ANYONE can go viral these days! It literally just happened again during a recent IPL match!
Chennai Super Kings were playing Rajasthan Royals in a super intense game. Final over, everyone’s on the edge of their seats, and MS Dhoni walks out to bat.
And then? DISASTER. He gets out on the very first ball of the last over!
The cameras immediately start panning around to catch fan reactions (you know how they do), and they land on this girl named Aaryapriya Bhuyan. She’s decked out in CSK yellow, and her face just tells the WHOLE story-
First she’s shocked, then she looks completely crushed. It was so raw and real.
Her Phone Probably Exploded
So this girl goes to bed with like 16,000 Instagram followers, which is already pretty decent, right? She wakes up the next morning with 100,000! (and more)
Can you imagine checking your phone to that notification?
That’s 84K new followers while she was sleeping!
No planned content, no thirst traps, no dancing videos – just her genuinely freaking out over Dhoni getting out. That’s it.
IPL: Why Everyone’s Obsessed
Honestly, it’s because we’ve all been there. Anyone who’s ever cared about a sports team knows that exact feeling when your hero lets you down in a crucial moment. Her reaction was just so perfectly timed and so expressive that it captured what thousands of CSK fans were feeling.
Plus, she was super watchable. The yellow jersey, the complete emotional journey in like 3 seconds – it was reality TV in its purest form.
Meme Status: Achieved
By this morning, she wasn’t just a viral clip anymore – she became a full-on meme template. People on X (still feels weird not calling it Twitter) were using her reaction for everything:
“Me when I check my bank account after a weekend out”
“When the delivery app says your food is 45 minutes away”
“My face when someone eats the leftovers I was saving”
Conclusion
The girl became an overnight star, thanks to the IPL cameraman.
It shows us that literally anyone can go viral today.
However, some critics raise concerns about the kind of generation we have- that a girl’s reaction made her an overnight star, while content creators providing actual value are still struggling.
Nevertheless, we can’t ignore the power that digital media, televisions and IPL specifically has provided us.
If used properly, digital media and television can be a powerful medium to get popular.
