da fezbet： This week’s round-up of the most interesting social media posts about the IPL centres on a couple of early finishes
da wazamba： ESPNcricinfo staff09-May-2017Dan Christian was lucky to spend his birthday in someone else’s shirt. The face, unfortunately, was all his.
One of the pitfalls of your birthday falling during the IPL… Another great win tonight, Tripathi is a superstar in the making!! Also, put my shirt out to dry with @stokesy after the bowling innings, and grabbed the wrong one before I went out to bat, much to the ire of the match referee
Rohit Sharma had his birthday recently too and was surprised Ravi Shastri wished him over Twitter.
Thanks Ravi Bhai! You didn't need to tweet me Ravi Bhai if you screamed I'd hear you from wherever you are @RaviShastriOfc https://t.co/zRhy6YOgwN
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) April 30, 2017
Mumbai Indians finished their match against Delhi Daredevils six overs early, possibly because they wanted to get away from the Delhi smog as soon as possible. If anyone is preparing a presentation on signs that the earth is in danger, this photo of Harbhajan Singh’s bright Mumbai Indians jersey shining amid a haze may make a good opening slide.
Top win @mumbaiindians last night..Delhi Pollution,smog it was almost impossible to breath last night in the ground…all players were suffering with bad throat after the game #almost choked
Another game that finished inside 36 overs was Kolkata Knight Riders’ match in Bengaluru, in which, with Knight Riders chasing 159, Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine smashed 105 in the Powerplay. David Warner was keen to let everyone know he has been studying to be a travel agent in India.
I think @KKRiders want the 22:45pm flight out of Bangalore tonight
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) May 7, 2017
The last commercial flight from Bengaluru to Kolkata is indeed at 22:45 every day. And Kolkata, who finished the game before 19:30 despite a rain delay, may well have made it. Team owner Shah Rukh Khan was chuffed. Lynn and Narine’s partnership reminded him of a film he was in that had characters named Chris and Sunil who fall out because they are both in love with the same girl but then reconcile.
After Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa in '94, Sunil n Chris come together to make 105… well played boys! Ami KKR… pic.twitter.com/30JSbFaqVE
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 7, 2017
Speaking of early departures, we were under the impression Eoin Morgan had left Kings XI Punjab to play an England-Ireland series, but apparently he was training to become a pirate.
@Eoin16 Look who's on board… #CaptainCaptain pic.twitter.com/YU4GcUA2g1
— Captain Morgan (@CaptainMorganEU) May 8, 2017
Finally, we have some disappointing news. That Sourav Ganguly fantasy team we’ve all been beating comfortably is not actually his.
Hi all ..just saw an ipl fantasy team on my name ..it's not my twitter account nor my team ..it's fake ..I dnt participate in fantsy leagues
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 27, 2017