Mumbai were inspired by Sharma’s unbeaten 84 that continued his love affair with Eden Gardens and saw his side to victory over Kolkata.
Here, Sport360 takes in the best reaction from Twitter to the historic victory.
After an initial loss, we bounce back with a WIN, just as we promised!
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 13, 2016
Final Scores:
KKR 187/5
MI 188/4 #DilSeIndian #KKRvMI
Very smart today from #MumbaiIndians very mature from the captain Rohit Sharma.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2016
Rohit Sharma. Eden Gardens. Made for each other.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 13, 2016
Most 50+ scores in #IPL (incl 100s)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 13, 2016
27 Gautam Gambhir (0+27)
26 Suresh Raina (1+25)
26 David Warner (2+24)
25 Rohit Sharma (1+24)#KKRvMI
Rohit Sharma sprinkling some of his magical talent on the Eden Gardens turf. pic.twitter.com/8QrugF4a0K
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 13, 2016
Rohit Sharma sprinkling some of his magical talent on the Eden Gardens turf. pic.twitter.com/8QrugF4a0K
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) April 13, 2016
When u get Ponting & Tendulkar excited about your stroke-play u know u are the real deal. Another special from Rohit Sharma....
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) April 13, 2016
ROHIT GARDENS aka Eden Gardens. This was a Kohlisque innings in a successful run-chase. #IPL9 got its first thrilling game ? #KKRvMI
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2016
@ImRo45 is by far the most elegant right hand batsmen of this Morden generation #IPL2016
— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) April 13, 2016
Rohit Sharma hit 84* off 54 balls to guide the Mumbai Indians to a 6-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders #SSCricket
— SuperSport Blitz (@SuperSportBlitz) April 13, 2016
