IPL 2021, KKR vs RR: Social media mourns as Kolkata virtually ends Mumbai Indians' playoffs race

On Thursday, Kolkata Knight Riders hammered Rajasthan Royals by 86 runs in its IPL 2021 tie in Sharjah. With this win, KKR has virtually assured itself of the playoffs berth, ending Mumbai Indians' race, while social media mourned.

There was no stopping former champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), as it battered fellow former champion Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 86 runs in Match 54 of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday. As a result, KKR is now practically ensured of a playoffs berth.

On the other hand, it means defending champion Mumbai Indians (MI) is out of the race, as it needs to win by 171 runs against former champion SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Thursday to make it to the playoffs miraculously. Nonetheless, social media already began to mourn MI's exit as we present the top reactions.

How to buy?

Hope #MIPaltan will buy 6th trophy next time, now 12th Man #Ambani Also seems helpless...
Ab reliance industry Ko Bhi #SRH Ke naam kiya tab Bhi Kuch nai hoga.. #KKRvsRR#MIvSRH#IPL2021pic.twitter.com/36Ny1zUFUp

— Amit_619_ (@amit_varhade) October 7, 2021

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Dominance

It's Okay Mumbai Indians!

Not Our Season, We fought till the end and Tried, Looking forward for Next Season...Still nothing can change the fact, We are the Most Successful IPL Franchise 💙 @mipaltan#MumbaiIndians#MIPaltanpic.twitter.com/3YZzCw9BTx

— Ayush Singh 🇮🇳 (@ayush0o) October 7, 2021

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Karma!

Karma has no menu.
Scenes Right now. #KKRvsRR#IPL2O21#MIPaltanpic.twitter.com/d95fzOm9Qx

— Niranjan Sharma🌿🇮🇳 (@Niranjan791) October 7, 2021

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Champion

Hard luck boys 💙 missed well deserved hat-trick 🙂 Still a champion 😎 Hoping for 🏆 next season.@ImRo45#MumbaiIndians#IPL2O21#MIPaltanpic.twitter.com/rxVzcvMK5G

— Nithish (@i_am_nithish) October 7, 2021

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Hope

#MIPaltan can Qualify to Play-offs !
If this player plays !
Le Player - pic.twitter.com/Mmak6MxfTp

— Politically Funny (@Politicalfun0) October 7, 2021

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Not impossible

Nothing is impossible #MIPaltan Just look at this Scorecard Keep calm and Believe Your Team #KKRvsRR#IPL2O21pic.twitter.com/f7iWUJsCz1

— 𝓐𝓻𝓪𝓿 𝓴𝓾𝓶𝓪𝓻 (@loniless_18) October 7, 2021

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Who to blame?

*le krunal Pandya to Ambani for not having proper talks with #kkr & #RR before match #KKRvsRR#Ambani#Krunalpandya#MI#srh#IPLinUAE#IPL2O21#MIPaltanpic.twitter.com/SAfphc3Ssk

— Tikamchand Vaishnav (@TheTikam20) October 7, 2021

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Travel together

SRH FANS , RR FANS , PBKS FANS TO #MI FANS BE LIKE :- #IPL2O21#SRHvMI#RRvsKKR#memeofthematch#mipaltan#RajasthanRoyals#Auntysocialpic.twitter.com/IIglFvXlj7

— THENAMEISYASH07 (@crazymsdfan_07) October 7, 2021

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Fishy?

#RRvsKKR#MatchFixing#MumbaiIndians#MIPaltan#MI

When RR is playing this much bad, just to not let #MI in playoffs... pic.twitter.com/4EEfw2g4F0

— Mayank (@mayankgupta2909) October 7, 2021

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What the game?

#MIPaltanMumbaikars thinking right now #MIPaltanpic.twitter.com/3cYltnHp9i

— ❤️__Ɱɾ Ƥօƥʂƭąƈƙʂ Տąղƭօʂɦ__🔥 (@ItzpoppinSk) October 7, 2021