'SKY out nahin hota aur yeh title jeetenge' - Fans react to MI smashing RCB by 6 wickets in IPL 2023

In the 54th game of the ongoing IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians played hosts to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium. Talking about both teams, they were coming off a loss in their respective games. In fact, both teams sustained heavy losses against different oppositions. Meanwhile, in this game, the home team, MI won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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They had a good start as former RCB pacer, Jason Behrendorff took the wickets of Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat inside the powerplay. At 16/2, the likes of skipper Faf du Plessis (65 off 41 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (68 off 33 balls) put together 120 runs in 10.1 overs. However, after their partnership ended and both got out in the space of close to two overs, things changed drastically for the Red Army.

They could only manage 199/6 at the end of their innings. When the likes of Du Plessis and Maxwell were batting, the team looked like going past the 220-run mark easily. However, the duo's wickets ended up breaking the momentum.

Mumbai Indians return the favor to Royal Challengers Bangalore

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In reply, the former champions had a great start as Ishan Kishan, after being included in the Indian test team, played some shots and provided a great start. He scored 42 off 21 balls and shut down the critics who questioned his selection for the Test Championship final next month. However, in the fifth over, Kishan and skipper Rohit Sharma got out to Wanindu Hasaranga.

At 52/2, the likes of Nehal Wadhera and Suryakumar Yadav put together 140 runs in the next 11 overs. This was absolute carnage as the team managed to chase down the total inside 17 overs (16.3 overs to be precise). Both Wadhera and Yadav scored match-winning half-centuries. With this win, the MI returned the favor to RCB.

Apparently, the three-time finalists won pretty much the same way against MI early in the season. Now, RCB will play against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur which also happens to be a must-win game for both teams.

This is how Twitter reacted

If Indian team bats somewhere close to 70% of what Suryakumar Yadav does, they will become the team which every Indian craves for. #RCBvsMI #RCBvMI #MIvsRCB #CricketTwitter

— Manoj Dimri (@manoj_dimri) May 9, 2023

Not too long ago there were questions over Suryakumar Yadav’s form, and here he is with 4th half century in last 6 innings. He whacked RCB like they were school kids, though @surya_14kumar will regret not staying back right till the end. 👏👏#RCBvMI #MIvsRCB

— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) May 9, 2023

Suryakumar Yadav is the BEST T20 batsman. No one even comes close. NOBODY. #MIvsRCB #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/JABjHHUR6c

— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) May 9, 2023

I can't even imagine how the opposite teams and their fans feel when this man is on full flow. Simply the BEST. 🙏🏼#MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/4m4P6HS7hp

— Lee ᴹᴵ (@Leennister) May 9, 2023

THIS IS SURYA KUMAR YADAV's WORLD AND WE ARE JUST LIVING IN IT #MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/3dcF4gGkzL

— Sagar (@fcbsagarrrr) May 9, 2023

The biggest positives for Mumbai Indians are Akash Madhwal's bowling and Nehal Wadhera's batting, two superb new Indian talents . #MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/u9N92cvSJf

— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45) May 9, 2023

We trolled Ishan Kishan a lot for his bad strike rates, including me, but he is improving a lot. Most importantly, he is never satisfied with his innings. This hunger for runs may make him a great player in the future.#MIvsRCB || #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/EVzjnKENam

— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45) May 9, 2023

RCB RCB chants doesn't win you matches 😂#MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/svO8Y5pZbP

— . (@naaccountnaistm) May 9, 2023

2 greatest Knock Against RCB by #SuryakumarYadav 🔥🔥

He treats RCB like his dog.

Official Owner of #ViratKohli #MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/f2S4o9AA9S

— 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐀 𝐘𝐀𝐆𝐀 (@yaga_18) May 9, 2023

Survir Moment ❤. #ViratKohli #SuryakumarYadav #MIvsRCB #IPL #IPL2O23 pic.twitter.com/SZKG33bIIa

— RVCJ Sports (@RVCJ_Sports) May 9, 2023