Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Live, Qualifier 1: Whatay match! Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 15 runs on Tuesday, May 23 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK started off really strong as their openers Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway led the team past 170. CSK ended up making 172 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
Gujarat Titans, on the other hands, started losing wickets like dominoes. They had a target of 173 runs to win the game but only manage to score 157 runs at the loss of 10 wickets! They did have good luck in the beginning though as Pandya had won the toss and chosen for Gujarat Titans to bowl first. Sadly, things didn’t really go their way.
Chennai has now gone straight to the finals while Gujarat will now have to wait for another chance to go into finals. They will have to tackle the winner of the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on May 24, Wednesday.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2023
Gujarat Titans
157 (20.0)
Chennai Super Kings
172/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Qualifier 1 )
Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 15 runs
GT vs CSK Playing XI:
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
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The second over was bowled by Nalkande and boy it was a nail-biter! Gaikwad was caught out and just as Gujarat fans were celebrating, Nalkande's ball was decalred to be a no ball! And right after that, Gaikwad went straight in for a SIX! This was the first six of the over. He also hit a FOUR in the same over.
Current Score: CSK 18/0
The first over was bowled by Shami and there was no boundary scored by Chennai batsmen. In fact, it was a slow over where Chennai made only 4 runs.
Rituaraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway are the opening batsmen for Chennai Super Kings. Gujarat had opted to bowl first.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
“We will bowl first. We heard dew will come, so we want to know what exactly to chase down. We were told to relax after getting into the top-2, but we didn't want, want to stay focussed and play good cricket. We are a smart team, we don't play only one way, we make sure to get the best out of the wicket and have adapted. Darshan Nalkande comes in place of Yash Dayal,” Pandya said after winning the toss.
“We wanted to bowl first, reason being they're an excellent chasing side. We've exploited the conditions slightly better, in a tournament like this, the boys have adapted really well. It's important to back your straengths, the confidence level should be high. They've been able to do that and that's why we have done well. There was a lot of dew in the last game, but with breeze around, we can't say about it tonight, but it does look dry. We're playing the same team,” Dhoni said after losing the toss.
It's a good start for the Titans! Hardik Pandya won the toss. Gujarat Titans will bowl first.
While GTs are placed on top of the points table, CSK is holding the second spot. Both teams are pretty strong and tonight's game is defintely going to be an interesting watch. Which ever team wins will strightaway go to the finals.
The toss will take place at 7:00 pm IST. Hang in there people! It's about to be a roller-coaster!
Chennai Super Kings already have an advantage of playing tonight from the home ground. In addition to this, the Gujarat Titans have never played a game this season at this venue. The only time these two sides met in this year’s campaign was at Ahmedabad in the opener of the season where the Titans defeated Super Kings.
Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings have faced each other three times in IPL history and all time Pandya's Titans emerged as the winner.
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Dasun Shanaka, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little and Mohit Sharma
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c/wk), Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Bhagath Varma, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Sai Sudharsan/Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Yash Dayal
(Impact Sub: Joshua Little/Dasun Shanaka)
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayadu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(c/wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
(Impact sub: Matheesha Pathirana)
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