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IPL 2018: Superb, spectacular, stunning, Twitter reacts to Shane Watson's century CSK's final win

Shane Watson smashed an unbeaten 117 as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad to win their third Indian Premier League title in a spectacular return from a two-year corruption ban.

FirstCricket Staff
May 28th, 2018
0:13:00 IST

IPL 2018: Superb, spectacular, stunning, Twitter reacts to Shane Watson's century CSK's final win

Shane Watson smashed an unbeaten 117 as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad to win their third Indian Premier League title in a spectacular return from a two-year corruption ban.

Shane Watson played an excellent knock to set up Chennai Super Kings' win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL final. SportsPicz

The 36-year-old Australian hit eight sixes and 11 fours in a stunning 57 ball innings as Chennai took just 18.3 overs to overcome Hyderabad's 178-6 off 20 overs. Chennai finished on 181-2 to crush their opponents by eight wickets.

Ambati Rayudu was also unbeaten at the end on 16 in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium which was packed with more than 33,000 people.

Rayudu hit a four to complete victory but he led tributes to Watson.

"His experience saw us through. He is a world class player and when he is there anything can happen," Rayudu said.

Watson and Suresh Raina put on a swashbuckling 117-run second-wicket stand with Raina hitting 32.

Afghanistan teen sensation Rashid Khan returned figures of 0-24 for Hyderabad but Watson hit the other bowlers to every corner of the stadium.

The big-hitting Aussie allrounder plundered 27 runs off one Sandeep Sharma over.

Watson took a single off Khan to bring up his hundred in 51 balls and then acknowledged a standing ovation from the Chennai dugout and the crowd with his team already in sight of their IPL triumph.

The Australian's century was equally lauded on social media and here are some of the best reactions on Twitter.

We did it!!! #ShaneWatson u absolute champ! 💯 What a fantastic innings! @ChennaiIPL are the champions 🎉🎉 Time for celebrations now! #WhistlePodu 💛💛💛 pic.twitter.com/CZuZYkLxrm

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 27, 2018

2008 IPL - shane watson, man of the series
2018 IPL- shane watson, man of the final#CSKvSRH #IPL2018Final

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 27, 2018

Big match players... shine on the big stage. Shane Watson just took to the stage; like he owns it @IPL #Final @ChennaiIPL #CSKvSRH

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson....... Doesn’t matter how Old you are......... #IPL2018Final

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 27, 2018

Against one of the strongest bowling attacks in IPL history, in the final & on the biggest stage - that is one of the great IPL innings from Shane Watson. He held his nerve to absorb massive early pressure before kicking on with crisp, powerful ball-striking. #IPL

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) May 27, 2018

Very very special performance @ChennaiIPL @ShaneRWatson33 take a bow mate...#crushedit God Bless you all as our beloved festival of @IPL comes to a conclusion. Love you India❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/sDHeLJucwq

— Matthew Hayden AM (@HaydosTweets) May 27, 2018

“Elementary my dear Watson!” Just hit the ball harder and further than anybody else in the @IPL Final. @ShaneRWatson33 #IPL

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson - the only man to twice be IPL man of the tournament, and now a centurion in an IPL final - is one of the greatest T20 cricketers of all time

— Tim (@timwig) May 27, 2018

Very proud of the way @SunRisers played in this IPL, I thank each and every member of the @SunRisers family for their efforts and support. Absolutely brilliant knock from Shane Watson and many congratulations to @ChennaiIPL on a well-deserved victory #IPLfinal2018

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson is now the only player to score more than one century for two different teams in IPL history...

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 27, 2018

Take a bow Shane Watson 100 off 51 balls in the @IPL final!!! #CSKvSRH #VIVOIPL #Final #CricketPlayedLouder pic.twitter.com/H8REcItRzY

— CPL T20 (@CPL) May 27, 2018

That was truly spectacular #ShaneWatson!!! What an incredible win for #CSK. @msdhoni you are the BEST. I’m celebrating this win and the fact that @BCCI has partnered with @UNEnvironment to green cricket in India! Thank you for batting for the planet @BCCI #WIN #IPL2018Finals

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) May 27, 2018

That's got to be the best knock in the #IPLfinal history surely? @SunRisers have been the team to beat throughout the tournament and they can be extremely proud.Sometimes you can't do anything when an individual plays like that.Hats off #shanewatson and well deserved @ChennaiIPL

— Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) May 27, 2018

Shane Watson just taught everyone a great life lesson. If you are injured and can't run, just hit sixes and fours. ⚡️💥#IPL2018Final #CSKvSRH #ShaneWatson

— Asjad Nazir (@asjadnazir) May 27, 2018

Updated Date: May 28, 2018 00:13:00 IST

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