Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders started the tournament on a winning note, beating Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets at the Eden Gardens. Morne Morkel was awarded the Man of the Match for taking 2 wickets.

Here are the best tweets of the game:

Is he right? You bet ya!

Quite Easily Done by KKR. Rousing knock by Suryakumar Yadav. One of the batsmen to watch out for this season

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 8, 2015

…in other words – Gauti needs a new bat.

#IPL8 #KKRvMI Image of the day – http://t.co/gqRAx46Kjs pic.twitter.com/cBZtTxe0Kn

— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) April 8, 2015

KKR haters are sulking…

SRK haters are born to see SRK winning everything #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/AIWoywd3Gd

— Surya SRK (WIPROite) (@suryaticts) April 8, 2015

Is Suryakumar Yadav right-handed Jayasuriya?

Suryakumar Yadav flicking it like Sanath Jayasuriya’s long lost brother.

— Vigulp (@20ncounting) April 8, 2015

uh-oh, non-Mumbaikars subbing in with beef ban

Mumbai Indians lost simply because they could not beef up their batting and bowling. #KKRvMI

— Roflindian 2.0 (@Roflindian) April 8, 2015

Gambhir or MS Dhoni? I will take both

India has Dhoni. IPL has Gambhir. A tale of two captains. #KKRvMI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) April 8, 2015

This is one hell of a record!!!

KKR now has a 5-1 win record in the opening games of #PepsiIPL Lost their only game to CSK in 2011 #KKRvMI

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 8, 2015

Can you tolerate Sidhu?

RT if you’re watching the match on mute because you can’t tolerate Siddhu’s commentary #KKRvMI

— Arnab Goswami (@3DArnab) April 8, 2015

Welcomeback Ravi…and it semmes no one missed you much 😉

Ravi Shastri during #KKRvMI – “You have to bowl well as a spinner on this pitch” #TalkLikeRameezRaja #LoveYouLongTime #IPL

— Cricket Gandu (@CricketGandu) April 8, 2015

Last but not the least,this one sumos up beautifully