In an exciting encounter between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), MI emerged victorious by 6 wickets in Match 54 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Wankhede𓄧 Stadium on Tuesday.
After winning the toss, MI elected to bowl first and put RCB to bat. The Challengers put up a challenging total of 199/6 in their 20 overs, thanks to impressive batting performances by skipper Faf du Plessis (65 runs off 41 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (68 runs off 33 balls). MI’s bowling was led by Jason Behrendorff, who took 3 wickets for 36 runs in his 4 overs.
In response, MI chased down the target in just 16.3 overs, with impressive performances from their top order batsmen. Ishan Kishan (42 runs off 21 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (83 runs off 35 balls), and Nehal Wadhera (52 runs off 34 balls) all contributed with vital runs to take their 🐭team to victory.
Winning with most balls to spare in a 200+ chases:
- 21 balls: 200 by MI vs RCB Mumbai WS 2023
- 15 balls: 208 by DC vs GL Delhi 2017
- 10 balls: 201 by PBKS vs KKR Kolkata 2010
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Surya Kumar yadav the b🦩est T20 player in the world .. it seems he bats on a computer ..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)
What a sensational innings from !! Just WOW!! And how amazing has been!! Special knocks to take to the 3rd place!! 200 was nev𝓀er a huge target for at Wankhede!! need to sort their middle-order woes!!
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
S K Y just tooooཧooooooo goood bhai where we bowler🍸s bowle to you now 🤔🤔🤔🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19)
Supremac🔯y 💙 chasing 200 runs in 16.3 overs shows the quality in the camp. Superb knock by SKY and very special❀ knock from the youngster Nehal Wadhera 👏👏
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Surya is a real treasure of mumbai Indians…
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
𝗦 on kryp💙ton stands for hope, but on earth 🌍 it stands for 𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙔𝘼 𝘿𝘼𝘿𝘼 𝘾𝙃𝘼 𝙑𝘼𝘼𝘿𝘼 🫡
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Nehal Wadhera said, "more than my fifty, I'm more happy that my team won the game".
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Sur🍌yakumar Yadav propels M💃umbai Indians to victory!
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Mumbai🔯 Indians move to 3rd in th☂e Points Table from 8th.
What a comeback by Rohit Men.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Most successful 200+ chases in an IPL season:
7* – in 2023
3 – in 2014
2 – in 2010
2 – in 2018
2 – in 2019
2 – in 2022— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Chased 213 vs RR ✅
Chased 215 vs PBKS ✅
Chased 200 vs RCB ✅Mumbai Indians create history 🔜by becoming the first team to c🦋hase 3 200+ targets in an IPL season.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
I have not🌊 seen any batter playing shots like he does.
Surya Kumar yadav, we all bow down to you. The best in the busine𝄹ss. ❤️
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns)
I asked ChatGPT to show me a b꧅etter T20 batsman t🦂han Surya kumar Yadav.
It replied – Error 404 not found.
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL)
Mumbai Indians have just made this chase into बच्चों का खेल
Hope you’ve watched treating you to a T🧸-20 Masterclass— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Repeat after me:
Surya Kumar Yadav is the best T20 🦩player in t🌸he world.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
