India’s very own league Indian Premier League is back. IPL’s first match was played between Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings. Chennai came back after facing 2 years of ban. And we would have never expected a better finish to opening match than the one that we just witnessed.
MS Dhoni after winning the toss, elected to field first. Both the opening batsmen Rohit Sharma & Lewis went out quickly and Mumbai were 20/2 in 4 overs. But then two partnerships, first between Suryakumar Yavav & Ishan Kishan, and then between Pandya brothers helped Mumbai Indians reach a respectable total of 165/4 at the end of 20 overs.
It would have been easy chase for Chennai but Mumbai’s brilliant bowling quickly wrapped up the top order of CSK. Markande’s brilliant spell helped Mumbai in getting first five wickets for just 75 runs. CSK were 75/5 at the end of 12 overs. After couple of overs, even Kedhar Jadhav got retired hurt because of injury & Chennai fans actually lost the hope at this stage but Bravo’s splendid inning changed the fate of the match.
CSK required 47 runs in 3 overs with just 2 wickets remaining when Dwayne Bravo started hitting the ball right, left and center. He got out in 19th over but then Kedhar Jadhav’s last over heroic six helped CSK win their first match of IPL. It was nail biting finish and Twitter couldn’t stop talking about it.
Here’re some of the tweets:-
#1
Big B : Haan Haan .. Tension Mat Lo … agle Match mein nahi launga isko !#MIvCSK #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/hWJygahcVw
— Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) April 7, 2018
#2
CSK fans while watching the match. #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/SSP3ZPKAJU
— Akshay (@akshaykatariyaa) April 7, 2018
#3
https://twitter.com/TheKhbri/status/982685341026082816
#4
https://twitter.com/TiimesHow/status/982672801063563265
#5
https://twitter.com/Sarcasmm007/status/982689200322457601
#6
What a start to the campaign Incredible! Looked like we lost, but @DJBravo47 arrived at time and CSK💛 is back with a bang! #MIvCSK #IPL @ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu #CSKReturns and Finally that Smile from THALA @msdhoni was enough to make the day😊 #IPL @StarSportsIndia #BESTvsBEST
— Viral Rajani (@ViralRajani) April 7, 2018
#7
#MIvCSK oh!!! Dear Bravo u are absolutely beauty!!! What a game!! CSK always rock!!
— Udayaprakash (@Udayapr99644799) April 7, 2018
#8
https://twitter.com/rockaman8/status/982689046399860741
#9
One Does Not Simply Comeback After 2 Years Of Suspension To Beat The Champions Of The Last Year Like A BOSS. Kudos To Chennai Super Kings. 👏🙏💛 #MIvsCSK #MIvCSK #Dhoni Dwayne Bravo
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 7, 2018
#10
Took his team to a victory from nowhere, take a bow, Bravo! #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/U1HqlmEXKi
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 7, 2018
#11
That CSK return to IPL…#MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/244Fgcfhuh
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 7, 2018
#12
That smile on Dhoni’s face was a complete delight !!! #MIvCSK
— Kabir Duhan Singh (@Kabirduhansingh) April 7, 2018
#13
Dhoni fans showing todays match to gambhir fans😂😂 #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/sqSFWE5ePH
— Mask 🎭 (@Mr_LoLwa) April 7, 2018
#14
What a start to the tournament. #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/zgsGOmGaed
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 7, 2018
#15
Mumbai Indians throw up another outstanding young Indian talent . They had Bumrah and the Pandya brothers before most had heard of them and now Markande. Great for the game. #MIvCSK
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 7, 2018
#16
#MIvCSK
Summary of the match –
CSK won the toss.
MI tossed the win.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) April 7, 2018
#17
https://twitter.com/hankypanty/status/982684654514958337
#18
Wow what a game to start the @IPL #IPL #MIvCSK
— Andrew Tye (@aj191) April 7, 2018
#19
Goodness what a game!!! #MIvCSK
— Kate Cross (@katecross16) April 7, 2018
#20
Did we really witness that. Superb start to the festival. IPL 11 begins in style and Bravo just produced one of the best IPL innings. Start hi https://t.co/9lVaINcRSI ..#MIvCSK
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 7, 2018
This was indeed fantastic match. This IPL is going to be really interesting.
