The star Mumbai Indians pacer Jofra Archer had a very off day at the office while playing against Punjab Kings in the ongoing 46th match of the Indian Premier League 2023. The England pacer went on to concede 56 runs within his quota of four overs with a very poor economy rate of 14.00 and also went wicketless.
Subsequently, a section of the cricket fans trolled the Barbados-born pace spearhead for his poor outing against Punjab Kings in this all-important clash for the five-time champions Mumbai Indians.
Fans took to Twitter to come up with some brutal trolling remarks for the pacer and also questioned MI management’s decision to pick him up for the current season of the tournament.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Jofra archer 😭😂
— Pranjal (@RealPranjal93) May 3, 2023
#PBKSvMI pic.twitter.com/oTzqZ5JJx1
Archer's worst figures in an IPL innings ?
— Naseer (@BeingYuvNaseer) May 3, 2023
Ek chiz smjh nhi aati hr koi apni 1 half century, 1 century #MumbaiIndians K against hi q bnata h😭
— Suhani Chauhan (@SuhaniChauhan04) May 3, 2023
Saare record Mumbai k against hi bnte h ky💔
Abhi tk Archer ne bowling se kux impress nhi kiya h 😠 #MumbaiIndians
Archer pe ye kahawat fit bait rahi hai iss baar
— Ashwaq Ahmed (@3AceAshwaq) May 3, 2023
"Uunchi dukaan pheeka pakwaan"
Jofra Archer lost his sharpness after Virat Kohli bash. #MIvsPKBS #PKBSvsMI pic.twitter.com/C9c7vckriB
— Vikram Rajput (@iVikramRajput) May 3, 2023
27 runs from Jofra Archer's over - 6,6,6,1,1,5WD,2.
— vinay sublaniya (@SublaniyaVinay) May 3, 2023
JOFRA ARCHER #MIvPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/vTm6yMVIW9
— VAZY🇮🇳☢️☣️ (@vazy_7011) May 3, 2023
So it's okay for an experienced player like Jofra Archer to go wicketless as well as expensive in every match, but Indians like Arjun Tendulkar don't get same kind of support. Reason to back #JofraArcher, 'player like him needs one good match to get back into form'.🤣🤣 #MIvPBKS
— Rahul Sawant (@RudeDudeRahul) May 3, 2023
Your favourite player Rohit should retire
— Tharickshad (@tharixxx) May 3, 2023
Rohit Sharma makes every street bowler look like prime Jofra Archer lmao
— me for president (@mehfr_president) May 3, 2023
Rishi Dhawan is bowling like Jofra Archer and Archer bowled like Rishi Dhawan. Just wow.
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) May 3, 2023
Rohit sharma to J Archer #PBKSvMI
— sukhdevdhilwan (@sukhdevdhilwan) May 3, 2023
Livingstone#SarathBabu
Jofra Archer
Jitesh Sharma
Kremlin#RIPManobala#CSKvsLSG
Bellingham
Manipur
B Hodge
Arshad Khan
Piyush Chawla
Thalapathy
Camavinga
Brevis
Kroos pic.twitter.com/AleLytIVPf
Real ID se aao Ashok Dinda.#Jofraarcher | #MIvPBKS pic.twitter.com/ygwmzfOiHz
— Sunil Singh Bora (@sunilsinghbora) May 3, 2023
Speaking of the current action of the match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, the hosts have PBKS have posted a big total of 214 runs for the loss of three wickets in the allotted 20 overs. The number four batter Liam Livingstone played a swashbuckling knock of 82 runs off just 42 balls with seven boundaries and four sixes to his name. Other than him, wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma also contributed with a blistering knock of 49 runs off 27 with five boundaries and two sixes on his credit.
The senior MI bowler Piyush Chawla scalped two wickets for the visitors MI with one wicket claimed by Arshad Khan in the first innings.
At the time of filling this copy, Mumbai Indians have started their run chase and scored 23 runs for the loss of one wicket having Ishan Kishan and Cameron Green in the middle on the individual scores of 10 and 8 runs respectively.
Skipper Rohit Sharma failed yet another time to live up to his stature and went back to the pavilion on a 3-ball duck in the very first over of the second innings.