Gujarat Titans’ skipper Hardik Pandya and Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni in the course of the IPL 2023 finals
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The Chennai Super Kings will not be a staff. It’s an emotion.
So say hundreds of fans from Tamil Nadu who boarded trains and flights, and battled rains and site visitors to look at their favorite males in yellow carry the IPL 2023 trophy. A final-ball nail-biting thriller within the rain-affected ultimate was greater than an emotional roller-coaster for the numerous CSK fans who had gathered to catch a glimpse of ‘Thala’ Dhoni. We converse to a couple fans to gauge the thrill:
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Actor
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
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I had goosebumps after CSK’s win. It gave me a lot happiness.
The previous few days have been so eventful for many people who travelled from Chennai to Ahmedabad to look at the match. Rain upset our plans on Sunday night – we stayed again within the resort, however I heard tales of many passionate cricket fans who slept in railway stations and malls to look at the stay motion.
On the night of the ultimate, the entire stadium was bathed in a sea of yellow, with fans from not simply Tamil Nadu however the world over. It was loopy to look at one thing like that within the residence floor of the Gujarat Titans. Most of them had come within the hope of watching one man: MS Dhoni.
The finest second, for me, was when Dhoni lifted Jadeja and cried. It confirmed us what this win meant for him. I had promised myself that if CSK wins, I’d flip vegetarian for a month. I now need to plan easy methods to execute that!
Saravanan Hari, CSK superfan
Saravanan Hari
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Who may have imagined {that a} T-20 recreation could be performed over three days? And, who may have imagined that, on the finish of it, Captain Cool Dhoni would flip a tad emotional, in all probability for the primary time ever?
There are no phrases to clarify the happiness I skilled when Jadeja hit these successful runs off the final ball. Over the previous couple of days, I noticed many Tamil-speaking folks in Ahmedabad, and all of them shared a standard ardour and need: to look at CSK carry the IPL cup, but once more.
On the primary day of the finals, there was mazhai (rain). And, on the subsequent day, there was kaneer mazhai (tears of happiness).
The 2018 finals win was my favorite cricketing second until now, however IPL 2023 has been unbelievable and tremendous emotional as a fan of Dhoni and the boys in yellow.
Aravind SA, slapstick comedian
Stand-up comic Aravind SA
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I keep in mind visiting Sabarimala in peak December season one time. The repay was value it, sure, however the arduous yards one needed to put was maddening. The IPL finals have been kind of like that. After the primary rain-washed day, I truly had second ideas of staying again, contemplating how chaotic it was.
It all paid off ultimately, after all. My defining second was how Ambati Rayudu, taking part in his final IPL recreation, used all his expertise to get CSK nearer to victory.
This season was memorable as a result of CSK gained the event regardless of having one of many weakest bowling assaults within the competitors. I attended the finals as a result of I needed to, and never as a result of I used to be anticipating a win. If anybody may pull off a victory with these bowlers and poor fielding, it may solely be MS Dhoni, and only for that, IPL 2023 will probably be extremely particular.
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Nithin Rangarajan, CSK fan, with mates
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The minute we knew CSK was within the finals, a bunch of us booked flight tickets to Ahmedabad, with out even understanding how we’d determine the precise match tickets.
Despite us managing that, issues weren’t easy crusing. The rains meant that a number of of us needed to crash at a pal’s room to make sure we stayed again for the finals. In reality, I had to purchase additional garments as I had packed only one yellow jersey for the finals!
We missed DJ Zen and his Tamil movie numbers, which we bought used to this season at Chepauk, however only for the sheer variety of folks on the Ahmedabad stadium, the air was at one other stage altogether. My voice continues to be hoarse from all that screaming, my sleep schedules have gone for a toss and my journey preparations again to Chennai have been a little bit of a problem, however CSK gained, and that’s all that issues.
