IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans Match Preview, IPL 2024

7th T20 • MA Chidambaram Stadium • Chennai

Chennai Super Kings

206/6 (20)

Gujarat Titans

143/8 (20)

CSK won by 63 runs

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Date & Time

26 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

TV/Streaming

JioCinema, Star Sports Network

Match

7th T20,

Umpires

Alex Wharf(England), Tapan Sharma(India), Jayaraman Madanagopal(India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.33Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.86Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

2- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Chennai Super Kings

Gujarat Titans

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Rachin Ravindra

CSK . ALL

37 Runs

1 Match

Shivam Dube

CSK . BAT

34 Runs

1 Match

Ajinkya Rahane

CSK . BAT

27 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Mustafizur Rahman

CSK . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Deepak Chahar

CSK . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Ravindra

A Omarzai

Expert Team 2

R Gaikwad

S Gill

Venue Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

131.33Avg SR

2nd Innings

143Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.86Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

58%Bat First Bowl First42%

Team Batting First

57%Wins Losses43%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 1 • Mar 22 • Indian Premier League

CSK 176/4 (18.4)

RCB 173/6 (20)

CSK won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Qualifier 1 • May 23 • Indian Premier League

GT 157/10 (20)

CSK 172/7 (20)

CSK won by 15 runs

vs live score

Match 61 • May 14 • Indian Premier League

CSK 144/6 (20)

KKR 147/4 (18.3)

KKR won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 55 • May 10 • Indian Premier League

CSK 167/8 (20)

DC 140/8 (20)

CSK won by 27 runs

vs live score

Match 49 • May 6 • Indian Premier League

CSK 140/4 (17.4)

MI 139/8 (20)

CSK won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 41 • Apr 30 • Indian Premier League

CSK 200/4 (20)

PBKS 201/6 (20)

PBKS won by 4 wickets

vs live score

Match 29 • Apr 21 • Indian Premier League

CSK 138/3 (18.4)

SRH 134/7 (20)

CSK won by 7 wickets

vs live score

Match 17 • Apr 12 • Indian Premier League

CSK 172/6 (20)

RR 175/8 (20)

RR won by 3 runs

vs live score

Match 6 • Apr 3 • Indian Premier League

CSK 217/7 (20)

LSG 205/7 (20)

CSK won by 12 runs

vs live score

Qualifier 1 • May 7 • Indian Premier League

MI 132/4 (18.3)

CSK 131/4 (20)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Chennai Super Kings

Gujarat Titans

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

CSK

2- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

168

Average Score

168

202/5

Highest Score

214/4

140/4

Lowest Score

119/1

Player of the Match Shivam Dube

51(23)

Lucky Winner Gulshan Kumar

CSK

Info

Chennai Super Kings

206/6 (20)

Batters

Ruturaj Gaikwad

(C)

127.78

c W Saha b SH Johnson

Rachin Ravindra

230.00

st W Saha b R Khan

Ajinkya Rahane

100.00

st W Saha b R Sai Kishore

Shivam Dube

221.74

c V Shankar b R Khan

Daryl Mitchell

120.00

Not out

Sameer Rizvi

233.33

c D Miller b M Sharma

Ravindra Jadeja

233.33

runout (W Saha / V Shankar)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.3)

206/6

Did not Bat

MS Dhoni, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowlers

EXT

Azmatullah Omarzai

10.00

Umesh Yadav

13.50

Rashid Khan

12.25

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

9.33

Spencer Johnson

8.75

Mohit Sharma

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rachin Ravindra

st W Saha b R Khan

1-62

5.2

Ajinkya Rahane

st W Saha b R Sai Kishore

2-104

10.1

Ruturaj Gaikwad

c W Saha b SH Johnson

3-127

12.3

Shivam Dube

c V Shankar b R Khan

4-184

18.2

Sameer Rizvi

c D Miller b M Sharma

5-199

19.3

Ravindra Jadeja

runout (W Saha / V Shankar)

6-206

19.6

Gujarat Titans

143/8 (20)

Batters

Wriddhiman Saha

123.53

c TU Deshpande b DL Chahar

Shubman Gill

(C)

160.00

lbw b DL Chahar

Sai Sudharsan

119.35

c S Rizvi b M Pathirana

Vijay Shankar

100.00

c MS Dhoni b D Mitchell

David Miller

131.25

c A Rahane b TU Deshpande

Azmatullah Omarzai

110.00

c R Ravindra b TU Deshpande

Rahul Tewatia

54.55

c R Ravindra b M Rahman

Rashid Khan

50.00

c R Ravindra b M Rahman

Umesh Yadav

90.91

Not out

Spencer Johnson *

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.15)

143/8

Did not Bat

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

7.50

5.25

7.50

9.00

7.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

lbw b DL Chahar

1-28

2.5

Wriddhiman Saha

c TU Deshpande b DL Chahar

2-34

4.3

Vijay Shankar

c MS Dhoni b D Mitchell

3-55

7.3

David Miller

c A Rahane b TU Deshpande

4-96

11.5

Sai Sudharsan

c S Rizvi b M Pathirana

5-114

14.5

Azmatullah Omarzai

c R Ravindra b TU Deshpande

6-118

15.2

Rashid Khan

c R Ravindra b M Rahman

7-121

16.2

Rahul Tewatia

c R Ravindra b M Rahman

8-129

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

TV/Streaming

JioCinema, Star Sports Network

Match

7th T20,

Umpires

Alex Wharf(England), Tapan Sharma(India), Jayaraman Madanagopal(India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

Player of the Match Shivam Dube

51(23)

Lucky Winner Gulshan Kumar

Commentary

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That brings us to the end of a rather one sided contest in the end with CSK winning by a big margin of 63 runs. The defending champions have started off their campaign in a resounding fashion and will look to just keep building on this momentum. Meanwhile there is a lot to work on for the Gujarat Titans. The defeat will certainly put a few doubts on their minds especially due to the manner in which they lost. The IPL carnival continues with the Sunrisers Hyderabad slated to square off against the five time champions Mumbai Indians tomorrow. Join us then but for now this is me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) bidding adieu also on behalf of my fellow commentator Shaswat Kumar.

