IPL 2018, KKR vs MI: Twitter erupts as Ishan Kishan hits a 17-ball half century

Ishan Kishan ended with a score of 62 from 22 balls (Source: BCCI)

Mumbai Indians needed a win against KKR in Eden Gardens to get into the top 4 of the table. After winning the toss, Dinesh Karthik asked the visitors to bat first.

Mumbai Indians got a good start as Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis put together 46 runs. But, both the openers departed in quick succession and MI were 62/2 after 9 overs.

Then entered the young lad from Jharkhand, Ishan Kishan who attacked the KKR bowlers right from the start. Due to his onslaught, MI went from 62/2 in 9 overs to 144/3 in 14.4 overs, when he departed with a score of 62 from just 2 balls.

His partnership of 82 runs from 34 balls provided the impetus to MI's innings to score big.

After Kishan got out, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya tried playing shots but, got out soon after clearing the ropes a few times. The final flourish to Mumbai Indians was provided by Ben Cutting who scored a 9-ball 24 before getting out off the penultimate delivery.

Krunal Pandya cleared the ropes off the last ball and Mumbai Indians ended the innings with 210 runs from 20 overs.

Here are some of the reactions for the Mumbai innings:

That's not Ishan Kishan. That's not Ishan Kishan. That's Brian Lara with his dancing shoes on... @mipaltan #KKRvMI
— Samrüddha (@SamSS_22) May 9, 2018

Ishan kishan you just did the Rohit at Eden Garden. You just showed carnage can look artistic too. #KKRvMI #IPL2018
— Anurag Rekhi (@Dravidict) May 9, 2018

Kisan is hitting spinners well, so what should we do?

Dinesh Karthik- Bowl more spinners to him. Master.#KKRvMI
— SHAH RUKH KHAN (@SRKsWarrior1__) May 9, 2018

MI management should get as much credit for this as Ishan Kishan gets. RCB would have dropped him by now for Aditya Tare.
— Alagappan V (@IndianMourinho) May 9, 2018

Ishan Kishan - a lot will be heard of this young man in future #mIvsKKR
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 9, 2018

The kind of mood Ishan Kishan was in, he could have hit 12-15 sixes tonight. Was getting into the right position to play the big shot every ball, every f*cking ball. KKR will have taken a sigh of relief. It was madness in disguise. #KKRvMI
— Abhishek (@Sajjanlaunda) May 9, 2018

Pretty sure an India ‘A’ T20 team with the likes of Kishan, Samson, Pant, Iyer, Krunal, Gowtham, Rana, Rajpoot, Sandeep, Thampi etc. will give the senior team named yesterday a heck of a game
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 9, 2018

There was a time when india didn’t have any wicket keeper who can bat. Now we have 7 who can play purely as a batsman.

MS Dhoni
Dinesh Karthik
Rishabh pant
Lokesh Rahul
Ishan kishan
Wriddhiman saha
Sanju samson
— डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) May 4, 2018

ISHAN KISHAN tonight!

0,6,1,4,0,0,4,2,4,1,1,4,1,4,6,6,6,6,0,6,W@vikrantgupta73@IrfanPathan @cricketaakash #KKRvMI
— Kiran Parmar (@kiranparmar21) May 9, 2018

Ishan Kishan has taken Kuldeep Yadav to cleaners. What a player. Have been ranting this since ever and this guy proves his worth everytime he's been given a responsibility. Ruthless batsman!#KKRvMI
— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCricketBuff) May 9, 2018

That 98-metre BEAST SIX from Ishan Kishan off Kuldeep Yadav was a treat to the eyes.#KKRvMI
— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCricketBuff) May 9, 2018

The game was dead and burried for MI when Ishan Kishan walked in. When he walked out, it was dead and buried for KKR.

