Two months-long celebrations of one of India’s favourite and most followed sports came to an end last night, with Chennai Super Kings hailing as the winner of the league. Everyone somehow knew about the result, they all believed it to be CSK’s day, match and the entire league, but no one could even think of all that happened in the match.
Some memorable innings were played and there were players who came ahead with their best shots to lead their team to a third win in the Indian Premier League.
This was quite possibly the fairytale tale comeback, CSK longed for and they rocked it right from their very first match to their last one. And, their last night’s win not only resulted in a bunch of happy fans cheering on social media and even in the stadium, but there were also some who grabbed this as the perfect opportunity to make some hilarious memes on it. Check all of them out here, they range from Shane Watson’s batting to Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling to Yusuf Pathan’s undying will and everything in between.
Experts : #IPLFinal will be high voltage game between #CSKvSRH , huge pressure on dhoni to defeat them for 4th time in same year
Reality : pic.twitter.com/1vf100zA3C
— Kuptaan 🇮🇳 (@Kuptaan) May 26, 2018
The sadest thing today is last day of #IPL2018 and one of the best thing is #csk is in #IPLFinal
Go csk #WhistlePodu #CSKvSRH
— Mahiya's Girl 💞 🎸 (@KinjalDamor) May 27, 2018
Tonight will decide the dinner as per the winning team .. 🏆
Will it be BIRYANI or SAMBHAR CHAWAL. #IPLFinal— KT (@ki2thakur) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/prabhasrulz/status/1000566153427800064
RCB didn’t retain KL Rahul, Shane Watson, Chris Gayle for this season of #IPL and all of them played magnificent cricket this season.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) May 27, 2018
Watson with SRH bowlers 😂 😂 #IPL #CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/eIMYNnhf4t
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) May 27, 2018
Me During #IPLFinal Hours Today.. 😂🤣😂🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/muDO7wEWTF
— Adil (@KattarBhaiFan) May 27, 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad Beat Kolkata Knight Riders By 14 Runs To Lose The Final Against Chennai Super Kings. 😂🙏 #SRHvKKR #Qualifier2 #IPLFinal #RashidKhan
— Ravindra Jadeja Fan (@SirJadeja_Real) May 25, 2018
In today's morning chat.
Kids are ask me:- "How are you ?"
Men are ask me:- "Who will win the match ?"
Legend are ask me:- "Who will win the toss ?" 😂😂😂#CSKvSRH #IPL2018 #IPL #CSK #IPLfinal @ChennaiIPL @SunRisers
— Subhodip Nag (@subhodip_nag) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/Urstru1yKrishna/status/1000562009153290240
EPIC OBSERVATION!!
From the one and only @dhunji #IPLFinal pic.twitter.com/D5sZ2EvhRO— Aarti Madan (@AartiMadan) May 27, 2018
That moments For ipl Final today#CSKvsSRH pic.twitter.com/8nkfrKfsYH
— Dr.Lee Chandler (@kandaknd) May 27, 2018
This is insane
The man with all precious infinity stones 😍#CSKvsSRH #IPL2018FinalWatson #IPL2018
Via @sirjadejjaa pic.twitter.com/10pIgflrzw
— Gyan Varsha (@varshasinghmcx) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sambit_Speaks/status/1000788020751036416
Congratulations Chennai !! @ChennaiIPL #CSK 👏👏
Royal comeback 👌 pic.twitter.com/yaqpsR5Eko
— Madhav (@Madhav_Sr) May 27, 2018
2018 IPL:
" Chennai Senior Kings "
To
" Champion Super Kings "— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/VoDekhoEngineer/status/1000805331432128512
https://twitter.com/jayshankarp6/status/1000803242626895872
Yousuf bhai #Thanos Mode ON💪🏻💪🏻..
Oka 180 kotti rashid bhai ki appagisthe migatha karyakramalu, legal paper work anni choosukuntaaru saaru🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼..Relaxxxxx pic.twitter.com/yAAY2R12I3— vennela kishore (@vennelakishore) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/darogababoo/status/1000754507595239425
Yusuf pathan in finals be like…#SRHvCSK #SRH #CSKvsSRH pic.twitter.com/yvBl0xgTjL
— Mohammed Aslam Hussain (@Md_AslamHussain) May 27, 2018
Bhuvneshwar Kumar #CSKvSRH #IPL2018Final pic.twitter.com/h18yAeVxdD
— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/GowthamK_offl/status/1000766228661649410
https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith/status/1000776626546753537
https://twitter.com/Smokygrilled/status/1000776592711282688
Shane Watson right now #CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/faMFyPhKUV
— बाबा बकचोद (@iamBakchodguru) May 27, 2018
Shane Watson to bowlers#CSKvSRH #IPL2018Final pic.twitter.com/ix75uBErDi
— Sandeep Chinna (@sandeepchinna) May 27, 2018
Shane Watson taking care of SRH bowlers….#CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/WBPnyBaL28
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) May 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/VoDekhoEngineer/status/1000783625447604224
Following the match was the award ceremony in which the best of the best from the league were awarded for their work. Here’s the full list of winners, in case you missed it.
Winners (Rs 20 Crore prize money): Chennai Super Kings
Runner-Up (Rs 12.5 Crore prize money): Sunrisers Hyderabad
Purple Cap (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): Andrew Tye from Kings XI Punjab
Orange Cap (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): Kane Williamson from Sunrisers Hyderabad
VIVO Perfect Catch of the Season (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): Trent Boult from Delhi Daredevils
TATA Nexon Super Striker of the Season (TATA Nexon car): Sunil Narine from Kolkata Knight Riders
FBB Stylish Player of the Season (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): Rishabh Pant from Delhi Daredevils
Star Plus Nayi Soch Season Award (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): MS Dhoni from CSK
Emerging Player Award (Rs 10 Lakh prize money): Rishabh Pant from Delhi Daredevils
Most Valuable Player (Rs 10 Lakh prize money)Fwatso: Sunil Narine from KKR
Pitch and Ground Season Awards for hosting less than seven matches (Rs 25 lakh prize money): Punjab Cricket Association, Mohali
Pitch and Ground Season Awards for hosting 7 matches or more (Rs 50 lakh prize money): Cricket Association Of Bengal
Playoffs – Man of the Match (Rs 5 Lakh prize money): Shane Watson from Chennai Super Kings.
Are you happy about who won what or do you think someone else was a much better fit for certain titles?
The entire league, in term’s CSK’s perception, seemed to be a good concoction of perfect family-friendly matches. Where the kids of the players were always in the front row to cheer for their dads and then making headlines all around the Internet for being the cutest. This tells one a lot about how CSK went ahead with their strategy for the league. There are tons of players in the team who were always surrounded by questions regarding their age, and this win might stop it all from happening again, at least we hope so.
Jyotsna Amla