Chennai Super Kings comeback in the Indian Premier League after the two-year suspension was nothing less than a fairytale. They were done and dusted before Dwayne Bravo blinder and 🙈heroics in the la♌st over from injured Kedar Jadhav helped them to a one-wicket win with just one ball to spare.
Chasing 166 to win,⛎ CSK won the opening encounter of IPL 2018 at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai with just one ball to spare and with just one wicket in hand.
Needing 7 off the last ball with Jadhav unable to walk had sꦛomething special under his belt. After three back-to-back dot balls, Jadhav played a cheeky shot for a six at the fine leg and then a smashing cover drive helped them seal a nail-biting win.
Earlier, Krunal Pandya smashed a quickfire 41 off 22 balls as Mumb♉ai Indians recovered from a p🎉oor start to post a challenging 165 for 4 against CSK.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to CSK’s win in the IPL 2018 opening game:
Bravo …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
DJ BRAVO 💃🏽 what a cham🐠pion! Great start to the ! What a tournament 🙌🏽💥💥💥 🏏
— Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (@Danni_Wyatt)
Alright!!!! Now THAT is cricket for you! What a game! Could you have called it?!! 🐼 Bouncing back & how! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)
brilliant mr. KJo & bravo
— Naman Ojha (@namanojha35)
Dwayne Bravo outstanding with the ball in his last two overs and some great hitting in the end. Great come from behind win. IPL couldn't have had a better start
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Well done . Lot of emotions flowing on and off the field. What 𓆉a way to start the season.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Mumbai supporters leave Wankhede in awe and shock after Bravo's blitzkrieg helped Chennai pull off incredible win
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Magic!!! 🙌 💥💫
— Priyanka Chaudhary Rai🎐na (@PriyankaCRaina)
One true spirit of the is . That's what Bravo is made of! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Sensational win by CSK, rising from the ashes! couldn't have had a better start! Bravo was unbelievable and Jadhav brave
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
This is why ipl is the best tournament in the world… …great start..
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
The win by 1 wicket in a dramatic season opener at the ꦜWankhede.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Mumbai Indians in first match of the IPL season in last💝 6 years:
2013: Lost
2014: Lost
2015: Lost
2016: Lost
2017: Lost
2018: LostIn 3 of the previous 5 sea꧒sons they ended up as t🃏he champions!
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
is a
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
My word – what a game to start off 11 Rivalry, pace, spin, power-hitting, old-timers, debutants, strategy, injury, resilience, clear-thinking under pressure… and back 💥💥
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
– The Spirit. You made it for us. For the ! So much . 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Bravo✃ooooꦛ the champion! You not only but ! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Whistles are truly back! 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Wow what a game to start the
— Andrew Tye (@aj191)
That’s what offers to it’s viewers. Best death bowler gets hammered and a young boy becomes a superstar. Things change too fast. You blink your eyes and you are late… wow!
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
What an opening night! First 🐻game and I have no fingernails left! Exciting times ahead for surꩵe!
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
T20 at it’s best … simply unbelievable… What a match !!
— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer)
What a game to kickstꦯart IPL 2018. Definitely one of the best
— Priya Thalur Balaji (@priyathalurB)
Jeepers that’s a serious win from where they were! Bravo 𓃲immense!
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris)
Did we really witness that. Superb start to the festival. IPL 11 begins in style and Bravo just produced one of th🍌e best IPL innings. Start hi .🙈.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Clear Man of🌺 the match BRAVO when arrived at the crease he announced himself with a six. N not only for his match winning inning but the way he bowled the 18-20th over it was pure high class death bowling.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
What a game to start 2018 you legend 🙌🏾
— Carlos Brathwaite (@CRBrathwaite26)
Bravo is a champion. What a gre🌌at great start to the IPL.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
