IPL 2018: Twitter Reacts As Chennai Super Kings Thrash Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chennai Super Kings stormed back to the top of the points table with a thumping 6-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.

With just 126 runs to chase, Chennai Super Kings were off to a shaky start. In-form Shane Watson was out for just 11. However, Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu did not let the Royal Challengers build on the early momentum as they steadied the ship and laid the foundation for an easy chase.

The duo all but sealed the game in their team’s favour by adding 44 runs for the second wicket. Umesh Yadav broke the stand by dismissing Raina for 25. At the halfway stage, the Super Kings were comfortably placed at 71 for 2 with Rayudu and Dhruv Shorey in the middle. The visitors then dismissed both Rayudu and Shorey in quick succession to reduce the hosts to 80 for 4 to bring some excitement in the game.

Those dismissals allowed Royal Challengers to stem the flow of runs but MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo made sure to not allow Royal Challengers take any more wicket. The duo steadied the ship and brought down the equation to 22 off the last 3 overs. Dhoni then hit Yuzvendra Chahal for three sixes in an over to take his team home with two overs remaining.

That Chennai had such a modest total to chase was only because of their bowlers’ stunning effort. Ravindra Jadeja starred with the ball, picking up 3 for just 18 as Royal Challengers were restricted to just 127 for 9.

Asked to bat first, the Royal Challengers were off to a disastrous start as Brendon McCullum departed after scoring just 5. However, a 42-run stand between Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli calmed the nerves and steadied the ship. Patel did the bulk of scoring during the stand while Kohli contributed only 8.  Jadeja then opened the floodgates by castling Kohli.

From thereon, the Royal Challengers batting lineup fell like a pack of cards. The middle-order completely failed to deliver as AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme were out for single digits. At one point, it looked as if the visitors would not even cross the 100-run mark after they were reduced to 89 for 8.

However, Tim Southee played a handy knock of 35 to give the bowlers something to bowl at. Patel top-scored for Royal Challengers with 53.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:

Sixes with effortless ease from @msdhoni power and bat speed from those amazingly fast hands.#CSKvsRCB

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) May 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/HitmanCricket/status/992726407317880837

26 sixes for MS Dhoni this IPL – his most in an IPL season.

He had hit 25 sixes in 2013. #CSKvRCB

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/992742243478921216

Those Aren't SIXES, Those Are Slipper Shots Right On The Face Of MS Dhoni Haters Who Were Waiting To Troll Him For His Slow Cricket. ??? #CSKvRCB #CSKvsRCB

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 5, 2018

Dhoni just delaying our weekend plans now. #IPL

— cricBC (@cricBC) May 5, 2018

Becoming a close game with CSK tottering too. Some casual shots played!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 5, 2018

Is County cricket distracting Kohli from IPL duties? #TweetLikeAnExpert

— Tarun (@TeJay29) May 5, 2018

Rayudu has so much time this season, one wonders if he is picking the ball from the hand or reading the bowler's mind even before that to know what he is bowling. #IPL

— cricBC (@cricBC) May 5, 2018

RCB fans support two, three, or four teams together to shift teams quickly. #IPL

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 5, 2018

One kept jadeja even after too many poor performance..

Other one removed Vohra after 40+ score in previous matches..#CSKvRCB

— ?? Deepak Sharma ?? (@Imdeepak_s) May 5, 2018

RCB is not a club, its a social experiment to check how much depression can a fan bear.#CSKvRCB #RCB #IPL

— yogesh khatiwoda (@y_kohli) May 5, 2018

Parthiv Patel was the top run-getter for the 2017 IPL champions Mumbai Indians with 395 runs.

He is playing his first game of this season after being on the bench for eight matches. #IPL2018 #CSKvRCB

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 5, 2018

Looks like the @AllIndiaBakchod podcast on youtube will remain RCB's best performance of the day.https://t.co/5lxlWjJ7kO

— cricBC (@cricBC) May 5, 2018

You've spent tons of money and assembled a lineup of Virat Kohli, ABD, Brendon McCullum, and then Parthiv Patel outscores all of them combined. Only at #RCB. ?‍♂️

— Sarthak Dev (@devellix) May 5, 2018

It Takes Best Bowler In The Universe To Clean Bowled Best Batsman In The World, Virat Kohli. Bow Down To Sir Jadeja.? #CSKvRCB #CSKvsRCB

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) May 5, 2018

Anushka ke birthday pe match jeet liya, ab RCB next match wedding anniversary pe hi jeetence. #IPL

— cricBC (@cricBC) May 5, 2018

No other batsmen touched double digits expect Parthiv Patel. Gives an idea about the batting lineup of RCB#CSKvRCB

— Singh (@Anuuuuurag) May 5, 2018

Last time I was really furious about csk bowlers. And now…❤❤ This is how champions come back.@imjadeja ?? lightning stumping by thala @msdhoni @ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu #CSKvRCB

— Vishnu K (@imSKvishnu) May 5, 2018

Under pressure, @imjadeja coming up with his best performance this season

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 5, 2018

Here is a replay of Jadeja taking Kohli's wicket #CSKvRCB pic.twitter.com/n5w895IFkv

— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) May 5, 2018

When client likes your idea and rejects your boss' idea. pic.twitter.com/gEmCkv3BEc

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 5, 2018

Both Kohli and AB looked like they didn't want to play a game today.

— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) May 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/992722021871071238

Stupid batting from Baz after showing signs of sanity in the last game.

— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) May 5, 2018