Twitter Reactions: SRH proceed to qualifiers, KKR eliminated

The Sunrisers Hyderabad took on the Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss as KKR elected to field first. While SRH brought in Ben Cutting and Bipul Sharma, KKR had Morne Morkel and R Sathish coming in for them.

Batting first, Sunrisers lost Shikhar Dhawan early. David Warner and Moises Henriques recovered them from the early slump before Kuldeep Yadav sent both of them back into the pavilion of successive balls. Yuvraj Singh then played a gem of a knock for his team scoring 44 from 30 balls while Bipul hit 2 sixes in the last over.

This propelled SRH’s total to a decent 162/8 in their quota of 20 overs. For KKR, Kuldeep was the pick of the bowlers as he struck thrice while Morkel and Jason Holder both got two wickets apiece. On the other hand, Sunil Narine went wicketless.

Kolkata lost Robin Uthappa early. At one stage, when Gautam Gambhir and Colin Munro seemed to have balanced things a confusion resulted in a run out. From there on Kolkata kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Manish Pandey did well for his 36 (28) but ended up giving a catch to Deepak Hooda.

In the end, KKR fell short of the target, thanks to some extraordinary bowling by Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvanesh Kumar at the death. Sunrisers Hyderabad proceeded to the qualifiers against the Gujarat Lions on Friday while KKR has been eliminated.

Twitter kept everyone entertained with some splendid tweets throughout the KKR-SRH game. Right from lauding Yuvraj to trolling the rest of the SRH batting, right from lauding Mustafizur and Bhuvanesh to trolling KKR. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

Srh done a great job by wining in style tonight …
Bad luck kkr..

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) May 25, 2016

Kallis is all smiles the last hour or so! Not sure which team he is coaching.

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) May 25, 2016

So we will have a new #IPL champion team this season. About time it went away from #MI & #KKR.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 25, 2016

If only Gambhir could be as animated as Virat in the dugout, KKR would have an outside chance.#SRHvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 25, 2016

If Bhuvi can do this consistently in IPL, surely he can do the same in international cricket. Must be trusted with death-bowling for ODI/T20

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 25, 2016

Gonetam Gambhir. #IPL

— ️Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 25, 2016

I hope Gambhir hits a six that sends the ball straight into the crowd and wakes up at least 5 people in the stadium.#SRHvKKR

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 25, 2016

Yuvraj Singh always hits the stumps directly. Whether he is fielding, bowling or even batting. #SRHvKKR

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 25, 2016

*Uthappa with a friend in bar

Friend: Chal shots marte hain, kaunsa lega ?

Bartender: Sir inse mat poocho, his shot selection is very poor

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 25, 2016

Yuvitards waiting for Yuvi's fifty since ages. ? #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/AMQoLW5jfg

— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) May 25, 2016

Summary: Was great watching Yuvraj fire for a bit and equally bad watching his middle stump uprooted. #IPreferLess #SRHvKKR @inshorts

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 25, 2016

Morne Morkel and Jason Holder during innings break #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/stOYIWaXz2

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 25, 2016

TB: Mood in Hyderabad dressing room! #MatchPeCharcha #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/upJptyQp6d

— Amazon.in (@amazonIN) May 25, 2016

#KKR tightening the noose…courtesy the depth in their spin department. It's mind boggling that Kuldeep has played only handful of games!

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 25, 2016

Poor Warner, just about had it carrying this team on his twitchy shoulders.#SRHvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/735483584065081344

Gautam Gambhir is usually angry but gets even angrier when his bowler picks up a wicket.#SRHvKKR

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 25, 2016

At this rate Yusuf Pathan may end up bowling five overs and go unnoticed.#SRHvKKR

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/735482255347326979

Dhawan & Warner

First IPL opening pair to score 1500+ runs in IPL history…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 25, 2016

A top quote from Gautam Gambhir:"Sunil Narine isn't a mystery bowler, he is a quality bowler; mysteries get solved,quality remains"#SRHvKKR

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/735481383708065792