IPL 2018: You can be either a heart patient or a Chennai Superkings fan but can't be both
After a long wait of two years, the two-time champions Chennai Super Kings are back in the 11th season of IPL.
The Whistle Podus have undoubtedly got all their boxes right. The legacy of winning matches from the jaws of defeat is still the same.
The run-chase against RCB at Chinnaswamy is sublime proof of that. Returning after a two-year hiatus and then winning five out of the first six matches is another example which shows that the Yellow Brigade has got most of their things right in order to become the champions of the league.
Whether it’s the Fanbase or the performance, CSK has started the tournament in the same way they left two years ago.
Talking about the fanbase, the no. of fans have just gone beyond the expectations in this period of two years.
And if you look at the performance, the yellow lions of CSK have undoubtedly looked to take inspiration from their past and get back to doing what they do best - enthrall the cricket fans of the country with some eye-catching display in the field -
Here, Broken Cricket reviews the team performance in the first three weeks of IPL 11.
#1 New Individuals stepping up in each game
Cricket is a team game, Especially when you are playing a long tournament. A couple of good players cannot win you the whole tournament and CSK have At least one individual has always stepped up in each of the six games they’ve played.
From Bravo winning it single-handedly in the first game to Dhoni and Rayudu chasing the Required Run Rate of 13 as a cakewalk against RCB, Chennai batsmen have completely outcasted the opponents’ bowlers.
If you look at the scorecard of the team in the past three weeks, you’ll see that a new player has stepped up in each game.
Bravo in the first game, Billings in the second, Dhoni in third and then Watson, Rayudu and Dhoni/Rayudu again in the fourth, fifth and sixth game respectively have brutally smacked the bowlers.
The only game Chennai lost (vs KXIP) was also the last over-thriller where MS Dhoni almost gave us all a heart attack.
Not only batsmen but the bowlers like Shardul, Chahar and Tahir are also making a point of the match or the other. And that is what you did expect from a champion team.