Faf du Plessis Recreates Rohit Sharma's T20 World Cup Celebration Walk as Preity Zinta’s Team Wins Maiden CPL Title | WATCH

Faf du Plessis’ ecstatic celebration took over the internet as Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) on Monday claimed their first-ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. They defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) by 6 wickets to be crowned as champions.

The Kings restricted the defending champions to 138/8 after opting to bowl first. While every bowler picked up a wicket each, Noor Ahmad was once again the star of the proceedings, registering 3 wickets for just 19 runs in his 4 overs.

In reply, skipper Du Plessis and in-form batter Johnson Charles, who collectively scored more than 850 runs in the tournament couldn’t replicate their past heroics and got out early. SLK were 51 for 4 at one point and looked in trouble before Chase with 39 runs off 22 deliveries and Jones with 48 runs from 31 balls started their brilliant counter-attacking innings and brought the trophy home with 11 balls to spare.

Celebrations were galore at the Providence Stadium in Guyana after the Saint Lucia Kings won the title. Skipper Faf du Plessis left everyone amused with his antics, imitating Lionel Messi’s famous robotic walk, which he did while collecting the FIFA 2022 trophy for Argentina.

The victory surely had left Bollywood actress and co-owner of the Kings, Preity Zinta delighted, hoping for the same for Punjab Kings in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

A couple of months ago Indian skipper Rohit Sharma performed the same walk as he went to the podium to lift the ICC T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Star Sports made a collage of the videos of Rohit and Du Plessis with an interesting caption that read, “Petition to make this official trophy-lifting celebration!”

Speaking after the win, SLK captain du Plessis said, “We have been really consistent throughout the league stage and I believe the two best teams played in the final. We always believed in the depth of the squad and credit to Roston and Aaron for absorbing the pressure and stepping up in the final when needed.”

“It takes a special team performance to come here to their home ground and beat them twice. I am extremely proud of the team for showing grit throughout the tournament and getting the job done. There was excitement at the start of the competition in St Lucia about is this gonna be the season. First CPL trophy and it is a great achievement,” he added.

SLK Coach Daren Sammy said after the match, “I’ll tell you something, five days ago, Aaron Jones said to me that he would win me the CPL final, I swear to God. And we made one chance today, because the way he looked me in the eye when he said that, I believed that. We did send a message that the Moeen over had to go for plenty. He would his rhythm and I guess the message was well delivered.”