one. #ripleys

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 12, 2018

mumbai waly tou ghar ky shair hy #SRHvMI

— Abhishek ?? #408 #KKR ? (@ImAbhishek7_) April 12, 2018

I still have no clue why KXIP did not retain Sandeep Sharma. I guess they don't have any clue either. #IPL2018 #SRHvMI

— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) April 12, 2018

Bumrah to face the no-ball. That is karma working in favour of him. #IPL2018

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) April 12, 2018

.@SunRisers bowlers have outsmarted the batsmen of @mipaltan completely, hope they would learn from the opponent and bowl accordingly. #SRHvsMI #VIVOIPL

— Prragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 12, 2018

Sid kaul has been real good in these couple of games.Those two wickets in One over was huge. Good to see an indian fast bowler doing well for his team at crucial times @ipl @StarSportsIndia

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 12, 2018

#MI Batting feels Top heavy ,especially when @ImRo45 gets out early, they give that feeling of ,just a wicket away for the opposition , a price paid perhaps for too many multi-dimensional options #SRHvMI #BESTvsBEST #IPL2018

— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 12, 2018

@TomMoodyCricket @SunRisers Loving the look of this Siddarth Kaul! Great energy Fearless and relishes the challenge! All the attributes needed for the IPL!

— Alfonso Thomas (@alfonsothomas) April 12, 2018

The difference between Billy Stanlake and Mohammad Irfan is that Stanlake is good, #IPL2018

— Manya (@CSKian716) April 12, 2018

Even without @davidwarner31 @SunRisers looking real good. @mipaltan need @ImRo45 to go big for them to go big. Dependance showing. @IPL #IPL2018 #MIvSRH

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 12, 2018

MI will have to pull out a rabbit out of their hat to win this. Can do it but will they?

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 12, 2018

Ashok Dinda must be fuming at Siddarth Kaul. He is destroying the hair band's legacy.#IPL2018 #SRHvMI

— CricCrazy DV ??? (@deepakv712) April 12, 2018

Siddarth Kaul bowling his heart out… Looks so good to see#SRHvMI

— D (@RangersDen) April 12, 2018

Only bowler name starting with S is getting wkts for srh…stankle shakib siddarth kaul .. #SRHvMI

— HITMAN NTR || MI SRH (@rajesh_1822) April 12, 2018

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