Twitter reacts as KKR qualify for the playoffs for the 6th time in IPL
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Sunrisers Hyderabad, who has boasted of the best bowling attack this season, failed to stop an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders side even though they had enough runs to defend. Twitterati were overjoyed after KKR qualified for the IPL playoffs for the sixth time by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 172/9 (Shikhar Dhawan 50, Kane Williamson 36; Prasidh Krishna 4/30, Javon Searles 1/24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 173/5 (Chris Lynn 55, Robin Uthappa 45; Siddarth Kaul 2/26, Carlos Brathwaite 2/21) by 5 wickets.
What a start by Goswami!
Shreevats Goswami is killing it... Full form
— Neha (@iNehaBhambri)
Shreevats Goswami's six off the very next ball after being hit on the helmet was incredible
— Amol Joshi (@amalezishi)
Bad day to be the hometown!
Shreyas Gopal from Karnataka knocked RCB out.
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_)
Shreevats Goswami from West Bengal bullying KKR bowlers now
Another great season for Dhawan!
Shikhar Dhawan becomes 5th player to score 500 runs against KKR in IPL...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
Shikhar Dhawan's last three IPL seasons
— Bhaskar Ganekar (@BhaskarGanekar)
2016 - 501 runs - Rank 5
2017 - 479 runs - Rank 3
2018 - 473 runs - Rank 10 ***
(*** He'll play at least 2 more games in this season)
No one expected Kane to fill in Warner's boot, but now...
644* runs by Kane Williamson in is:
— srijith (@srijithcfc)
➖ Second-most runs in a season by a player. Warner (848 runs in 2016) has the most
➖ Third-most runs in a season by an IPL captain. Kohli (973 runs in 2016) has the most
Who said Kane is not a good T20 player?
Kane Williamson in IPL:
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket)
First 15 games: 11 Sixes
Next 14 games: 26 Sixes
Yet another youngster who has shined in this IPL!
Brilliant last over from Prasidh Krishna : W 0 4 W W W
— IPL CricfreakZ (@cricfreakz)
Yet another Emerging star in this
Prasidh Krishna shines with 4/30 via
— prince kumar singh (@prince2710singh)
Even though RCB had a bad day, Karnataka has been a gala time!
Top performance from Karnataka bowlers today:
— Karnataka Ranji Team/ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಣಜಿ ತಂಡ (@RanjiKarnataka)
1. Krishnappa Gowtham: 2-0-6-1 & 14(5b, 2x6s),
2. Shreyas Gopal: 4-0-16-4 (Man of the Match),
3. Prasidh Krishna: 4-0-30-4.
Another match another Narine cameo!
Narine giving those starts is the key💜💜💜
— Eldo Jacob (@eldoj28)
Fun fact!
Sunil Narine in this IPL having more runs than
— Merin Kumar (@merin_kumar)
Mayank, Finch, Maxwell, Stokes, Karun, Mandeep, Tripathi, QDK, Russell, Nithish, Ishan, Rohit, Manish, Uthappa & Rahane
3 runs less than Raina
Narine -298 runs
— சிறுத்தோஸ் (@TonySK486)
Rohit -276 runs
🤐🤐
And then Lynn joined the party!
Half century for CHRIS LYNN...👏👏
— Fukkard (@Fukkard)
Chris Lynn against Pacers 🌩️🌩️🌩️🌩️
— SRK HATERS KO MAARO (@SRKsWarrior1__)
Rashid Khan who?
Robin Uthappa against Rashid Khan:
— Abhay3 (@ImAbhay3)
58 runs off just the 31 balls in 3 innings without being dismissed once including 4 FOURS & 4 SIXES
Million dollar question!
Are you fucking kidding me Uthappa? Will his innings never go past the 40s?
— debodipta paul (@debodipta_paul)
And with the win against SRH, KKR make it to the playoffs! Take a bow!
Congratulations . You made it against all odd. Being criticised for your auction pickings. Defendance on under 19 Player. You made you haters ,your admirer..
— Sourav Samal (@iamsouraav)
KKR qualified to play offs for the sixth time in IPL history...
— Mumbai Indians FC #DDvMI #DDvMI #DDvMI (@miIPLTeam)
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