Captain Gill scored 104 off 55 balls, whereas left-hander Sudharsan achieved his maiden IPL century with a powerful 103 off 51 balls.
Each Gujarat openers reached their centuries in simply 50 balls and established the joint-highest opening stand of 210 runs in IPL historical past.CSK managed a quick comeback within the closing overs, permitting just one boundary within the final three overs.Tushar Deshpande eliminated each century-makers within the 18th over.
Sudharsan, who smashed seven sixes and 5 fours, was caught at further cowl, whereas Gill, who hit six sixes and 9 fours, was deceived by a slower ball and caught at deep midwicket.
“Once you’ve acquired 100k folks supporting you, turns into simpler. Simply the freeness of it. After we have been batting on the market, we did not have any targets in thoughts. Had been simply maximising the alternatives in entrance of us. We now have camaraderie between us. Even final yr we batted rather a lot collectively. Lot of enjoyable batting with him,” Gill mentioned after the match.
GT’s complete of 231/3 confronted a quick problem whereas Daryl Mitchell (63) and Moeen Ali (56) have been on the crease, however Chennai in the end fell brief, ending at 196/8.
“When it comes to numbers, positively it’s (greatest opening partnership for GT). Mohit bhai has achieved this for us the final couple of years. Even final yr, his bowling was a revelation. Even this yr, two three unhealthy video games can occur to anybody. At one level we thought 250 was there for the taking. Within the final 2-3 overs they bowled effectively additionally. Simply had a sense we have been 10-15 brief – not by way of the match however by way of the NRR going ahead,” he mentioned.
Medium-pacer Mohit Sharma performed a key position by dismissing each half-century-makers, ending with figures of three/31.
CSK’s loss tightened up the race to the playoffs. CSK remained within the fourth and final playoff spot whereas GT have been simply outdoors however have to win their final two matches by huge margins to drastically enhance their internet run price.
