Jos Buttler showed the world why he is rated as one of the best T20 players in the world, and looked simply sensational against his former team Mumbai. He became the first centurion of the Indian T20 league 2022 as he scored a hundred from 68 balls. He was well supported by the likes of Sanju Samson (30) and Shimron Hetmyer (35).
Rajasthan scored 193 in the first innings, which meant that Mumbai had to start striking from ball one to win their first game of this season. When it comes to their bowling in the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah was the diamond in the rough as he only gave 17 runs in his four overs, and took a wicket as well. During the second innings, Mumbai lost two early wickets and were in trouble.
However, Ishan Kishan put on an 81-run partnership with the youngster Tilak Varma and threatened to take the game away from the Sanju Samson-led side. After which, both the batters were dismissed in a matter of nine deliveries. Rajasthan were back in the game after that and Yuzvendra Chahal ensured that he took two wickets in his last over.
Mumbai lived up to their reputation of being "Slow Starters" as they have now lost their second game of this season as well. On the other hand, the 2008-champions look like a force to reckon with as they are yet to lose a game in the 2022 edition. It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that the five-time champions were completely outplayed in all departments of the game. At the end, they fell short of their target by 23 runs, and even Kieron Pollard couldn't win the game for them.
The fact that a lot of Mumbai's players are yet to fire doesn't help their cause either. If they are to do well in this season, then they have to rectify their flaws. The fans were quick to react as they took to Twitter to post some awesome memes. From trolling Rohit Sharma to praising Buttler for his superb knock, there were a lot of memes tweeted by passionate admirers of the game.
Here are some of the best memes from today's game between Rajasthan and Mumbai
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https://t.co/J64TTPygLI pic.twitter.com/O41mApTc5l
โ Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 2, 2022
#MIvsRR
โ Sajal๐ (@Yummynem_) April 2, 2022
Rohit Sharma watching Ishan kishan and Tilak Varma's batting from dug out : pic.twitter.com/M3LHLxoERg
buttler buttler buttler haaaaaan buttler buttler pic.twitter.com/rkS8G9jBXz
โ Arun Lol (@dhaikilokatweet) April 2, 2022
#MIvsRR
โ Sajal๐ (@Yummynem_) April 2, 2022
Rohit Sharma watching Ishan kishan and Tilak Varma's batting from dug out : pic.twitter.com/M3LHLxoERg
Abba Harmonium pic.twitter.com/5IQh2Oscj5
โ JOB? (@KohliisGoat) April 2, 2022
No one
โ Manoj Pareek (@mrpareekji) April 2, 2022
MI bowlers today :#MIvsRR pic.twitter.com/ffQo9tQ7Cf
#MIvsRR
โ Buta gorira (@Sid_maymay) April 2, 2022
Then Bumrah, hardik,... And now Tilak ๐ช pic.twitter.com/aIRE5oTYOi
#MIvsRR
โ Siddharth Singh Baghel (@Siddhar44496240) April 2, 2022
Csk fans right now
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Yuzvendra Chahal after being denied a hat-trick by Karun Nair:#MIvsRR | #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/OsEQlmag4d
โ Shubham (@sokanpuriya) April 2, 2022
Both MI and CSK have lost their first two games.
โ Sports Yaari (@YaariSports) April 2, 2022
Meanwhile CSK to MI :#IPL2022 #TATAIPL #MIvsRR #CricketTwitter #CricketLIVE #RajasthanRoyals pic.twitter.com/95GRx3rwTw
#MIvsRR
โ anand singh (@politics2019o) April 2, 2022
*MI and CSK at bottom of points table* pic.twitter.com/17cUFADiex
#MIvsRR#IPL2022#RRvsMI #HallaBol
โ Hasan samriya (@HusseySamriya) April 2, 2022
win the toss win the match
RR be like :- pic.twitter.com/ao1McinszQ
Everyone : MI starting ke saare matches haarti kyu hai ?
โ Garima Katiyar๐ฎ๐ณ (@_weirdotweets) April 2, 2022
*Le MI players : #MIvsRR #IPL pic.twitter.com/UiLMlNIdDi