Chennai Super Kings put up a dominant show on Friday to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final of IPL 2021. The win takes CSK’s overall tally to 4th title and they are just one short of Mumbai Indians’ record of lifting the trophy most number of times.
Talking about the game on Friday, after getting an invitation to bat first, the MS Dhoni-led side posted a mammoth total of 192/3, thanks to a great knock of 86 off 59 from Faf du Plessis. His innings included 7 fours and 3 sixes. The batter along with Ruturaj Gaikwad stitched a 61-run stand for the opening wicket before the likes of Robin Uthappa (31 off 15) and Moeen Ali (37* off 20) could also capitalise on it to help CSK reach a good total. Sunil Narine was the best bowler from the KKR camp with figures of 2/26, while Lockie Ferguson conceded most runs – 56 in 4 overs.
In return, CSK bowlers did a commendable job to restrict KKR to 165/9 despite fifties from Shubman Gill (51) and Venkatesh Iyer (50). The two batters put up a 91-run stand for the first wicket and, for a while, seemed to take the game away from CSK, but the bowlers of the Yellow Army made a splendid comeback to eventually win the game by 27 runs.
Soon after the result, the netizens flooded the microblogging website with humourous posts. Some also praised the champions- CSK.
Here are some of the best posts:
https://twitter.com/Legacy_Daark/status/1449082729421697024
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 🏆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 🔥#VIVOIPL | #Final | #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/bOLueJnEpm
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 15, 2021
😎Ee saala cup namdhe🤗#venky #IPL2021Final #starniadugu #IPLFinal #Thalapathy66 #ThalaDhoni #Cskforever #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/TH3g6IZHse
— Comedy pannathinga sir (@GeniusThamizhan) October 15, 2021
Pta h Hm Kha Hare 👉👉👉👇👇
Meanwhile KKR Fans 👇👇👇#AmiKKR #CSKvKKR #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/xkSpu0S2gZ— Mohammed Sahil Khan محمد ساحل خانमोहम्मद साहिल खान (@Mohammed_Sahil1) October 15, 2021
Once a Champion, ALWAYS a Champion 🏆 #captioncool #MSD #CSK #IPLFinal #300th #4th #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/9r3XE6bEyX
— Sachindra Vikram Singh (@SVikram_offl) October 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/Shantan21125143/status/1449079607634792450
Last year you called them daddy's army and this year they proved themselves most experienced army
Time to #WhistlePodu#CSKvKKR #MSDhoni #Yellove #IPLFinal— Ayush kumar (@ayusharma777) October 15, 2021
A team which was termed too old for IPL, slow movers, almost retired players etc etc.
Well, they finish their journey as
2018 – Champions 🏆
2019 – Runners-up
2020 – 7th
2021 – Champions 🏆
Thank you CSK, Thank you MSD#WhistlePodu #CSKvsKKR #CSKvKKR #CSKvsKKR— Akash kulkarni (@Akashku54866805) October 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/btbasit02/status/1449079433659256832
The kid in you after watching #Dhoni win another IPL#IPLFinal #CSKvKKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/E1xmi0Y4sG
— A little voice (@Alittlevoice1) October 15, 2021
Celebrations started for winning 4th trophy of CSK!!! 🏆#CSKvKKR • #IPL2O21 pic.twitter.com/W70y0FMPUN
— VICKY (@iamonlySG) October 15, 2021