On Thursday, it was a thr🐼illing 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 mꦛaking 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 hostꦕs lost their way.
In his quotꦡa 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 the𓂃 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 ex♐cellent 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!!! 👏👏👏
— 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 uꦗp. 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)
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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, Ma♈rkande, Bumrah made a match out of it. Hooda, in the end held his nerve
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
What. A𝓀. Match. Who says that T20 games don’t ebb and flow.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
😂😂 I saw the last over 👀👀👀👀
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt)
Another absolute ꦆthriller in the nearl♉y every game going down to the last ball!!
— Andrew Tye (@aj191)
Rise ꦇup 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 sensationalꦦ games. Hope it continues through out the tournament. 👏🏼
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Hyderabad have failed to snatch defeat from t⛎he jaws𝓀 of victory
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
The match is the first 𝐆ever 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.. 𒀰 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)