When you are a die-hard supporter of any sporting team, your emotions swing like a pendulum depending on how well or badly your team is doing.
Here is a set of 35 original tweets and two retweets during the CSK - MI match from my handle, @fromkarthik:
It is interesting to look back at the range of emotions, though they did not swing too much:
Started with quiet confidence, it went to worry when Chennai lost two quick wickets, calmness as Badri & Hussey resurrected the innings, happiness as MSD started with a boundary and elation as the innings ended. When the MI innings started, it was quickly worry as Dwayne Smith took Hilfenhaus to the cleaners, wonder at Sachin's noble sacrifice, with happiness increasing with every Mumbai wicket going down!
I will be regularly tweeting tomorrow's match too. If you would like to follow, my Twitter tag is @fromkarthik.
Tweets before, during and after CSK's match against MI:
On the HEART and the MIND:The mind says Mumbai - 60:40. The heart says Chennai - 80:20 (20 for Sachin). Hoping breathlessly for the heart to win! #IPL #CSK
Before the match, on the trends till then:A hat-trick of +ve results to qualify for the playoffs.A hat-trick of wins needed starting today to win a hat-trick of IPL titles! #IPL
Before the match, on the mental make-up of the rival captains:Hoping icy steely Dhoni will win over fiery spicy Bhajji today. Encouraged by Mark Waugh's opinion: a cooler mind has better prospects! #IPL
On the fall of two quick wickets with just one run on the board:
Uh oh! Exactly the start we DID NOT NEED in a crunch match. Time for a rescue act! #CSK #IPL
On Badri's innings relieving the pressure of two early wickets:
Badri playing a REAL GEM here. Should have come in ahead of Raina as usual in a crisis. Hope things are turning around for #CSK! #IPL
Retweeting Karun Chandhok's (@karunchandhok) post on Chennai's recovery:come on #CSK #IPL !! decent recovery in the last couple overs.... more of the same please!
On the need to keep the foot on the accelerator:
With Bravo, Dhoni, Morkel & Jadeja to come, #CSK need to keep the foot firmly on the pedal. No brakes please. Go Chennai, go! #CSK
Hussey keeps the pressure on:... and Mr. Cricket is doing exactly that... foot firmly on the pedal - two boundaries in a row. Keep going, our roaring lions! @CSK #IPL
Badri departs for 47 trying a lofted shot after a terrific innings under great pressure:Another lion-hearted innings by Badri! Come on, fans, raise your hands and lets raise a loud chorus of ROARs for him please! #CSK #IPL
On Dhoni's hot start to his innings, hitting a boundary off the first ball he faced:Piping hot start by the icy cool captain. Looking real good after a real long time. Hope he continues taking MI apart! #CSK #IPL
Contrasting performance by the opposition captains:Captain Cool blowing really HOT and fiery Bhajji off the boil so far today. Ominous signs? #CSK #IPL
On Viswanathan Anand holding challenger Gelfand to a draw from a slightly tough position:COOL result for Chennai today! Our resident Anand holds with black against an aggressive Gelfand. Three matches to go, two with white! #IPL
Two overs of CSK’s innings left:Come on Lions! Time to ROAR proudly again. 30 in two overs would be great to set them over 9 an over... #CSK #IPL
On Bravo's fierce hitting:Bravo, brave Bravo! Bring us more like that, please! #IPL #CSK
On Dhoni's Helicopter shot:And there comes the Helicopter, helping #CSK fly! #IPL
Praise for the batting of Dhoni & Bravo:Great Caribe flair brave Bravo! Nice finish please, Captain Cool! #CSK #IPL
CSK's score is worth 210+ due to the pressure of the chase in a sudden death match:#CSK have enough. 187 in a pressure match, even on a batting beauty, is worth 210+ with 'sudden death' looming. Go Chennai, go! #IPL
Comment on the innings break on CSK's score:187 is 10% above par on the Bangalore track. Worth more in an eliminator. But its not over. #CSK will need some early wickets! #CSK #IPL
Retweeting Praveen's (@tweetpraveennow) comment mocking those who said CSK was here purely due to the Luck factor:So to all those out thr, if RCB hd bn 2/2 with Gayle and Kohli out, wud RCB have hit 187? No chance. Better think again b4 u say luck. #IPL
At the break between innings, the importance of the captain leading from the front:The captain's performance gives the team immense confidence. No doubts for guessing which captain did better. Go, #CSK, go! #IPL
Hilfenhaus being taken to the cleaners by a very aggressive Dwayne Smith:Rough start for Hilfenhaus. Wickets will be important for CSK. Come on, lions -- you can do it! #CSK #IPL
