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Luck is the best superpower one can have.

[mitra @mitrajoy_]

not a jack of all trades but a hoe of all hobbies

[Soleil @soleiljolina]

I don’t lose hyperfixations they just go dormant until I hear something about them again like a sleeper agent

[Silly Point @FarziCricketer]

Boys in yellow come out and play gonna make them follow you lead the way, say S-U-P-E-R-K-I-N-G-S!

[Abhay Singh @abhaysingh_13]

Ruturaj Gaikwad sat down for a podcast and said something that stopped me mid-scroll.

Not a soundbite. Not a PR answer. Not the usual captain speak about taking it one game at a time.

He said the team is wounded. And they are coming for the 6th.

That one sentence. The way it came out. The weight behind it. This was not ambition. Ambition is what you have when things are going well and you want more. This was something older and quieter and far more dangerous. This was purpose.

A team that finished last season with something unfinished. A captain who carries that hurt every single day. A dressing room full of players who know exactly what was left on the table.
Wounded teams are different. They do not play for glory. They play for something they feel they were owed and never received.

And when your captain speaks about it the way Ruturaj did, not with chest-thumping, not with noise, but with that quiet fire in his eyes…

You stop wondering if CSK will bounce back. You start wondering who is going to stop them. The yellow is not just a colour this season.

It is a statement.

CSK is not rebuilding. CSK is not reloading.

CSK is returning. And they remember everything.

[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

7️⃣ & 7️⃣

#WhistlePodu #Roar26

[Chennai Super Kings @ChennaiIPL]

Frame that carries the Yellove aura! 💛

#WhistlePodu #Roar26

[goog @sog_goog]

caps (2026) [2/22]

[sim 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇫🇷🇭🇹 @simscircuit]

Sir Lewis Hamilton becomes the first driver in Formula One history to have a podium with McLaren, Mercedes, and Ferrari.

🐐

[FRAG @ffragx]

Spotify and twitter combo is undefeated.

[Zion @zionszzn]

imma get this degree but i see why people drop out of college

[solé @layxsnv]

ages 18 to 24 are weird. some friends can’t drive, some are still vírgins, some are dating, some are getting married, some already have kids, and some still need to ask their parents if they can stay out after 10 pm

[• @yducknow]

unfortunately, i’m the child who loves my family but is happier when i’m away from them

[Libriscent @libriscent]

I get it now why the old man said, “Trust the overthinker who says they love you they’ve already talked themselves out of it a thousand times and still chose you.” That really sat with me. Because overthinkers don’t love lightly. They replay every moment, question every feeling, and consider every possible way things could go wrong. They think about the hurt, the risk, the past, and the “what ifs” long before they ever open their heart. So when they finally say they love you, it’s not impulse or fantasy it’s a decision. That love comes after fear, hesitation, self-doubt, and a whole lot of internal battles. An overthinker knows all the reasons to walk away, all the ways it could end badly, and still decides to stay. That’s why it’s deep. That’s why it’s real. When an overthinker chooses you, it means they’ve seen every reason not to and you still mattered more.

[erys @lxverys]

first day of the year and im still yearning for someone i can't have

[Saad @lolnvmtho]

nobody:

me on twitter:🔁🔁🔁🔁🔁🔁🔁🔁🔁

[Fozzy @fozzywrites]

‼️The Lost Identity of Chennai Super Kings‼️

CSK was never meant to be a family. It was meant to be a dynasty, one that survives because it knows when to move on.

When Srinivasan saw MS Dhoni lift the 2007 WT20, he didn’t see a long-haired boy with charm. He saw a man with courage. A man who could take a call everyone feared to make, stand by it and walk away if it failed. A leader who could take the hardest decisions without losing his calm. That was the foundation he wanted for CSK. Not emotion, but conviction.

Srinivasan and Dhoni shared one philosophy. A serial winning mentality and the courage to act on it. They were never afraid to take bold decisions if that’s what success demanded. And so, Dhoni was given complete trust. He became the identity and the blueprint of this team. Brick by brick, he built CSK into a cricketing empire. Players changed, roles changed, eras changed, but the kingdom remained. Because it was built on clarity. We moved on from legends when it was time, not because we stopped loving them, but because that’s what serial winners do.

When Michael Hussey scored over 700 runs in 2013, broke records and carried us to the final, logic said retain him. Emotion said reward him. Dhoni chose clarity. CSK released him before the 2014 auction. That decision shocked everyone. But that is what CSK was. Bold, practical, fearless. And history proved Dhoni right. Hussey went to MI, struggled and returned later only as a bench player. Because CSK always moved forward. Always.

Then came 2018. The return after exile. Two years of silence, mockery and pain. That season was meant to be emotional. It was about redemption, about standing tall again. We brought our heroes back. We healed together. We won together. But what began as an emotional reunion slowly became a habit. The brand that once thrived on practicality became too attached to its own nostalgia. The sentiment that united us began to soften us. In 2020, sentiment finally broke us. We finished near the bottom. Because when we mixed emotions with decisions, we lost our ruthlessness. Hence, we paid the price.

Loyalty is a beautiful word, but it is a two-way street. The franchise pays the price when it becomes one-sided. Players demand loyalty with full paychecks, rarely does a player take a cut for the team. The only man who ever did that was MS Dhoni, the man who is CSK. He has never put himself before the badge. He took a salary cut, handed captaincy to Jadeja, stepped back when needed, stepped in when required. He has proven again and again that CSK comes before him. That’s why he is the only one who has earned the right to decide his own exit. No one else gets that privilege.

So when people say “No player is bigger than the franchise,” they’re right. Because, CSK is MS Dhoni and MS Dhoni is CSK. His ideology is our identity. And that identity was about winning, again and again, no matter how hard the decision felt.

That’s why moving on from Jadeja isn’t betrayal. It is balance. Everyone is losing their mind. Suddenly, the same fans who called for balance and rebuilding are calling it a betrayal and saying this isn’t the CSK they know. Well, those fans are wrong.

This is exactly the CSK we knew. This is the CSK that moves on when it’s time to move on. This is the CSK that values the badge over any name.

Some fans are just being selfish, holding on to their nostalgia. They want to protect their memories more than our franchise. But CSK was never about individuals. It was always about the system, the process and the result.

If Dhoni and the management believe this is the right call, then it is. Because Dhoni is taking us back to our roots, to the same foundations that made us the greatest franchise in world cricket.

CSK over any individual, always. 💛

[Jenni @hashjenni]

I'm kind of an absent friend like i will love you with my whole heart and go out of my way to give you any help you need but I tend to live in my own world and suck at keeping up communication and I'm really sorry to anyone who takes that personally.

[Parth Jindal @ParthJindal11]

Not even close, what a complete thrashing at home! Don’t remember seeing our test side being so weak at home!!!This is what happens when red ball specialists are not picked. This team is nowhere near reflective of the deep strength we possess in the red ball format. Time for India to move to a specialist red ball coach for Test cricket @BCCI

[joseph @stinkbug]

i think if your listening age on spotify wrapped is older than your actual age it’s cool and good and it makes you intelligent and interesting. if your listening age is below your actual age you need a psychiatric evaluation to understand why you’re the way that you are