On Thursday, it was a thrilling IPL contest played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians that had all the makings of a T20 classic.
Mumbai Indians, after put in to bat posted a score of 147/8 with Evin Lewis making 29, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard making 28 each.
Sandeep Sharma picked up 2/25 on his SRH debut whereas Siddharth Kaul took 2 wickets for 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 worried. 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 smashing a four off the last ball and MI was left cursing 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 in 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 format) has never hit a boundary in his career in 43 matches, 13 innings!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Big Billy!!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32)
Big Billy to the rescue!! 💥💥
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Wonder why Cutting did not attempt 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)
http://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
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
IPL what a match Nobody knew till last ball was bold who will win
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
What a game. Chennai twice chased what looked 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 don’t ebb and flow.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
😂😂 I saw the last over 👀👀👀👀
— Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (@Danni_Wyatt)
Another absolute thriller in the nearly every game 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 the tournament. ðŸ‘ðŸ¼
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Hyderabad have failed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
— 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)
WhaaaaaaaaaaaaaT an exciting Match.. won by 1 wicket..
Amazing match
Well played everyone.. It's win of cricket ðŸðŸ‘ðŸ‘
— 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. 🙊ðŸ™
Regards,
Indians & Pakistanis🗠Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja)