CSK get their first wicket through a mix-up between the openers:Now that's a start in the wickets column. The big man gone! A few more and we are firmly back in business. Go lions, go! #CSK #IPL
Saluting Sachin' sacrifice, giving up his wicket for a rampaging Smith:Great gesture from the great man! Selflessness that's so rare in this selfish, selfish world! Hats off to you, Sachin! #MI #IPL
Dwayne Smith flays one too many:Two down, eight to go! The dangerous Smith goes! Now if we can just get Rohit & Pollard cheaply. Go Lions, go! #CSK #IPL
Dhoni's cool nerves versus Bhajji's fiery nature:Icy steely Dhoni will win over fiery spicy Bhajji today. Mark Waugh: In a pressure match, a cooler mind will win. #CSK #IPL
Dinesh Karthik, my namesake, falls to Morkel:And then one more perished! Sorry about it, my namesake, but thanks nevertheless! The pressure is starting to take its toll! #CSK #IPL
With wickets falling, Chennai's chance to turn up the heat:A couple of quiet overs and the asking rate will go up like the price of petrol in India. Go #CSK, go! #IPL
One of the key dangermen gone, with Rohit succumbing to the pressure of a few dot balls:Rohit gone now! Get Pollard, and it will soon be done. The Lions are REALLY ROARING now, with Mumbai crumbing under pressure! #CSK #IPL
Five Mumbai wickets down with Rayudu falling to Ashwin:Cream of the batting gone now! The carrom ball induced the fear, and the next one did it! Can Pollard do it all alone? Think not! #CSK #IPL
With Franklin falling to Bravo, six Mumbai wickets down:Six down, four to go! Pollard the only one standing like the boy on the burning bridge -- between #CSK and victory! #IPL
Harbhajan hit on the helmet by a short ball:Wake up call for Bhajji -- not just in the physical sense! He's also rattled in more ways than one! #CSK #IPL
Seven Mumbai wickets down (Bhajji goes to a stunning catch by Raina):And then there were three! Pollard still the only one standing between the roaring lions and victory! #CSK #IPL
Four overs and one delivery left:
My calculation is MI need 15 boundary hits off 25 balls. A few dot balls or singles and it will all be over! #CSK #IPL
When Pollard was reprieved by a no-ball:
What a reprieve for Pollard! I thought the final nail was in the coffin! #CSK #IPL
With the asking rate at 21 with three overs left:
63 needed from 18 deliveries. 15 fours & a single of each delivery needed. Unless Pollard hits six sixes in a row. Possible? Nah! #CSK #IPL
When Pollard was done in by Bravo:
The final nail in the coffin is finally in! The fat lady is clearing her throat & will soon sing full-throatedly! Bye-bye, Mumbai! #CSK #IPL
Elation when the win came!:
Great show, CSK! One win down, two to go. Go on and take the cup for a hat-trick of titles! #CSK #IPL
Here is a set of 35 original tweets and two retweets during the CSK - MI match from my handle, @fromkarthik:
It is interesting to look back at the range of emotions, though they did not swing too much:
Started with quiet confidence, it went to worry when Chennai lost two quick wickets, calmness as Badri & Hussey resurrected the innings, happiness as MSD started with a boundary and elation as the innings ended. When the MI innings started, it was quickly worry as Dwayne Smith took Hilfenhaus to the cleaners, wonder at Sachin's noble sacrifice, with happiness increasing with every Mumbai wicket going down!
I will be regularly tweeting tomorrow's match too. If you would like to follow, my Twitter tag is @fromkarthik.
Tweets before, during and after CSK's match against MI:
On the HEART and the MIND:The mind says Mumbai - 60:40. The heart says Chennai - 80:20 (20 for Sachin). Hoping breathlessly for the heart to win! #IPL #CSK
Before the match, on the trends till then:A hat-trick of +ve results to qualify for the playoffs.A hat-trick of wins needed starting today to win a hat-trick of IPL titles! #IPL
Before the match, on the mental make-up of the rival captains:Hoping icy steely Dhoni will win over fiery spicy Bhajji today. Encouraged by Mark Waugh's opinion: a cooler mind has better prospects! #IPL
On the fall of two quick wickets with just one run on the board:
Uh oh! Exactly the start we DID NOT NEED in a crunch match. Time for a rescue act! #CSK #IPL
On Badri's innings relieving the pressure of two early wickets:
Badri playing a REAL GEM here. Should have come in ahead of Raina as usual in a crisis. Hope things are turning around for #CSK! #IPL
Retweeting Karun Chandhok's (@karunchandhok) post on Chennai's recovery:come on #CSK #IPL !! decent recovery in the last couple overs.... more of the same please!
