Hyderabad live to fight another day. Their victory against Mumbai has ensured that they continue to stay in the race to the playoffs. The Kane Williamson-led side beat the Mumbai-based franchise by three runs in the 65th game of the Indian T20 League 2022.
Amidst a lean patch, Hyderabad's skipper Kane Williamson decided to demote himself and thus, it was Priyam Garg and Abhishek Sharma who opened the innings for the orange army. However, Sharma had to return to the pavilion rather early, as he was dismissed in just the third over.
Garg and Rahul Tripathi then added 79 runs together and took the attack to the opposition. Thus, Hyderabad scored 57 runs in the first six overs. Although Garg had to depart in the 10th over, Tripathi continued. The 31-year-old played an absolute gem of an innings, and showed a lot of intent. He went on to score a 44-ball 76. Nicholas Pooran played a handy cameo as he scored a 22-ball 38.
Thus, Hyderabad managed to score 193 in the first innings, and lost six wickets in the process. As for the second innings, Mumbai's openers started on a positive note. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan were looking really good. However, both failed to get to their respective half-centuries, and couldn't capitalize on their start.
While Sharma was dismissed after scoring 48 off 36 balls, Kishan had to depart for a 34-ball 43. After which, the Mumbai-based franchise kept losing wickets at regular intervals. It was Umran Malik who titled the game towards Hyderabad's favour as he bowled a fabulous spell. He went on to pick three wickets in three overs, while giving 23 runs.
Tim David hit some lusty blows to give the Mumbai fans a glimmer of hope. After hitting four sixes in the first five balls of the 18th over, he was run-out for an 18-ball 46 in the final ball of the over. This sealed the deal for Hyderabad, as they restricted Mumbai to 190-7. Several fans took to Twitter to post some hilarious memes.
Here are some of the best memes from today's game:
MI losing the match
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 17, 2022
Virat Kohli to Rohit Sharma: pic.twitter.com/e3n7KkQHvl
Bhuvneshwar Kumar. pic.twitter.com/rt4J5oaojL
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) May 17, 2022
#MIvSRH
— 𓃵 Ctrl C + Ctrl Memes 45 (@Ctrlmemes_) May 17, 2022
Rohit Sharma fans after watching him getting out without milestone after being well settled on crease : pic.twitter.com/ddAduiNolc
#SRHvsMI #MIvSRH #MIvsSRH
— 마륵 타망😷😷 (@_Marktamang) May 17, 2022
Feeling sad for RCB 🌚 pic.twitter.com/5zr5sQ4oDf
Your next task is to score a 50. pic.twitter.com/llFM8I0EOT
— Manya (@CSKian716) May 17, 2022
RCB fans cheering for Mumbai Indians pic.twitter.com/T2ikmxTGvk
— ASmemesss (@asmemesss) May 17, 2022
@tripathirahul52 giving lecture to other batsmen how to bat properly
— Arjun $ingh (@ArjunSi39115970) May 17, 2022
😂😂#IPL #MEMES #MIvsSRH pic.twitter.com/VgPQu1Uj21
#MIvSRH #MIvsSRH
— 마륵 타망😷😷 (@_Marktamang) May 17, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar on bench watching everyone getting debut for MI :- pic.twitter.com/X1RtpSAXjR
Virat kohli to Rohit after MI lost to SRH : #SRHvMI pic.twitter.com/xKpD0ptRk6
— Aryan 🇮🇳 (@iAryan_Sharma) May 17, 2022
#MIvsSRH
— 🅱🆄🅽🅽🆈🥳🌈 (@aakash_lakhia) May 17, 2022
RCB and KKR to MI : pic.twitter.com/kjSJwkzVLz