Wow! What a match! In what was arguably the best match of the season, Mumbai Indians just fell short of completing a record run chase against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium last night.
In what was a must win match for the Kings XI, Saha and Maxwell led the way as they put on a mammoth 230 runs on the board. Punjab must have felt that they had batted Mumbai out of the game but no one told that to Simmons and Patel as they gave the home side a rollicking start.
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But Punjab kept chipping away as Guptil took an incredible catch at the boundary line to dismiss Simmons. Pollard and Pandya then took over as they marched towards the finish line.
Just when it seemed like Mumbai would get over the line, Sandeep and Mohit Sharma bowled two brilliant death overs which finally won the match for Punjab.
Here are the Twitter reactions from the match !
Ishant Sharma after Mohit Sharma defended runs in last over. #ipl pic.twitter.com/7Uhomy5V8Z
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 11, 2017
#KXIP Batsmen Were On Fire As They Knew Anything Less Than 250 Is Not Safe When Sir Ishant Sharma Is In Team.#MIvKXIP #KXIPvMI #IPL #ipl10 pic.twitter.com/w1zTG4B3FS
— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 11, 2017
Today's #MI vs #KXIP Is The 2nd Highest Total Aggregate Scored In A Single Match In #IPL History. #MIvKXIP #KXIPvMI #IPL10 #IPL2017 pic.twitter.com/vIAyHEiPAo
— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) May 11, 2017
Martin Guptill plucks it out of thin air – with one hand – to dismiss Simmons, outstanding hang time!https://t.co/1aPoKQVSMe #MIvKXIP #IPL pic.twitter.com/wwSDpyAniU
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 11, 2017
#MumbaiIndians is most entertaining team of the #IPL
I would like to see them playing #IPL2017 final for the real entertainment #mivskxip— Sachin Sharma (@bhavyasachin) May 12, 2017
In #IPL 2017
Most runs scored: 985 in 6th over,followed by 958 runs in 3rd ov
Most wkts fell: 61 in 20th over,followed by 55 wkts in 18th ov— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 12, 2017
It was a run-fest in Mumbai on Thursday https://t.co/qrmBosI0MX #IPL #MIvKXIP pic.twitter.com/tPh6lIX0je
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 12, 2017
Pollard play all four balls…don't take a single. #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 11, 2017
#IPL – ‘Preity’ sure who is the happier one ‘Abhi’ – @realpreityzinta @juniorbachchan @SrBachchan #MIvKXIP pic.twitter.com/QGk0YIhCEu
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 11, 2017
Mohit Sharma's masterclass in death bowling against Pollard was special. Guess where he learnt all these tricks? CSK nets against Dhoni 🙂
— Aswin Chandrasekaran (@aswinc) May 12, 2017
What bowling by Mohit Sharma! He's done it in the previous match and has done it again today.#NailBitingFinish #MIvKXIP #IPL
— Y Pavan Teja (@PavanYarasuri7) May 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/kskirun2090/status/862735926593585152
Mohit Sharma's last 3 Yorkers were the match's and IPL's best piece of death bowling. Absolute brilliance.
— Vishnu Aravind (@Tractor9699) May 11, 2017
@lionsdenkxip
Main highlights of today's match
Mohit Sharma best bowling
Maxwell power hitting
Rahul bowling
Axar fielding
Still in d hunt— poonam pandey (@rocky80507518) May 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/RohineeIyer/status/729303820229038080
MOHIT'S DEATH BOWLING
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Wickets taken by Mohit Sharma in the final
five overs in this IPL – the most by any
bowler.— Mansun Returns (@I_suntos) May 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/HindustaniBittu/status/721674139493343232
