Twitter Reactions: Warner, Mustafizur exploits help SRH seal an easy win

Sun Risers Hyderabad took on the Kings XI Punjab in an exciting contest at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium. Captain David Warner won the toss as SRH elected to field first. While Punjab brought in Nikhil Naik and Rishi Dhawan while SRH had an unchanged XI.

Batting first, Kings XI Punjab lost the man in form Murali Vijay early. Shaun Marsh played well scoring exhilarating 40 runs from 34 balls while the rest of the team kept falling like a pack of cards. Glenn Maxwell and David Miller continued their poor run in the tournament as the SRH bowlers exerted tremendous pressure on the batsmen.

In the end, Axar Patel’s 36 from 17 balls helped Punjab put up something to defend for the bowlers. Mustafizur Rahman bowled splendidly well and returned with unbelievable figures of 4-1-9-2. Moises Henriques also got two wickets that of Miller and Maxwell as the SRH bowlers were absolutely clinical.

On the other hand, Warner began in an emphatic fashion as he raced his way to 59 from 31 balls. Shikhar Dhawan also did well for a run a ball 45 as Sunrisers got another fantastic start from their openers. Later on, Eoin Morgan provided some finishing touches as the Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 5 wickets with 13 balls to spare.

Mustafizur was deservingly announced the man of the match for his superb bowling. Twitter kept everyone entertained throughout the match with some hilarious tweets. Right from trolling Rishi Dhawan to lauding Mustafizur, here are some of the Twitter reactions during the course of the game:

Miller just not accepting failures. Not your area of expertise. Get out of the way

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 23, 2016

Worse thing is reading about @lionsdenkxip loss on Twitter from all IPL pages. #SRHvKXIP

— Deepinder Kaur (@deepchauhan45) April 23, 2016

5 wickets in hand, 2 overs and 2 runs to go, good to hear Sunny exercise caution: they won't want to lose a wicket now he says#SRHvKXIP

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/723930529662291968

Apparently, Preity Zinta didn't give the team Jersey to Rishi Dhawan, so he had a hair cut with his name and number on the back of his head

— Raju (@rajupp) April 23, 2016

Axar Patel's first in the 15th over.

Guess they were saving him for the nets against some right handed batsmen.#SRHvKXIP

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 23, 2016

Dhawan gets Dhawan. #SRHvKXIP

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) April 23, 2016

It's not ILLEGAL to bowl left-arm spin to left-handed batsmen ?? #Axar #SRHvKXIP

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 23, 2016

David Warner & Shikhar Dhawan missed their 5th 100+ opening stand in #IPL
The next best
just 2 1st wkt stands by seven other pairs#SRHvKXIP

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 23, 2016

hey @SrBachchan, Sunil Gavaskar just said auto rickshaw to Shikhar Dhawan and Ferrari to David Warner. #SRHvKXIP #JustSaying

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) April 23, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/723919899635027968

From the way Warner's been batting this IPL season I think he wants to prove a point…

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 23, 2016

David Warner Last 3 innings:

42 Balls Half Century

29 Balls Half Century

23 Balls Half Century

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 23, 2016

David Warner has activated BEAST mode…but then that's exactly what he did as soon as the IPL started 🙂 #SRHvKXIP

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 23, 2016

If Mustafizur Rahman goes into the auction next year, he might earn as much as the Bangladesh cricket board.

— Sameer (@Notacrickethack) April 23, 2016

Mustafizur Rahman today.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 W 0 1 2 1
Figures: 4-1-9-2!#SRHvKXIP #IPL

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 23, 2016

Hey Bangladesh, wanna trade Mustafizur for Hardik Pandya and Ishant Sharma?
2 for 1

— Aw HMP Man! (@Fabled_Me) April 23, 2016

On TOI tomorrow. Is Preity Zinta's marriage effecting her team's performance? #IPL

— cricBC (@cricBC) April 23, 2016

Miller & Maxwell gone in one over. Meanwhile there's a sudden rise in Biriyani orders in Hyderabad. #SRHvKXIP

— Sir Lazy (@iLazyLad) April 23, 2016

I can pay Maxwell's ticket back to Australia. Can anyone please arrange for it?

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) April 23, 2016

How did the match pan out? – IPL 9, Match 18 Review: Warner, Mustafizur lead Sunrisers to another win