Punjab Kings (PBKS) became only the second team after Mumbai Indians (MI) to register five consecutive wins in IPL over Chennai Super Kings (CSK). They achieved this feat after CSK was handed a 7-wicket defeat in Chepauk in the IPL 2024.
Though Punjab hasn't had the best of the IPL 2024 campaign, securing just 4 wins in 10 matches, they couldn't resist the opportunity of trolling the Super Kings, having dominated them on yet another occasion.
After being asked to bat first, CSK could muster only 162/7 in 20 overs with captain Ruturaj Gaikwad making 62. In reply, Jonny Bairstow’s 46, Rilee Rossouw’s 43, and finishing touches by Shashank Singh and Sam Curran took PBKS home with 7 wickets in hand.
After the win, PBKS, in a series of posts on social media, wrote 'Thala for a reason', drawing references to the number 7. To start, PBKS trolled CSK after getting Dhoni run out in the match. As Dhoni became the Kings' 7th wicket of the innings, they wrote: "Dhoni was our 7th wicket today! Thala for a reason!"
Later, referring to their position in the points table, 7, Punjab Kings once again wrote: "Thala for a reason".
This post led to several cricket fans on social media giving it back to the Punjab Kings in kind and sharing multiple funny troll posts as well.
Here are some of them:
