IPL 2018: Twitterati Troll Chennai Super Kings for Buying Old Horses in the Auction
Published - 31 Jan 2018, 01:14 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:17 AM
The 2018 IPL auction witnessed some nail-biting bidding. While many of the familiar names such as – Joe Root, Tymal Mills, Ishant Sharma went unsold, some of the lesser-known stars went on to hog the limelight.
India’s Jaydev Unadkat earned some serious cash while a few uncapped players found their calling. The Chennai Super Kings had retained three of their most vital players in the face of – MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja.
The yellow brigade made good use of the ‘Right to match’ card and roped in West Indies all-rounder Dwyane Bravo. The Chennai-based franchise had to part ways with Ravichandran Ashwin and opted for veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh and Proteas’ bowler Imran Tahir to gain stability.
However, one particular aspect that caught the attention of the internet was the average age of the squad. While their skipper Dhoni is 36, the majority of the other recruits find themselves at the wrong end of the 30s.
Opener Murali Vijay is 33 while Tahir is 38. Bhajji is 37 years of age and former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson falls in the 36-year-old bracket. The management did well to buy India’s Deepak Chahar and England’s Sam Billings, but the age concerns are real.
The Twitterati didn’t spare the side and trolled the team for buying ‘senior citizens’ for the upcoming edition of the IPL. Let’s take a look at how the internet reacted with memes and trolled the yellow brigade left and right.
https://twitter.com/PUNchayati/status/957150198236508160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fipl-2018-auction-chennai-super-kings-csk-trolled-not-utilizing-funds
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Young and exciting Shubman Gill goes to KKR.
CSK still picking 34 year olds. No opener. No fast bowler. Just 30+ washed up uncles in the middle order and spin dept.
We really are the dad's army led by grandpa Dhoni.
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Chennai Super Kings squad:
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan, Santner, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, M Vijay, Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi
This is newsfeed:
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