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MI Troll Memes: Funniest Twitter Reactions on Mumbai Indians’ Batting Collapse vs Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023

Dixit Bhargav
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MI Troll Memes: Funniest Twitter Reactions on Mumbai Indians' Batting Collapse vs Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023

Mumbai Indians‘ batters failed to turn up to the occasion to accept a challenge of chasing down a 208-run target in Indian Premier League 2023 against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad tonight. In what would’ve been one of the highest successful run-chases in the history of the IPL, it had almost ended up becoming one of the biggest defeats for MI.

An innings bereft of any sort of momentum from the start, opening batters Rohit Sharma (2) and Ishan Kishan (13) scoring a combined of 15 (29) never allowed them to be in a position to dominate in the powerplay. In addition to not contributing in terms of runs, Sharma and Kishan consuming a lot of balls was even bigger a mistake for batters of their potential.

The likes of Tilak Varma (0), Cameron Green (33) and Tim David (0) getting out within 16 balls around the halfway mark further added to their woes at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.

Reduced to 90/6 in 13 overs, Mumbai were required to execute a herculean task of needing 118 runs in seven with only four wickets in hand. A 25-ball 45-run seventh-wicket partnership between Nehal Wadhera (40) and Piyush Chawla (18) saved Indians from a lot of embarrassment despite never looking to be in a position to win the match.

If truth be told, MI were also let down by their bowlers in this match. The simple fact that they have leaked 200+ runs for the second time in a row doesn’t speak highly about the form of their bowlers.

MI Troll Memes

Having won five and lost two out of their first seven matches, defending champions GT have jumped to the second spot on the points table. Mumbai, on the other hand, are at the seventh position on the back of three wins and four losses thus far.

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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