On the need to keep the foot on the accelerator:
With Bravo, Dhoni, Morkel & Jadeja to come, #CSK need to keep the foot firmly on the pedal. No brakes please. Go Chennai, go! #CSK
Hussey keeps the pressure on:... and Mr. Cricket is doing exactly that... foot firmly on the pedal - two boundaries in a row. Keep going, our roaring lions! @CSK #IPL
Badri departs for 47 trying a lofted shot after a terrific innings under great pressure:Another lion-hearted innings by Badri! Come on, fans, raise your hands and lets raise a loud chorus of ROARs for him please! #CSK #IPL
On Dhoni's hot start to his innings, hitting a boundary off the first ball he faced:Piping hot start by the icy cool captain. Looking real good after a real long time. Hope he continues taking MI apart! #CSK #IPL
Contrasting performance by the opposition captains:Captain Cool blowing really HOT and fiery Bhajji off the boil so far today. Ominous signs? #CSK #IPL
On Viswanathan Anand holding challenger Gelfand to a draw from a slightly tough position:COOL result for Chennai today! Our resident Anand holds with black against an aggressive Gelfand. Three matches to go, two with white! #IPL
Two overs of CSK’s innings left:Come on Lions! Time to ROAR proudly again. 30 in two overs would be great to set them over 9 an over... #CSK #IPL
On Bravo's fierce hitting:Bravo, brave Bravo! Bring us more like that, please! #IPL #CSK
On Dhoni's Helicopter shot:And there comes the Helicopter, helping #CSK fly! #IPL
Praise for the batting of Dhoni & Bravo:Great Caribe flair brave Bravo! Nice finish please, Captain Cool! #CSK #IPL
CSK's score is worth 210+ due to the pressure of the chase in a sudden death match:#CSK have enough. 187 in a pressure match, even on a batting beauty, is worth 210+ with 'sudden death' looming. Go Chennai, go! #IPL
Comment on the innings break on CSK's score:187 is 10% above par on the Bangalore track. Worth more in an eliminator. But its not over. #CSK will need some early wickets! #CSK #IPL
Retweeting Praveen's (@tweetpraveennow) comment mocking those who said CSK was here purely due to the Luck factor:So to all those out thr, if RCB hd bn 2/2 with Gayle and Kohli out, wud RCB have hit 187? No chance. Better think again b4 u say luck. #IPL
At the break between innings, the importance of the captain leading from the front:The captain's performance gives the team immense confidence. No doubts for guessing which captain did better. Go, #CSK, go! #IPL
Hilfenhaus being taken to the cleaners by a very aggressive Dwayne Smith:Rough start for Hilfenhaus. Wickets will be important for CSK. Come on, lions -- you can do it! #CSK #IPL
CSK get their first wicket through a mix-up between the openers:Now that's a start in the wickets column. The big man gone! A few more and we are firmly back in business. Go lions, go! #CSK #IPL
Saluting Sachin' sacrifice, giving up his wicket for a rampaging Smith:Great gesture from the great man! Selflessness that's so rare in this selfish, selfish world! Hats off to you, Sachin! #MI #IPL
Dwayne Smith flays one too many:Two down, eight to go! The dangerous Smith goes! Now if we can just get Rohit & Pollard cheaply. Go Lions, go! #CSK #IPL
Dhoni's cool nerves versus Bhajji's fiery nature:Icy steely Dhoni will win over fiery spicy Bhajji today. Mark Waugh: In a pressure match, a cooler mind will win. #CSK #IPL
Dinesh Karthik, my namesake, falls to Morkel:And then one more perished! Sorry about it, my namesake, but thanks nevertheless! The pressure is starting to take its toll! #CSK #IPL
With wickets falling, Chennai's chance to turn up the heat:A couple of quiet overs and the asking rate will go up like the price of petrol in India. Go #CSK, go! #IPL
One of the key dangermen gone, with Rohit succumbing to the pressure of a few dot balls:Rohit gone now! Get Pollard, and it will soon be done. The Lions are REALLY ROARING now, with Mumbai crumbing under pressure! #CSK #IPL
Five Mumbai wickets down with Rayudu falling to Ashwin:Cream of the batting gone now! The carrom ball induced the fear, and the next one did it! Can Pollard do it all alone? Think not! #CSK #IPL
With Franklin falling to Bravo, six Mumbai wickets down:Six down, four to go! Pollard the only one standing like the boy on the burning bridge -- between #CSK and victory! #IPL
Harbhajan hit on the helmet by a short ball:Wake up call for Bhajji -- not just in the physical sense! He's also rattled in more ways than one! #CSK #IPL
Seven Mumbai wickets down (Bhajji goes to a stunning catch by Raina):And then there were three! Pollard still the only one standing between the roaring lions and victory! #CSK #IPL
Four overs and one delivery left:
My calculation is MI need 15 boundary hits off 25 balls. A few dot balls or singles and it will all be over! #CSK #IPL
When Pollard was reprieved by a no-ball:
What a reprieve for Pollard! I thought the final nail was in the coffin! #CSK #IPL
With the asking rate at 21 with three overs left:
63 needed from 18 deliveries. 15 fours & a single of each delivery needed. Unless Pollard hits six sixes in a row. Possible? Nah! #CSK #IPL
When Pollard was done in by Bravo:
The final nail in the coffin is finally in! The fat lady is clearing her throat & will soon sing full-throatedly! Bye-bye, Mumbai! #CSK #IPL
Elation when the win came!:
Great show, CSK! One win down, two to go. Go on and take the cup for a hat-trick of titles! #CSK #IPL
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