IPL 2018: Sam Billings wins hearts with a very special tweet on Twitter

Sam Billings won the hearts on the field when he scored a quickfire fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders, thereby won the game for his team Chennai Super Kings. Exactly 24 hours after the game, Billings won the hearts off the field by tweeting about the ongoing Cauvery controversy in Chennai.

The English batsman took to Twitter and wrote that he was feeling very sad about the venue shift, he also added that the Chepauk crowd was electrifying. He was also disturbed by the news of a fan getting badly hurt during the protests. Lastly, he wished that the ongoing controversy ends soon.

He wrote, “Gutted that we have had to move from Chepauk, the atmosphere was unbelievable! Thoughts with the fan who was badly hurt last night, no one should go to watch & end up in hospital. Hope he recovers soon & all issues are resolved. Keep supporting us it makes a huge difference!”

Here’s the tweet

Gutted that we have had to move from Chepauk, the atmosphere was unbelievable!
Thoughts with the fan who was badly hurt last night, no one should go to watch & end up in hospital. Hope he recovers soon & all issues are resolved.
Keep supporting us it makes a huge difference! https://t.co/CSd4jekFF0

— Sam Billings (@sambillings) April 11, 2018

Sam Billings’ knock was highly appreciated by the cricketing world and Bollywood fraternity. Right from Eoin Morgan to Zaheer Khan, everyone tweeted about the thrilling game and Billings match-winning knock. Even some Bollywood celebrities talked about the game on social media.

Sam Billings’ tweet is currently going viral and there are many positive responses that are coming in the CSK batsman’s way. Some felt sad for losing the Chepauk as the home venue and others welcomed the comeback team to the new home venue Pune.

Here are some of the best tweets

We will keep supporting you even if you guys played in pune because csk is the one of the most loved ipl team i will definitely say you will get tremendous amount of support even in pune let's hope we can be champions for the 3rd time

— Ramesh (@ramesh0039677) April 11, 2018

Don't worry mate we PUNEKARS r ready to welcome u lions can't wait to catch u in PUNE ???

— Sanket Deshpande (@sanket7262) April 11, 2018

Pune is good venue for CSK home matches. Last year, PSG won 5 of their 7 home games there. Its Dhoni's hometown too. So crowd support will be exactly like Chepauk. Go go #CSK

— Tharun (@Checkmate335) April 11, 2018

TQ for ur caring. Wherever CSK plays #whistlepodu. We wish u all the best for upcoming matches.

— seshan (@seshan21) April 11, 2018

Sorry for the bad incident happened yesterday it was not done by csk fans done by political goons ?will miss you all playing in Chennai, but always support our csk team where ever they go !!! Good luck we love you all ??????

— Narmadha selvaraj (@narmadha1628) April 11, 2018

Don’t worry Thambi, where ever you go #CSK fans will be with you all over the world??

— Sathish Subramaniyan (@rssathish07) April 11, 2018

The comeback team Chennai Super Kings will play their next game against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. CSK was already hit by Suresh Raina’s injury. However, they will aim to take another victory and stay on top of the table.