Gujarat Lions won the match by 7 wickets against Rising Pune Supergiants. Electing to bat first, Rising Pune scored 163 runs, which was successfully chased by Gujarat Lions in 18 overs. Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum provided the start they needed and not much was left in the match after that.
Here are the best tweets on the match:
MS Dhoni when he realised that he has to captain this bowling side against RCB at Bangalore #GLvRPS pic.twitter.com/1bnPk310rB
— Cricket Bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) April 14, 2016
When You Need 1 Run In 12 Balls To Win. #SirJadeja Will Win It With 12 Balls To Spare. 😉#GLvRPS #RPSvGL #IPL9 #IPL2016
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 14, 2016
Ishant, Bhatia both leaking runs on flat deck.
You look at options, you see – Irfan, Dinda.
Good luck, Dhoni and Pune 😀— Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 14, 2016
CSK fans feeling like Janta Dal supporters after the party was split. CSK(Dhoni) ko support karein ya CSK(Raina) ko. #IPL
— cricBC (@cricBC) April 14, 2016
Brendon McCullum vs Ishant Sharma in Twenty20s (Before today):
Runs: 73
Balls: 34
Dismissals: 0
4s: 7
6s: 5
S/R: 214.71#IPL #GLvRPS— Sampath (@SAMPATHB24) April 14, 2016
Seems Ashok Dinda’s record of not being in a semifinalist will overtake Dhoni’s record of being in semis more often than not #GLvRPS
— Cricket Bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) April 14, 2016
Anchor- So ur old team-mates hv won, wt went wrong
Dhoni- well… Humein toh apno ne loota, Gairon mein kahan dum tha #GLvsRPS
— Arun Lal (IPL) (@dhaikilokatweet) April 14, 2016
baap – beton ki jung mein, jeet beton ki huyi.
— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 14, 2016
Seems Dhoni has realised his mistake of playing an extra overseas batsman, going by his post match interview. Good that. #GLvRPS
— Cricket Bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) April 14, 2016
” Dhoni missed a stumping ”
Baap ka pyar hota hi aisa hai#GLvRPS— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 14, 2016