IPL 2020: Twitter Ecstatic With SunRisers Hyderabad's All-Round Dominance Against Kings XI Punjab In Dubai

Twitter was ecstatic on Thursday as SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) put on an all-round performance against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in match 22 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020). SunRisers Hyderabad won the match by 69 runs and are now back in the top 4 of the IPL 2020 points table as this win has handed them a massive boost.

Winning the toss, SRH decided to bat first. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow provided a solid start to them as they smashed the Punjab bowlers all over the park. Both the batsmen scored massive half-centuries but the SRH innings crumbled towards the end. Kings XI Punjab never really looked in the game except for Nicholas Pooran’s carnage with the bat.

Twitter Ecstatic With SunRisers Hyderabad’s All-Round Dominance In Dubai

Twitterati seemed very happy with SunRisers Hyderabad’s comeback and they celebrated with the team in tandem.

Here are the best tweets of the day:

Mujeeb at 7 was only marginally less surprising than his review….

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 8, 2020

This #KXIP bottom half brings to mind MS Dhoni’s final question in his final press conference as a Test cricketer. Dealt with some teams having tails like Hanuman, some like Dobermans… #KXIPvSRH

[I wasn’t at the venue, but remember seeing a video of it]

— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) October 8, 2020

The ability to bowl wicket-taking deliveries in a T20 games without leaking a lot of runs. Rashid Khan is a phenomenon in this format. In a league of his own. #SRHvsKXIP #SRH

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 8, 2020

Easy to understand why @rashidkhan_19 is the most covered spinner in T20 cricket played anywhere. Great control, great skills, doesn’t give away too many runs, regularly picks up wickets, usually the important ones

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 8, 2020

Rashid Khan has an economy rate of 4.83 after 24 overs in a tournament where big scores are an everyday occurrence. And oh, he’s also taken 8 wickets. Freak! #SRHvsKXIP #IPL2020

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 8, 2020

Pooran hits the kind of sixes that gives the boundary fielders no chance to pull a Pooran #KXIPvSRH #IPL2020

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) October 8, 2020

When is the last time Maxwell has made a tangible contribution to his team in the @IPL someone Please remind me. Fabulous throw from Priyam but 7 of 12 and was all over the place as usual.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 8, 2020

Pooran has stolen Bairstow’s thunder with this blistering knock. What clean hitting! By the same token, Maxwell’s been a big letdown this season. Struggling to get the ball off the square

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 8, 2020

Abdul Samad and Abhishek Sharma 43 from two overs. Rashid Khan 7 off his two.

— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) October 8, 2020

when Nicholas Pooran walked in, @ESPNcric_stats Smart Stats had #KXIP winning chances at 11.87%. That’s gone up to 26.43% in 4.4 overs despite losing KL Rahul. Incredible. #SRHvKXIP

— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) October 8, 2020

Nicholas Pooran is one hell of a talent. In coming years he is gonna be the biggest T20 hotshot.

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 8, 2020

Nobody told us that it was Pooran vs #SRH and apparently, Pooran is also not told that it’s Dubai and not Sharjah ? #IPL2020 #SRHvKXIP

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 8, 2020

This is pure Ni “class” Pooran.??@nicholas_47 ?? #SRHvsKXIP

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) October 8, 2020

Nicholas Pooran. That’s the tweet.

— Shai Hope (@shaidhope) October 8, 2020

Nicky Pooran is a bad bad man ?

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) October 8, 2020

SunRisers Hyderabad Climb Up In The Top Half

SunRisers Hyderabad have now entered in the top half of the IPL 2020 points table with this win. After this game, SunRisers Hyderabad have climbed to the 3rd spot in the points table displacing Royal Challengers Bangalore from that position. They will now take on Rajasthan Royals in match 26 of the tournament.

Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, have hit the rock bottom now and they have nothing to lose from hereon if they eye a spot in IPL 2020 playoffs.