The three time winners of the trophy of Indian Premiere League, Mumbai Indians is currently locking their horns with the star studded team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, who is still struggling to win their first trophy.
Today, Mumbai Indians are hosting the match at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The team has not won a single match in this tournament till now but they seemed to be very much in form today.
Before the match started, Virat Kohli, the skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl first.
The first innings of the match are already done and the Mumbai Indians have given RCB the target of 213 runs.
The first innings started with the bang, RCB’s ace bowler Umesh Yadav took the first two wickets in the first two balls, dismissing Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan.
Ewin Lewis scored 65 runs in 42 balls with the strike rate of 154, smashing 6 fours and 5 sixes. Krunal Pandya scored 15 runs in 12 balls, including 1 fours and 1 six. Hardik Pandya too was not able to score a great number, he scored 17 runs in 5 balls.
Today, Rohit Sharma gave a stunning performance by making a great comeback into the league. He scored 94 runs in 54 balls with the strike rate of 180. He made the ball reach every corner of the ground by hitting thrilling shots, including 10 fours and 5 sixes.
The complete social media went berserk after the stunning performance by our very own Sharma ji. Here’s how twitteratis reacted:
Lip reading what @imVkohli is saying on field has widened my curse vocabulary extensively. #MIvRCB #VIVOIPL2018
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan) April 17, 2018
If there’s a spike on Ultra-Edge at the time of ball passing the bat…that should be OUT. #DRS #MIvRCB
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 17, 2018
Outstanding innings @ImRo45 cometh the hour cometh the man #King
— Jim Lindsay a.k.a Kyle Butler (@tarun_0707) April 17, 2018
While many IPL teams chose “Royal” names, Mumbai chose Indians. #Respect #MIvRCB
— Maithun (@Being_Humor) April 17, 2018
Throwing at the stumps and hitting them can win you cricket matches #Fact #T20 #IPL
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 17, 2018
This is the reason why #virat is a fan of @ImRo45 ‘s batting.. #hitmanisback #MIVRCB #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 17, 2018
Umpiring is mostly about common sense and little bit of experience.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 17, 2018
Umpiring is mostly about common sense and little bit of experience.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 17, 2018
Virat has always said he’s a huge fan of Rohit’s batting. Nice of Rohit to find form with Virat around #MIvRCB
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 17, 2018
The third umpire is brought to you by Reliance industries #MIVRCB
— Mon (@4sacinom) April 17, 2018
Rohit ne aise shots maare, jo fielder jaha the Wankhede reh gaye. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 17, 2018
RCB is that student in school who spends lavishly in the canteen, doesn’t buy books and fails in exams. #IPL2018
— Manya (@CSKian716) April 17, 2018
3 – 213/6 is @mipaltan‘s third-highest @IPL total ever. Challenge. #IPL18
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) April 17, 2018
Looked to time the ball instead of muscling it…Rohit’s knock eclipsed a top knock by Lewis in the end. Whattaa Player… #MIvRCB #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 17, 2018
CLASS @ImRo45 what an inn..you make it looks so easy???
@IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/vanillawallah/status/986279300054831104
Kya baat hai yaar @y_umesh! It’s so pleasing to see bowlers dominate in a format usually dominated by batsmen. #MIvRCB #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) April 17, 2018
Looks like another high scoring game at Wankhede @mipaltan vs @RCBTweets @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 17, 2018
Who do you think will win the match? RCB or Mumbai Indians? Share your thought in the comments below.
