IPL 2022 [Twitter reactions]: Wanindu Hasaranga’s fifer powers RCB to thumping win over SRH

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s five-wicket haul against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) guided the Faf du Plessis’ led side to an emphatic 67-run victory in Match 54 of IPL 2022 on Sunday.

With this big win, the Challengers have boosted their chances of qualifying for the play-offs. They🔯 now have 14 points in 12 ma⛦tches, with seven wins and five losses.

Batting first in the 🍷d💝ay game, RCB batters fired in unison to power their team to an intimidating 192-3 in 20 overs.

Skippe♓r Du Plessis led from the front as he remained unbeaten on 73 (50), while Dinesh Karthik chipped in with 30 no😼t out off just eight balls. Rajat Patidar also produced a fine 48 (38), and Glenn Maxwell hit a 24-ball 33.

For Sunrisers, left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith returned with🧸 the best figur🀅es (2/30), including the prized wicket of Virat Kohli (0).

Chasing 193 for the win, SRH were bundled out for 125 in 19.2 overs. Apart from Hasaranga’s fifer, Josh Hazlewood picked up two while Maxwell and Harshal Patel took one wicket apiece.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Congrats for the win �� Brilliant five-fer from 👏🏻 made sure they stayed in the race to the play-offs!༒

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)

Must be an amazing feeling having the crowd cheer your ꦑname….DK, DK, DK. What a fi♉nish by

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)

The finisher of note!🔥 Wow!!

— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)

Comes in with just 10 balls to go.
P🌼lays the most impactfu♌l knock of the innings. Smiles. Leaves. Just DK things.

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)

This team can go all the way …

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)

du Plessis, DK and then de Silva! The 3D effect fo🌄r 😊

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)

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That's a FIVE-wicket haul for 👏👏

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)

Most wickets in :

Chahal – 22
Hasaranga – 21

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Superb spell of bo𝓰wling by Hasaranga. Getting 5 wickets in T-20 cricket it’s a rare feat to achieve.

— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)

Five wicket haul for Hasaranga, second spinner after Chahal in IPL 2022, incredible s🐽pell🌸.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)