IPL 2021: James Neesham posts a hilarious tweet after MI’s win over KKR in Chennai
Mumbai Indians (MI) registered their maiden win of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, April 13 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The Rohit Sharma-led unit came out trumps by 10 runs after posting only 152 runs on the board in their 20 overs. With the win, MI made a comeback after their loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening game.
Rahul Chahar became the Player of the Match after he picked up a four-wicket haul following Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill’s opening wicket partnership of 72 runs. Prior to that, Andre Russell had rocked MI’s batting lineup with a five-wicket haul in only two overs. In the meantime, James Neesham, who’s in Mumbai’s squad, had a hilarious take on the victory.
Neesham shows his humorous side after MI’s victory
He took to Twitter and wrote, “Running back to the hotel with that win like.” In the auction that took place in February, the Mumbai-based franchise bought Neesham at his base price of INR 50 lakhs. In 2020, Neesham
Running back to the hotel with that win like pic.twitter.com/CH5XopMIj1
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) April 13, 2021
After MI’s win, Rohit Sharma, their skipper, was impressed with the fightback shown by the five-time IPL champions. The Nagpur-born Rohit also put forth the importance of improving on batting in the death overs.
“Was a great fightback, excellent fightback by each one of them. You don’t see a game like this often. Lots of confidence from this game and we move forward. KKR batted brilliantly in the powerplay. Rahul came and got us crucial wickets in the middle. Krunal bowling those overs at the end was vital as well,” Rohit said after the game.
“It was a complete team effort and credit to all the bowlers. As batters, you need to carry on. The trend in Chennai is you can’t hit from ball one. You have to plan before you go into bat. We were 15-20 runs short. Should have batted well at the fag end. We need to understand how we need to bat at the death but I don’t want to take anything away from the boys,” he added.
Running back to the hotel with that win like pic.twitter.com/CH5XopMIj1
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) April 13, 2021
