5-time Indian Premier League winners Chennai Tremendous Kings put in a faultless efficiency at residence at hand Gujarat Titans a 63-run loss. The defending champions beat final yr’s finalists on the Chepauk Stadium to increase their profitable run this season. It was an all-round efficiency from CSK with their batters doing the job within the first innings, serving to them submit 206 for six on the board, earlier than limiting the opposition to 143 for 8. The win took all of them the way in which to the highest of the IPL 2024 factors desk, with 4 factors from two matches.
It was a battle of younger captains as newly-appointed Ruturaj Gaikwad got here out on prime at hand Shubman Gill his first loss as Gujarat’s captain. The victory additionally improved CSK’s head-to-head document towards GT within the IPL, with either side profitable three of their six matches towards one another. CSK had additionally defeated GT in final yr’s remaining on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to win their record-equalling fifth IPL title.
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The match noticed unbelievable batting performances from Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra and Shivam Dube earlier than Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande got here to the celebration for the Chennai-based franchise. Gill and co. had no solutions for CSK’s would possibly at residence as they registered their first-ever win over GT within the group-stage of the competitors.
CSK vs GT: AS IT HAPPENED
CSK bought off to a flying begin with Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra going hell for leather-based towards the GT pacers. Each the openers smashed Azmatullah Omarzai and Umesh Yadav within the powerplay, forcing Gill to introduce Rashid Khan within the sixth over itself.
Nonetheless, the transfer reaped prompt rewards as Rashid picked the wicket of the damaging Ravindra, who departed after scoring 46 runs off 20 balls, having smashed six boundaries and three sixes. Nonetheless, CSK recovered with Gaikwad and Ajinkya Rahane stitching a 42-run stand earlier than Sai Kishore bought the higher of Rahane, who bought stumped within the eleventh over.
Dube carnage takes over Chepauk
Gaikwad fell agonisingly wanting his first fifty this season, being dismissed by Spencer Johnson within the thirteenth over, having scored a 36-ball 46. Shivam Dube then took over and smashed all of GT’s spinners across the park.
He smashed his seventh IPL half-century, whereas forming 57-run stand with New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell. He bought previous the 50-run mark in 22 balls earlier than being dismissed by Rashid within the very subsequent supply. Dube departed after scoring 51 runs off 23 balls, hitting two boundaries and 5 sixes. With this knock, he moved into the top-three run-scorers in IPL 2024, having scored 85 runs within the first two matches. He trails solely Punjab’s Sam Curran (86 runs) and Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (96 runs) within the race for the Orange Cap.
A late flourish from Sameer Rizvi, which noticed him smash Rashid for 2 sixes in an over, helped CSK submit 206 for six within the first innings.
GT lose early wickets
Within the second innings, Gill and wicket-keeping batter Wriddhiman Saha bought their 207-run chase off to a flyer earlier than Deepak Chahar put a halt to their progress by cataching Gill LBW. The appropriate-arm pacer struck once more, this time to dismiss Saha in his subsequent over to go away GT reeling at 34 for two.
Mitchell additionally joined the celebration after the powerplay, eliminating Vijay Shankar, who has been unable to recoup his kind from earlier seasons. David Miller and B Sai Sudharsan began GT’s restoration and fashioned a gritty 41-run stand. Nonetheless, a sensible effort within the discipline by Rahane led to Miller’s dismissal as CSK pacer Tushar Deshpande claimed his a hundredth T20 wicket.
Sai Sudharsan was the subsequent to fall as his gritty 31-ball 37 was delivered to an finish by the slinging Matheesha Pathirana. Deshpande doubled his wicket-taking tally by eliminating Omarzai earlier than Rashid Khan fell by the hands of Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman.
The visiting group might handle simply 148 for 8 within the second innings with Deshpande, Mustafizur and Chahar claiming two wickets every.
Following their win over GT, CSK will flip their focus in direction of Delhi Capiatls, with the 2 sides set to conflict on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, March 31. In the meantime, GT will lock horns with SunRisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on March 31.
