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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium to win Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Friday.
The Knight Riders went off to a terrific start as Venkatesh Iyer, and Shubman Gill once again outplayed the𝄹 opposition bowlers in the first few o♏vers.
Both Iyer and Gill smashed respective half-centuries. The duo added 91 runs for the opening wicket before Shardul Thakur dismissed Iyer, which opened the flood gates as in the same over, Thakur got rid of Nitish Rana.
KKR kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and could only manage to reach 165/9 in their 2𝔍0 oꦓvers, losing the contest by 27 runs.
Most IPL titles:
- 5 – Mumbai Indians
- 4 – Chennai Super Kings
- 2 – Kolkata Knight Riders
Earlier, the Super Kings posted a massive 192/3 on the board in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to a magnificent knock by opener Faf du Plessis.
The former ♔South Africa skipper stayed in the middle till the last ball of CSK innings t♑o guide his side to reach a competitive total. Du Plessis scored a tremendous 86 runs off 59 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes.
Apart from Du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad (32 off 27), Robin Uthappa (31 off 15), and Moeen Ali (37ꦗ not out off 20) chipped in with valuable c🀅ontributions.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Well done CS🦩K a great win and what can you s✨ay about
— David Warner (@davidwarner31)
Team I⛎ndia so strong our mentor just won the🌜 IPL 😎 Congratulations ��🏼
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Congratulations ! Don’t worry , we’re sti🐓ll 2 out of 3. Keep ur h꧟eads up!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Chennai Super Kings.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 🙇♂️— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Iconic Team and an outstanding leader.
Champion Super Kings. Congratulat𝔉ions on Trophy No 4 .— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Many congratu🍃lationꦉs to on winning their fourth IPL title. Brilliantly team effort and wonderfully led by .
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
दशहरे पर धोनी की जीत…चेन्नई की दीवाली…
डु प्लेसी आला रे आला… 👏👏— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Yesssss boys, amazing. W𝄹ell done to everyone involvไed. Management, fans and players. Incredible. Enjoy the celebrations 🎉🎉💛🦁
— Sam Curran (@CurranSM)
Aﷺ clinical performance by CSK across all departments ensuring a convincing victory to win the for the 4th time! Congratulations to and for an amazing season!
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
Hey how many titles is that?!
Congratula♈tions and for getting your hands back on that trophy!! 🏆 🤩
— Kate Cross (@katecross16)
Stephen Fleming is now the most successful coach in history.
He has now won his fourth title – all for
Mahela Jayawardene has won three for— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
What is it about and ? Hopefully he will be in a chatty mood at t𝕴he presentati♊on
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
IPL champions:
2008:
2009: Deccan
2010:
2011:
2012:
2013:
2014:
2015:
2016:
2017:
2018:
2019:
2020:2021:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
CSK played like true champions.
Right from ball one wh𝕴en perhaps Gaikwad pinched a quick single. That is intent.
Commiserations to KKR. That was one brill𝓀iant comღeback in the 2nd half.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs. Scorecard:
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
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Congratulations on winning 💛🏆
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Well done to CSK
I mean, they pretty darn good 👍
Well done Eric and Kingers
— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62)
Aaj toh banta hai. Congratulations and respect, 🍎. 🏆
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Congratulations to on win✨ning𒁏 a fourth title 👏
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
IPL ka rang peela !
Ab World Cup ho neela !Jai hind 🙏
Congratulations
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
C for comeback 😎
C for Champions 👑
C for Chennai Super Kings 🦁 are the champioꦓns of 2021! 🥂— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia)
Well they are Mahi’s Men. Did anyone expe𝄹ct anything els🐻e? Huge congratulations CSK 💛 Champions!
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Of CSK’s four IPL titles, this is their greatest. The extension of the auction cycle arguably hurt them more than any other team because they had an ageing squad – but Dhoni & Fleming have taught an old dog new tricks & conjured another IPL win.
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket)
This one is for pride.🔜 The pride of Lions. Thank you .
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
