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Twitter reactions on Lasith Malinga’s last ball no-ball vs RCB

Dixit Bhargav
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Twitter reactions on Lasith Malinga’s last ball no-ball: Twitter was exhilarated to watch the thriller of a match in IPL 2019.

During the seventh match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs to register first win in IPL 2019.

In what was a nerve-wrenching match, it went down to the last ball. It was legendary batsman AB de Villiers who brought down the equation from 40 off 18 to 17 off the last over. Needing seven runs on the last ball, veteran bowler Lasith Malinga managed to win the match.

However, once the match got over, replays confirmed that Malinga had bowled a front foot no-ball. With the umpire missing the same, there were some unhappy faces in the Bangalore camp.

Chasing a 188-run target, required run rate never really became an issue with Royal Challengers. However, them losing wickets at regular intervals kept the match in balance. de Villiers, who came in to bat at No. 4 in the seventh over, registered his 29th IPL half-century. Top-scoring for RCB, he scored 70 (41) with the help of four fours and six sixes.

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With bowling figures of 4-0-20-3, Jasprit Bumrah put on record another exceptional performance to stand tall on expectations.

After Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and put Mumbai in to bat, the visitors ended up scoring 187-8 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma was the pick of the batsmen for MI as he scored 48 (33) with the help of eight fours and a six.

Providing MI with the much-needed blitz in the last over was all-rounder Hardik Pandya who scored 32* (14) with the help of two fours and three sixes. With bowling figures of 4-0-38-4, RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was the highest wicket-taker for his team.

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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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