It is not every day that one will witness a knock off such brilliance, like the one played by Manan Vohra against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Vohra was the one man army for the Kings XI Punjab, as thanks to his willow alone, the visitors got ever so close to the Sunrisers’ target. Vohra’s stunning knock of 95 stood out in a game that was highlighted by some impeccable bowling performances.
Needing 160 to win after Sunrisers skipper David Warner played a fine captain’s knock for his team, the Kings XI were rocked early by the brilliance of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Kumar ended up getting his maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL, as ultimately he was able to send back Vohra after a stellar knock.
Fans on Twitter were in awe of Vohra throughout the chase and below are some of the tweets.
I almost can't watch. @SunRisers this is getting too close. #SRHvKXIP
— Candice Warner (@CandiceWarner31) April 17, 2017
8 of Rashid's 9 wickets this IPL have been either bowled or LBW.
6 of the 9 batsmen were out for single-digit scores. #SRHvKXIP
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 17, 2017
His name is Rashid Khan
& He is not a Terrorist
An Young Sensational Spinner
Best Wishes 4 U in future ?#SRHvKXIP
— Cricket Lover ??? (@PradipMsd7) April 17, 2017
Close competition this ! Shikhar Dhawan is the Ishant Sharma of batting and Ishant Sharma is the Shikhar Dhawan of bowling.#SRHvKXIP
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) April 17, 2017
@ImMananVohra Brilliant innings. Wickets tumbling on one side. He kept his head cool. #Vohra #SRHvKXIP #IPL #IPL2017 #VIVOIPL #IPL10
— VISHNUPRASAD (@vpk11) April 17, 2017
What a cline of job @rashidkhan_19 The sound of #Thumbaa again nd again.. #SRHvKXIP
— A K A S H (@rinkubanote) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/imAbhijeet0803/status/854026660441501696
https://twitter.com/TheTimeChor/status/854026631341584385
@ImMananVohra Brilliant innings. Wickets tumbling on one side. He kept his head cool. #Vohra #SRHvKXIP #IPL #IPL2017 #VIVOIPL #IPL10
— VISHNUPRASAD (@vpk11) April 17, 2017
Manan Vohra is hitting them out of the ground! Even Rashid Khan cannot find the right length to bowl to him! #SRHvKXIP #IPL
— HoldingWilley ? (@holdingwilley) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/PrashantSport/status/854026770563125248
Rashid Khan's IPL wickets:
Mandeep
Head
McCullum
Finch
Raina
Rohit
Gambhir
Miller
SahaThis kid is sensation from Afghanistan!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 17, 2017
Rashid Khan took the wicket in his first over of IPL career..
Mohammad Nabi took the wicket in his second over of IPL career..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/Kiran_Speaks/status/854022178454462469
@ACBofficials being put on the world map by @rashidkhan_19 and @MohammadNabi007 @IPL_2017 #srhvkxip
— Phil Simmons (@Coachsim13) April 17, 2017
Only way to stop Rashid Khan from taking wickets is to play azaan in a loop.#SRHvKXIP
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/VipulSingh09/status/854020658078109696
Happy that Afghanistanis performing extremely well ?
Especially #RashidKhan ???
— Dinu | Thala (@Dinu_Akshii) April 17, 2017
Good job @MohammadNabi007 and @rashidkhan_19, it's merely the beginning. #IPL2017 #SRHvsKXIP
— Ateeq Nosher (@AteeqNosher) April 17, 2017
Can't believe my eyes. Manan Vohra doing justice to his talent #IPL
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) April 17, 2017
Sehwag is not in the dougout and Vohra is hitting brilliant right now, warner should check vohra's ASAP.#SRHVKXIP
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 17, 2017
Umpires in this IPL. pic.twitter.com/8UNBvhC0kY
— Banna. (@iJaideep_) April 17, 2017
Shikhar Dhawan dropped Vohra's catch at this point, warner going to dropp Dhawan from next match.#SRHVKXIP
— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 17, 2017
The leg before decision that wasn't given….the catch that wasn't taken. #IPL #SRHvsMananVohra
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 17, 2017