IPL 2018: Twitter Erupts As Ton-Up Shane Watson Fires Chennai Super Kings To Title

Updated - 28 May 2018, 12:42 AM

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Shane Watson scored his second century of this year’s competition as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to cap off their comeback season in a fairytale style. This was Super Kings’ third IPL title, helping them go level with Mumbai Indians.

Super Kings started their chase on a shaky note. Their Qualifier hero Faf du Plessis departed after scoring just 10. The early loss helped Sunrisers tighten up things. As a result, Shane Watson and Suresh Raina could only help the Super Kings post a modest 35 after the end of the powerplay.

But as the game progressed, the duo especially Watson started finding its rhythm. As a result, the innings got the much-needed push and Super Kings were 80 for 1 at the halfway stage. Watson soon completed his fifty off 32 balls with a six in the eleventh over. The Australian then hit Sandeep Sharma for three consecutive sixes and two fours in the 13th over to put the Super Kings well on top.

The Sunrisers finally had something to cheer when Carlos Brathwaite dismissed Raina to end the 117-run stand. However, it did not bring any respite for them as Watson was going great guns from the other end. At the end of the 15 overs, the scoreboard was reading 146 for 2, thus the Super Kings needed just 33 off 30 balls. Watson went on to complete his hundred off 51 balls. The writing was very much on the wall and the Super Kings eventually reached the target in the 19th over.

Earlier in the game, the Sunrisers rode on useful contributions from Kane Williamson and Yusuf Pathan to post a challenging 178 for 6.

Put in to bat first, the Sunrisers were off to a poor start as Shreevats Goswami was run out for just 5. Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson then steadied the ship. The duo added 51 runs for the second wicket before Dhawan departed. The southpaw was castled by Ravindra Jadeja after scoring 26. Williamson along with Shakib Al Hasan then took the innings forward. They helped the Sunrisers enter the three-digits in the 11th over. However, just after crossing the team ton, the Sunrisers suffered a big setback in the form of Williamson. The skipper fell to Karn Sharma after scoring 47.

Towards the end, Yusuf Pathan and Carlos Brathwaite played quickfire knocks to help their side post a good total. Pathan remained unbeaten on 45 off 25 while Brathwaite smashed 21 off just 11 balls.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:

Nandri Watson!
Stand and deliver!

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 27, 2018

A century in a big final. Well played Shane Watson. Well played @ChennaiIPL @msdhoni what an innings from Watson this!! Fantastic. #IPL2018Final

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) May 27, 2018

WOW @ShaneRWatson33! A hundred in the final that too under pressure. Take a bow champ! ? #CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/SiFyUvuKQW

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) May 27, 2018

Love what @ShaneRWatson33 is doing!! Shows that you don't always have to come out & blast away. This partnership is swinging the game into #CSK favour #CSKvSRH #IPL2018Final

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) May 27, 2018

IPL 2008 gave Shane Watson's international career a second wind.

IPL 2018 has probably given his retirement a second wind. #IPL2018Final

— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) May 27, 2018

Big match players… shine on the big stage. Shane Watson just took to the stage; like he owns it @IPL #Final @ChennaiIPL #CSKvSRH

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) May 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/TheIronicalBaba/status/1000780733600878592

Watson ki batting dekhkar Advani ji ko fir se apna future bright dikhne laga hai. #CSKvSRH

— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 ? (@RoflGandhi_) May 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1000782764054999041

Watson took 10 balls to come back to his original form and Kaul took entire IPL to return to his original form in finals. #SRHvCSK

— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 ? (@RoflGandhi_) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson:

Second player to score 2 centuries for CSK..

Second player to score century in IPL Finals..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 27, 2018

The way he's going now, Shane Watson can afford another 10 DOT BALLS.#IPLfinal2018

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson:

First 10 balls faced: 0 runs
Next 23 balls faced:51 runs

Never write off an Aussie in a final.#IPL2018Final

— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) May 27, 2018

Things that get better with age :

3. Whiskey
2. Pickles
1. Shane Watson#CSKvSRH

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson after the first 10 balls…#IPL2018Final #CSKvsSRH pic.twitter.com/F1U92iBcBB

— Rashi (@rashi_kakkar) May 27, 2018

Watson dealing with SRH bowlers ???#CSKvSRH pic.twitter.com/7lnioR8Czu

— Sarcastic Dude (@Kartiktweaks) May 27, 2018

Suresh Raina ko toh Anil Kumble bhi bouncer daal ke out kar sakta hai#CSKvSRH

— sunil the cricketer (@1sInto2s) May 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/1000766299457368064

Hotstar suggests more people currently streaming #IPL than the whole population of Portugal.

— cricBC (@cricBC) May 27, 2018

700+ runs in an IPL season:

973 – Kohli, 2016
848 – Warner, 2016
733 – Gayle, 2012
733 – Hussey, 2013
708 – Gayle, 2013
702* – Williamson, 2018#CSKvSRH #IPL2018Final

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 27, 2018

Well done Kane Williamson on crossing the 700 run mark. Been extremely consistent for @SunRisers this season. Can @ChennaiIPL chase this one down ? Should be a cracker of a finish! #IPL2018Final

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) May 27, 2018