Curran has started really well here, though. Usually death bowling is start well, end well. Start bad, end worse.
— Alagappan V (@IndianMourinho) May 9, 2018

Rowdy Kishan, best Kishan! Played. Spanked Kuldeep to pieces.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) May 9, 2018

Someone tell Rohit Sharma the selection for the test team is over so he can play like a T20 batsman 🙄 #KKRvMI
— Shakti Singh (@hey_shakti) May 9, 2018

I was rooting for Ishan Kishan from the start of IPL and getting disappointed every time ..And now he is playing his best against my favorite team and I’m still disappointed 😬 #KKRvsMI
— Faraz- Citizen of Old India (@iamAKHTER) May 9, 2018

Simple and clean. Take a bow Ishan Kishan, you made things ridiculously easy when Rohit Sharma, who has bossed the game at the iconic Eden Gardens struggled so far. #KKRvsMI #IPL2018
— Tahir Ibn Manzoor (@TahirIbnManzoor) May 9, 2018

Ambani making Ishan Kishan look like Adam Gilchrist. #KKRvMI
— Rajat Arora (@EdinAzzaa) May 9, 2018

Fastest Fifty in IPL 2018

KL Rahul: 14 balls
Sunil Narine: 17 balls
ISHAN KISHAN*: 17 balls
Jos Buttler: 18 balls
Sam Billings: 21 balls#KKRvMI #IPL2018
— Dugout Cricket (@DugoutCricket) May 9, 2018

Ishan kishan looks like de kock🙈 #KKRvMI
— Sumit kadel (@SumitkadeI) May 9, 2018

Ishan Kishan has been ordered to bat freely and he is smashing all over the park!
I am again saying Kkr needs to get him soon !Else It becomes difficult to stop Ishan,Rohit,Pandya brothers and so on...
— SIjan Bhattarai (@CzanB) May 9, 2018

Take a bow! Ishan Kishan. What an innings. You just gave KKR their worst nightmare!! #KKRvMI
— Amogh Puranik (@amoghcfc) May 9, 2018

@BCCI @IPL @Sheffalee It may still be too soon to say this but Samson, Pant, and now Kishan! India's future in keeping is well secured. Delighted to see the fierce competition. As they say, it's a good headache to have."
— naufel muhammed (@naufelme) May 9, 2018

Maybe thats the way of Ishan Kishan is telling to the selectors they should have picked him for A tour atleast. Brutal hitting. #KKRvMI
— Prahalad (@prahaladkobla) May 9, 2018

When Ishan Kishan gets going, everything gets still. What a lad!#KKRvMI
— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCricketBuff) May 9, 2018

What a juggernaut innings by Ishan Kishen.👍 #KKRvMI
— . (@sohailrocks11) May 9, 2018

Did kishan got posses by Gayle 😍😍😍😍 #KKRvMI
— 💓💫guanlin_w1 💫🇧🇪 (@101Guanlin) May 9, 2018

Ishan kishan out of syllabus
— Green (@RajaPan90733879) May 9, 2018

Such a pathetic No-Ball call#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/J1EcHLgCto
— CricketGeek Fan (@4th_Umpire_) May 9, 2018

Umpire just got 10GB extra data added to his existing plan #KKRvMI
— Abhishek 🇮🇳 #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) May 9, 2018

#KKRvMI
Other teams to MI: pic.twitter.com/b9XXwVw1YQ
— Kash 🏏 (@LetUsernameBeX) May 9, 2018

Umpire causing blunders:
Against any other team- "That was a huge mistake this should not happen at this level"
Against MI: FIXED. FIXED. FIXED. AMBANI. MONEY. FIXED. FIXED.
Seriously guys? 😂 #KKRvMI
— Diya. #DilSeMI❤ (@TheCricketGirll) May 9, 2018

RT if u want Dinesh Karthik to resign from KKR captainship asap..#KKRvMI
— SHAH RUKH KHAN (@SRKsWarrior1__) May 9, 2018

This is what Ben Cutting did to Piyush Chawla #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/NiKTrLzIBC
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) May 9, 2018

Giving last over to Chawla.#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/Sc09QFNWti
— Mr. A 🏏 (@cricdrugs) May 9, 2018

Why couldn't MI play this well in the beginning of the league? Seems a little too late now but I hope it's not. #KKRvMI
— Bianca👙🌈 (@messyrodeo) May 9, 2018

There will be a day when Rishab Pant & Ishan Kishan will be Opening for Indian team in limited overs Cricket & won't be surprised if both left handed openers do the same job what Gilchrist & Hayden used to do for Australia. #KKRvMI
— Karan (@Crickaran) May 9, 2018