In the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans in the championship game to win their fifth title, tying a record. With CSK and MI now tied for first place, their ex-players Dwayne Bravo, as well as Kieron Pollard, got into a funny argument over which team had the most success in the IPL. Bravo even posted a clip of the argument involving him and Pollard to Instagram, pleading for followers to help him resolve it.
In the clip, Pollard asked Bravo his feelings after having five IPL championships, which kicked off the conversation. The former MI all-rounder bragged about his three years as a five-time champion, while the former CSK great has only recently joined him at that level.
Pollard achieved all of his championships as a player, but according to Bravo, he has also felt the emotion as a coach and a player. The two players also compared their entire performance in franchise cricket; Bravo claimed to have 17 trophies altogether while Pollard only had 15.
Dwayne Bravo took to Twitter to express his feelings as he was sitting with Pollard in the car. He captioned the post with, "Talking about franchise cricket, I have 17 trophies. How many do you have?"Bravo asked. Pollard said that the hasn't kept the count. Can someone help me settle this debate @kieron.pollard55 believes that his team is the most successful IPL team @chennaiipl is the most successful IPL team. Furthermore, he @kieron.pollard55 wants to talk about trophies @kieron.pollard55 you are still on #15 #sirchampion"
With five championships each under their belts, CSK and MI are tied for first place in the IPL title standings. So, it's still unclear which of these two teams has been the "most successful IPL franchise" in history. Fans of both sides also took their turns in the comment section to assert dominance over one another.
Fans react to epic banter between Dwayne Bravo and Keiron Pollard: -
Bravo vs Pollard banter, this is total fun.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 1, 2023pic.twitter.com/o7d8K1cDYU
OMG 🤬
— WTF Cricket (@CricketWtf) June 1, 2023
Win it for Polly next year @mipaltan
We need to give him a Trophy as a coach too
Nothing just World 's biggest league 's 2 best overseas players talk😉
— 𝐌𝐫𝐢𝐧🇮🇳 (@Mrinmoy25554517) June 1, 2023
They have 5 trophies each, @PunjabKingsIPL please win at least one for us🙏🏻😔
— Aarushi Joshi (@Aarushijoshii) June 1, 2023
Pollard is always confident and gives me immense pride that he played for MI 🥵 💪🏻
— Jai Sawant 🟦 (@JaiSawant45) June 1, 2023
That's so funny 😂.. I wish mi and csk fans were like this instead of taunting each other all day ..
— Samriddh Bajaj (@BajajSamriddh) June 1, 2023
Brothers from another mothers ❤️❤️
— Himanshi Hemu (@himanshi_hemu1) June 1, 2023
Pollard said, You r expected to have more titles as u playing from times of Ambrose n Walsh😂😂😂
— David. (@CricketFreakD3) June 1, 2023
Hardik Barbados Accent is better than theirs
— Neelansh (@NeelanshT100) June 1, 2023