Twitter reactions: RCB’s Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli blow away MI in IPL 2023

In Match 5 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) put up a dominating present and defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) at their dwelling floor in M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.

After being requested to bat, Mumbai began off their innings on a shaky observe, dropping skipper Rohit Sharma early for simply 1 run off 10 balls. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav tried to stabilize the innings, however they have been unable to make a big affect. Nonetheless, Tilak Varma performed a sensational knock of 84 runs off simply 46 balls, together with 9 fours and 4 sixes. His efforts, together with Nehal Wadhera‘s 21 off 13 balls and Arshad Khan‘s 15 off 9 balls, helped the five-time champions submit a aggressive complete of 171/7 of their 20 overs.

In response, the Challengers bought off to a strong begin, with skipper Faf du Plessis and celebrity Virat Kohli placing up a incredible partnership. They each scored half-centuries, with Kohli main from the entrance with unbeaten 82 runs off 49 balls, together with 6 fours and 5 sixes, whereas du Plessis scored 73 runs off 43 balls, together with 5 fours and 6 sixes. The duo fashioned a 148-run partnership for the opneing wicket which took the sport away from Mumbai. Glenn Maxwell supplied late flourish as RCB completed the match in 16.2 overs.

Right here is how Twitter reacted:

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Kohli and Du Plessis placed on an exquisite exhibition of stroke-play.

However the basis stone was set within the first few overs by the tempo trio. There was a good masking of grass and RCB took full benefit of it by extracting nifty motion off the pitch.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 2, 2023

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General – Batters remaining Not out in profitable run chases most instances in IPL:

26 – Dhoni
25 – Jadeja
22 – Y Pathan
22 – D Karthik
20 – Bravo
19 – Kohli, ABD, Raina #IPL2023 #CricketTwitter https://t.co/9Eai3YwndV

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 2, 2023

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Severe opening mixture, they appear to feed off one another on the market, what a deal with to look at. #TATAIPL https://t.co/NxwgbzIlf8

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) April 2, 2023

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Faf Du Plessis received the participant of the match award.

Captain, Chief, RCB.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 2, 2023

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Aaand we start!
What a crowd…what an environment! #RCBvMI #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/VxcrMod6qy

— DK (@DineshKarthik) April 2, 2023

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April 2nd, Ravi Shastri within the commentary field and a 6️⃣ to complete off an excellent run chase.

A tribute to THAT 6️⃣ from MSD #OnThisDay 🥹#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/MIAq24u5gC

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 2, 2023

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Kohli at 82* will at all times be particular. Masterclass!

— Shivani Tanna (@shivanitanna9) April 2, 2023

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Image of the day!

King Kohli made Jofra Archer helpless! pic.twitter.com/TiSLlvN9DC

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 2, 2023

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Kohli + RCB + Chinnaswamy is “magical three phrases” within the IPL. pic.twitter.com/BJQgYipF05

— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) April 2, 2023

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NAMMA RCB !
RCB’s homecoming cannot be extra particular ❤️ pic.twitter.com/QKQV6rs7Bb

— Yashvi. (@BreatheKohli) April 2, 2023