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Virender Sehwag, R Ashwin, Wasim Jaffer, fans hail 'Thala' MS Dhoni, CSK for winning IPL 2021

Cricketers, fans praised the Chennai Super Kings attitude and belief to bounce back strongly after a poor 2020 season to win the IPL 2021.

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Chennai Super Kings won their fourth IPL title after beating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final | Photo: BCCI / IPL
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Fourth trophy in 9 finals in 12 years for 'Thala' Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Chennai Super Kings successfully ended the four-year cycle with the second trophy in the period. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis were their big performers at the top, followed by rejuvenated Robin Uthappa in the last two games, Moeen Ali's inclusion, Ravindra Jadeja's finishing skills, Dwayne Bravo at the death, Shardul Thakur's purple patch and Josh Hazlewood's accuracy in the second half and the leadership, calmness, wicket-keeping, presence, the genius of MS Dhoni worked in collaboration for the men in yellow in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

CSK lost the toss and were put in to bat by KKR skipper Eoin Morgan on a good Dubai surface and Faf du Plessis took his time initially as Gaikwad took the aggressor's role but once he was in his rhythm, he was seeing the ball like a football and started playing his shots on a surface where it was coming on nicely.

Gaikwad got out but Robin Uthappa continued from where he left off in the last game against Delhi Capitals (DC) as they never let the run rate go down. Du Plessis achieved his 22nd fifty in the IPL and was set and just kept taking on KKR bowlers. Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali provided the impetus in the middle-over with fast and fantastic cameos and let du Plessis play his game.

Uthappa smashed 31 runs off 15 balls, Moeen Ali remained unbeaten on 37 off 20 balls as du Plessis scored 86 runs off 59 balls to help CSK post a mammoth total of 192 runs.

KKR had to have a good start to try and chase down the total. They had their share of luck as MS Dhoni dropped Venkatesh Iyer when he was playing on 0 and he then went on to slam a fifty, his fourth of the season, in 10 games made CSK pay for their skipper's mistake.

However, there was 'Lord' Shardul Thakur to save the day. He dismissed Iyer and Nitish Rana in one over and KKR collapsed. Ravindra Jadeja too had some fun and scalped out Dinesh Karthik and Shakib Al Hasan in the same over and it was formalities afterward.

CSK's turnaround and MS Dhoni was praised by anybody and everybody after the win. Here are some of the reactions:

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