'The CON in CONWAY stands for Consistency' - Twitter reacts as Devon Conway's terrific knock powers Chennai to 200 against PBKS

The first match of Sunday's (April 30) doubleheader is underway as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are up against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the ongoing IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first. Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway handed CSK a solid start in front of the home crowd.

Conway guided CSK from the front as he scored a magnificent half-century off just 30 balls. Notably, this is the wicketkeeper-batter's fifth fifty in the ongoing IPL season and eighth in the cash-rich league. Conway's innings was studded with boundaries as he struck 16 fours and one maximum. He was again excellent and provided a brilliant start to the Yellow Army up front.

The CSK batters continued their power-hitting as they scored back-to-back boundaries. Notably, CSK had a great outing with the bat in the first six overs of the innings, as they were 57/0 in the powerplay.

Gaikwad and Conway looked in good shape and continued to trouble the PBKS bowlers. However, Sikandar Raza has provided PPBKS with a massive breakthrough as he dismissed Gaikwad for 37. The young opener failed to judge the delivery and went out of the crease as wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma stumped him in the tenth over.

Meanwhile, Conway, who has been in excellent form so far this season, smashed a boundary off Raza's delivery and picked up his half-century in style in the 12th over as CSK continued to dominate the Shikhar Dhawan-led side. From the other end, the Kiwi batter received strong support from Shivam Dube.

Conway was slightly unlucky as he fell eight runs short of his maiden IPL hundred. He remained unbeaten on 92 off 52 balls and helped the four-time champions score 200.

Here's how Twitter reacted to Conway's knock:

चिरकुट ज़िंदगी@chill_babu

The CON in CONWAY stands for Consistency. #IPL2023 #CSKvsPBKS

05:16 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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IndianPremierLeague@IPL

For his opening brilliance of 92*(52), Devon Conway becomes our 🔝 performer of the first innings of the #CSKvPBKS clash in the #TATAIPL 👌🏻👌🏻 A look at his batting summary 🔽

05:24 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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` stan ajju@kurkureter

Devon Conway has already conquered the Indian Premier League in one season 🤗💛

04:53 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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CricTracker@Cricketracker

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐲 for 𝐂SK. Devon Conway has fifty in five games out of nine. 📸: IPL #IPL2023 #DevonConway #CSKvsPBKS

05:32 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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yash@YashCSK_

Best batting averages in Men's T20 cricket (min. 5000 runs) 44.41 Devon Conway 💛 44.02 Babar Azam 43.95 Mohammad Rizwan 42.31 KL Rahul 41.05 Virat Kohli THE BEST!

05:32 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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शिवाय@mohbhangpiya

"Devon Conway"😎

05:33 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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ＲＯＭＥＯ👑@iromeostark

This Devon Conway guy has 8 fifties already in just 16 innings, Vey Good Consistency.#CSKvsPBKS

04:28 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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Mufaddal Vohra@mufaddal_vohra

Fifty by Devon Conway in 30 balls - another excellent innings by Conway. 5th fifty in the last 6 innings for him!

04:27 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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Johns.@CricCrazyJohns

400 runs for Devon Conway in IPL 2023. The backbone of CSK batting.

04:57 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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Chennai Super Kings@ChennaiIPL

CONWAY - WHAT - A - WAY to get to 5⃣0⃣ #WhistlePodu #Yellove #CSKvPBKS 💛🦁

04:27 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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Chennai Super Kings@ChennaiIPL

Watching Conway be like… #CSKvPBKS #WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛

03:47 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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` stan ajju@kurkureter

Devon Conway has already conquered the Indian Premier League in one season 🤗💛

04:53 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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CricTracker@Cricketracker

Half-century No.5 for Devon Conway. He's too good this season for Chennai Super Kings. 📸: Jio Cinema/IPL

04:29 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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`@rahulmsd_91

If you don’t rate Conway as one of the best Batsman in the world right now, then I don’t think Cricket is the right sport for you.

04:29 PM · Apr 30, 2023

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