Mumbai Indians’ young keeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has been receiving praises from all the corners for his blockbuster performance in their last league match of the IPL 2021 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi.
For the unversed, Ishan Kishan was seen struggling badly in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League. He was also promoted to the top of the order in the last two games and slammed two stunning fifties, to mark his return to the form.
Kishan raced to the 50-run mark in just 16 balls, becoming the fastest Mumbai Indian player to achieve the feat. The previous record was held by Kieron Pollard, who achieved this feat off 17 deliveries against KKR in 2016.
Ishan Kishan’s knock took Mumbai Indians to 83 in the powerplay and 120 in just 9 overs and helped to set up a platform for Suryakumar Yadav to finish the game with 82 off 40 balls, taking the total score of Mumbai Indians to 235 runs, which was their highest score in the IPL history.
The stunning comeback came on a day when Mumbai Indians needed to post a massive total on the board and defeat SunRisers Hyderabad by a margin of 171 runs or more to stand a chance to make it to the playoffs. Though Mumbai Indians failed to qualify for the playoffs 2021, but Ishan Kishan stole all the limelight with his stunning knock.
Meanwhile, netizens went berserk and flooded social media with their amazing reactions to the performance of Ishan Kishan. Several cricketers and experts also joined the bandwagon and heaped praises at him. There were many who came up with hilarious memes and jokes, while lauding the performance of Ishan.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati to this:
Finishing our season with a win ?
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 8, 2021
Vintage Ishan Kishan
My king is back ? pic.twitter.com/rmUH3q3CA2— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) October 5, 2021
An 8 run over and a 5 run over in it and yet, this is the best power play score in this year’s #IPL. Ishan Kishan has just gone berserk. 63(22)!!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 8, 2021
Never give up ft. Ishan Kishan ?#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/LYl87m32B8
— India Fantasy (@india_fantasy) October 8, 2021
Ishan Kishan madness – 104M six against Rashid Khan. pic.twitter.com/rpu9VFs8BL
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 8, 2021
Ishan Kishan just brought up the fastest 50 this season! He’s hitting them sweet! #SRHvMI
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) October 8, 2021
Literally every #mi fan today after seeing Ishan Kishan pic.twitter.com/ljQy9UpiOf
— Avi :'( (@Avani_4321) October 5, 2021
Ishan Kishan in 2018 scored the fastest 50 by uncapped Indian IPL player in just 17 balls.
Now the fastest 50 by any Mumbai Indians player in just 16 balls. pic.twitter.com/73t6JrAZL0
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) October 8, 2021
Some 84 are better than 100. Well played ishan kishan pic.twitter.com/CwCtS8nOjk
— Div? (@div_yumm) October 8, 2021
