Cricket fraternity reacts to Faf du Plessis’ brilliant innings handing CSK a berth in the IPL 2018 final

After a brilliant display of bowling by Chennai Super Kings (CSK), their in-form batsmen failed to show up in the first qualifier of the ongoing IPL season against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

But opening batsman Faf du Plessis rose to the occasion and showed that experience matters in games like these and also the cricket fraternity praised the Proteas star for leading CSK to the finals of IPL 2018.

Here are some of the best tweets:

https://twitter.com/ImKishan51/status/998985105283497984

Nail biting finish! @faf1307 you beauty! @ChennaiIPL back to where we belong. The finals of the @IPL. Can’t wait for Sunday. #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/lf0y4xQDCa
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) May 22, 2018

Faf Du Plessis take a bow!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #IPL
— Ben Duckett (@BenDuckett1) May 22, 2018

Faf du Plessis has a fair old set of stones on him…
— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) May 22, 2018

#fafduplessis take a bow!low scoring thriller. Congratulations @ChennaiIPL What is IPL? Other teams compete to play finals against chennai. #cskian #whistlepodu #CSKvsSRH
— Shadab Jakati (@jakati27) May 22, 2018

Faf was acquired using RTM by #CSK….was having a middling #IPL till this moment. Cometh the hour, Cometh Faf Du Plessis. What an innings under pressure….#CSKvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 22, 2018

Watching @faf1307 bat like that was a blessing to see under pressure the man kept his cool just beautiful to watch…
— Lungisani Ngidi (@NgidiLungi) May 22, 2018

Incredible, unbelievable! CSK return from the dead thanks to brilliant knock from du Plessis. Stunning game full of twists & turns
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 22, 2018

Indeed! @faf1307 – thank you for a glorious evening! That was a most thrilling 46 runs off 18 balls! At 64/6 Couldn’t have imagined this win against @SunRisers https://t.co/DH8upHMtYz
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) May 23, 2018

Congratulations to @ChennaiIPL on being the first side to qualify for the @IPL final. Epic from @faf1307. What a terrific contest @StarSportsIndia #selectdugout
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) May 22, 2018

Well done @ChennaiIPL. Great character and temperament shown by #FafduPlessis and #shardul. #CSKvSRH #VIVOIPL2018
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) May 22, 2018

Can anyone say that @ChennaiIPL didn't play for the last 2 years.. Record 7 finals made, staggering… The way they have come back from behind this.. Unbelievable and so many didn't rate them as they were an Old side.. Wowwwwwww
— Kartik Murali (@kartikmurali) May 22, 2018

WOW!!!!!! Another unbelievable win… @faf1307 🔥 ! @ChennaiIPL @IPL Final time 🙌🏼 something seriously special about this franchise! 🦁 #whistlepodu
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) May 22, 2018

What an incredible game yet again in the #IPL!! Faf has been phenomenal. Showing all his experience #SRHvCSK 🔥
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) May 22, 2018

What an incredible game. The @VIVOIPL_2018 at its entertaining best. Well played @faf1307. @StarSportsIndia @ProfDeano @scottbstyris @darensammy88 @BrettLee_58 @anilkumble1074 #SelectDugout
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) May 22, 2018

FAF …….
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 22, 2018

Uuuuuuuuu beauuuutttyyyy class act Top class @faf1307 @imShard 15 runs in 5 balls were the most important.. Great game of cricket 🏏 @ChennaiIPL vs @SunRisers @rashidkhan_19 yet another top spell @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 22, 2018