Tonight the big fight is going on between the two most loved teams of Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the very famous Eden Gardens of Kolkata.
Before the match started, the players of Chennai Super Kings were asked to bat first because the toss was won by Dinesh Karthik, the skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bowl first.
The men in yellow jersey started the first innings of the match with a bang-on performance by the openers of the team, Faf Du Plessis and Shane Watson. Faf du Plessis scored 27 runs off 15 balls before he was bowled out by Piyush Chawla, while on the other hand, Shane Watson scored 36 off 25 balls, hitting 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Suresh Raina begin his knock with a stunning four and scored 31 runs in 26 balls. While Ambatti Rayudu, the sensational hitter of the team scored 21 runs in 17 balls.
MS Dhoni, the thala of the team came with a roar, he remained unbeaten at the score of 43 runs which he scored in 25 balls, hitting many stunning shots during his knock. From smashing ‘maximums’ to his ‘helicopter shots’, he smashed 4 sixes and 1 four.
The players of Chennai Super Kings stretched the total scores to 165 runs.
Here’s how twitteratis reacted to the great innings by Chennai Super Kings, have a look:
How often will you see spinners bowling 18-19-20th overs in a T20 game? Also, wondering when #CSK will start thinking of sending Bravo ahead of Jadeja… #KKRvCSK #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 3, 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders Won The TOSS, Opted To Lose By Runs. ? #KKRvCSK #KKRvsCSK
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 3, 2018
I Feel Terribly Bad For MS Dhoni Haters. Every Match They Expect Him To Fail Like A Failure They Are, And Everytime He Ends-up Giving A Tight Slap Right On Their Face???? #KKRvCSK #KKRvsCSK #Dhoni
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 3, 2018
Thala! Leading us from the front as always! #WhistlePodu #Yellove #KKRvCSK ??
— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P?du Whistle P?du! (@ChennaiIPL) May 3, 2018
Dear Haters,
MS Dhoni Is Here To Stay At Least For The Next 5 Years. Instead Of Asking Him To Retire, Better Retire Yourself From Watching Cricket. ??? #KKRvCSK #KKRvsCSK #Dhoni
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 3, 2018
Please make him wear yellow jersey under the blue, we need this MSD in the world cups coming soon. #KKRvCSK
— Mon (@4sacinom) May 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/Imanantht/status/992065019499040769
Normally the Eden Gardens is a sea of purple. But lots and lots of yellow in here. And they have had a bit to cheer already! #KKRvCSK
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 3, 2018
MS Dhoni’s unbeaten 43 powers CSK to 178/5 against KKR at Eden Gardens. #KKRvCSK #CricketMeriJaan
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 3, 2018
Dhoni v Narine in IPL:
25 runs off 52 balls at SR 48.10 and ZERO boundaries.
Dhoni is the only batsman to face 50+ balls against a bowler in IPL without hitting a boundary.
Also, his SR v Narine is the lowest for a batsman v bowler in IPL (min. 50 balls). #KKRvCSK
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/VinayShekawat/status/992079682513219585
Piyush Chawla becomes the first bowler to take 50 wickets each for two teams in IPL – 84 wkts in 87 games for KXIP (2008-13) and 50 in 51 games for KKR (2014-18) #KKRvCSK #CSK #KKR #IPL #IPL2018
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 3, 2018
Dear haters,
Instead of asking dhoni to retire..
Ask Jadeja to retire..!!#KKRvCSK— Praveen Raj (@S_Praveen_Raj) May 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/MenInBlueDvotee/status/992067422688604161
https://twitter.com/iam_za1d/status/992076737373618177
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/992079234175832064
Dhoni is yet to hit a boundary off Narine in IPL, facing 59 balls. #KKRvCSK
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 3, 2018
A minute ago it was 3.3M viewing in Hotstar. Thala walks in and it’s suddenly 4.5M. #Dhoni #CSK #WhistlePodu #KKRvCSK pic.twitter.com/SSGo0bxScF
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) May 3, 2018
Bowlers when #Dhoni come to bat #KKRvCSK pic.twitter.com/NciO3TelEQ
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) May 3, 2018
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