A daddy is always a daddy.
This ia true for the CSKians again, who have done it again, bossing around with the trophy as the most consistent, big daddy team in all years of the IPL since its inception.
It's the third time they have done it and this one, with a much older team, considering the average age of the team was well-nigh 30.
To still be able to trump all their younger, fancied "juniors" and with elan at that, proves that age is just a number.
Cliched, but proven true.
Their triumph once again underscores the fact that eventually, what matters is how good you are with your skills and attitude.
Sure, age tends to slow anyone's reflexes.
Be it the hand-eye co-ordination, or that throwing oneself around for either snatching that extra run or be it saving that extra run, all count - all of these make the body resist co-operating with what the mind and heart want to do.
The hamstrings become even more critical than those handle-with-care cutlery items.
But more than any of these, everything else takes a backseat when one can still be fit enough and skilled enough.
Because what age also does is to empower you with experience and habe enough nous to handle and overcome any situation.
This is precisely what Shane What-a-son did, come the big night. Much to the haplessness of the Sunrisers.
Or, for that matter, an Amabati-only-33-Rayudu. Or a Faf or a Bhajji.
And of course, the one and only M S D.
Captain Cool once again displayed his usual astuteness, marshalling his troops in the best possible manner.
His captaincy has always defied conventions, and him not opting to bowl one of his specialist bowlers (Bhajji) again underscores that the man can think clearly and for the occasion, even if it means trying something novel or unexpected.
But more than his batting or 'keeping, even more than his captaincy, what stood out (again), was his coolness in enjoying the comfort of his daughter more than the trophy, after the win!
A daddy is truly, more than anything else, always a daddy.
