On Thursday, 𓃲it was a thrilling IPL contest played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and𝔉 Mumbai Indians that had all the makings of a T20 classic.
Mumbai Indians, aft🐼er put in to bat posted a score of 147/8 with Evin Lewis making 29, Suryakumar Ya🌃dav and Kieron Pollard making 28 each.
Sandeep Sharma picked up 2/25 on his SRH debut whereas Siddh𒁏arth Kaul took 2 wickets f꧂or 29.
Chasing 149 to win, SRH had a good opening with Shikhar Dhawan making 45, 🎃but then Mayank Markande happened and the hosts lost their way.
In his quota of 4 overs, Markande removed the likes of Wriddhiman Saha, Dhawan, Manish Pandey and Shakib-Al-Hasan, to leave SRH a bit worri🐼ed. But Deepak Hooda remained nonchalant during the innings and played a gem of unbeaten 32 off 25 balls, with a six in the last over, when 11 runs were needed off the final six balls with one wicket in hand.
Billy Stanlake finally won the match for SRH by smashi🔯ng a four off the last ball and MI was left cu🧔rsing their luck, as they lost their second straight game by one wicket.
Twitter was out of breath as the match🐼 ended in a nail-biter and SRH won.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions:
Got too close to comfort i🍷n the end but that was T20 Cricket at its best. The bowlers did an excellent job in restricting MI to 147 & in the end Hooda held his nerve under pressure.Special mention to young Markande,looks a promising prospect. is a happy army
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a game vs at 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
What a win! This season is quickly becoming all about super close finishes. really ꦿpulled 🐈it back! But all said and done, tonight was owned by the bowlers of both teams.
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
Billy Stanlake (5* his highest score 🎀in any forma𝓰t) has never hit a boundary in his career in 43 matches, 13 innings!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Big Billy!!! 👏👏👏
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32)
Big Billy to the rescue!! 💥💥
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Wonder why Cutting did not att🔯empt the Yorker against Stanlake. Pressure? No 11 batsman after all! had almost muffed it up. A story of almost♔ all round.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Good couple of days for the 'Bill' lads in IPL. What a Nail biting thriller.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
//twitter.com/KP24/status/984496896881209344
So even a relatively low scoring game has produced a thriller…..
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
SRH's Deepak Hooda-winks Mumbai Indians
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
IPL what a match Nobody knew till last ball was bold who willꦛ win
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
What a game. Chennai twice chased what 𓆉looked unchaseable and Mumbai today nearly defended the undefendable. Last 3 overs SRH needed 15 with 5 wickets in hand. Fizz, Markande, Bumrah made a match out of it. Hooda, in the end held his nerve
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
What. A. Match. Who꧃ says that T20 games d𒉰on’t ebb and flow.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
😂😂 I saw the last over 👀👀👀👀
— Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (@Danni_Wyatt)
Another absolute t🌠hriller in the nearly every gam🍎e going down to the last ball!!
— Andrew Tye (@aj191)
Rise up and shine? Yes, they did! Sunrisers Hyderabad 🔯clinch a thriller to defeat Mumbai Indians by 1 wicket! It is called the battle for a reason!
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
This season has given ♏us some sensational games. Hope it continues through out th🎃e tournament. 👏🏼
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Hyderabad have failed to snatch defeat from the jaws of vict൲ory
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
The match is the first ever IPL match in which the chasing side won the ♏match by 1 wicket off the final delivery of the 20th over!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Whaaaaa൲aaaaaaaaT an exciting Match.. won by 1 wicket..
Amazing match
Well played everyone.. It's win of cricket 🏏👏👏
— RJ ALOK (@OYERJALOK)
MI condition in this IPL
— Dr Gill (@ikpsgill1)
Dear ,
Please Stop Bringing These Nailbiting Last Over Finishes, We Don't Have Enough Nails Left For Upcoming Matches. 🙊🙏
Regards,
Indians & Pakistanis🐍— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