Shivam Dube (Player of the Match): This franchise is something different. They have given me the freedom. They want me to do better and I also want to win games for this franchise. I have worked in that way. I know they will me short balls and I am ready for that. Yeah they want the same thing from me like what I did today.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings captain): Great to know. It was a near-perfect game for us. A team against Gujarat always challenge you and it was great to come up with a performance like this. In Chennai when you are not sure what the pitch will be, it is important to have wickets in hand. Rachin batted brilliantly in the powerplay and we were ahead in the game. Shivam played brilliantly and not to forget Rizvi. In terms of confidence, Mahi bhai and the management worked with him. He knows what kind of a role he is playing. Definitely Shivam is a big plus for us. I think pretty much same. I am very much impressed. We have got two three youngsters which might be making a difference.

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Sanjay Manjrekar.

MS Dhoni turned back the clock when he took an exceptional catch to send back Vijay Shankar. He dived to his right full stretched and held onto a stunner. Switch 👇 to relive that moment.

[Watch] MS Dhoni takes a brilliant diving catch to dismiss Vijay Shankar in CSK vs GT IPL 2024 clash

Deepak Chahar: Generally from the time I am playing, I have been asked to bowl three overs in the powerplay. It's difficult but always ready to chip in for the team. Yeah the two bouncer rule has definitely helped the fast bowlers. It creates doubts among batters. Not much for bowlers in this format so this has surely helped. If the ball is gripping you can use it to your advantage. Bounce stays there in Chennai but it stays low. There was no dew tonight. When dew comes as the tournament progress, it can get easier for the batters. Now have to keep looking at both Rutu and Mahi bhai (chuckles on being asked on whom to look for field placements).

Shubman Gill, Gujarat Titans captain: They outplayed us when they were batting. The way they bowled, their execution was spot on. We backed ourselves to get a decent score in the powerplay. Once we could not get a decent start, we were always playing catch-up. (On their bowling) In T20, you can always talk about 10-15 runs here and there. But at the end of the day, it is about how much they got. We were expecting to chase anything between 190-200 on this pitch. Better to have these matches at the start rather than the business end. (On the pitch) It looked like a really good wicket. It was hard and there was a good grass covering. We let ourselves down while we were batting. (On leading the side) Learning a lot, experiencing different things. It is exciting to be able to captain this Gujarat Titans side. We have reached the final twice in the past, and these are very exciting times.

Chennai Super Kings won by 63 runs

Shivam Dube 51(23) | Tushar Desphande 2/21(4)
Sai Sudharsan 37(31) | Rashid Khan 2/49(4)

It turned out to be a thoroughly convincing all-round performance from the Chennai Super Kings as they won their second game of this season by storming past Gujarat Titans by 63 runs. The Titans were never in the game and just kept sliding down the barrel as the run chase progressed. The opening duo of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha held the key at the top of the order and needed to get GT off to a flying start.

The start was provided by Saha and Gill. Both looked in good touch before the dismissal of Gill in the 3rd over changed the complexion of the game. Deepak Chahar brought about his downfall and followed it up with the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha in his next over. The required rate climbed at an alarming rate and the likes of Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar and David Miller had their task cut out. Shankar flayed at one fuller one from Daryl Mitchell and MS Dhoni ended up taking a brilliant diving catch.

David Miller and Sudharsan joined hands but the duo couldn't quite score the boundaries at the rate their team needed. Sudharsan was dismissed for a 31 ball 37 while David Miller couldn't make a significant impact either. A 16 ball 21 was never going to be enough. Azmatullah Omarzai and Rahul Tewatia came out in a situation when the yellow army had more or less sealed the match. In the end, it was Matheesha Pathirana who closed out the game with a good final over and ensured a 63 run win for CSK. Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman and Mustafizur Rahman was the pick of the bowlers bagging a couple of wickets each.

A convincing effort from the Chennai Super Kings as they continue their domination at home. After posting a massive 206, the bowlers needed to step up to the plate and just keep things tight. GT needed a move on in the powerplay which never really happened and it went from bad to worse as the run chase progressed. A 63 run defeat for the Gujarat Titans, also their biggest in terms of runs.

overs

143 /8 score

runs

Umesh Yadav *

10 (11)

Spencer Johnson

5 (5)

Matheesha Pathirana

1 /29

19.6 Matheesha Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, THAT WILL BE THAT! CSK WIN BY 63 RUNS! Length delivery hung way outside off. Umesh nearly swings himself off his feet again but only swats away a few flies in the process. Dot to end the game, and CSK have been full value for this victory!

That sounded sweet from Umesh Yadav. Titans will welcome this shot and the result will please them.

19.5 Matheesha Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, RIGHT OUT OF THE SCREWS! In the slot on off stump and Umesh climbs into it. Sits deep in his crease, and swings at it in mighty fashion. Sends it soaring over the deep mid wicket fence!

19.4 Matheesha Pathirana to Spencer Johnson, off-pace on a back of a length on off. Johnson hacks it into the mid wicket region

19.3 Matheesha Pathirana to Spencer Johnson, excellent yorker that sneaks just inside the tramlines. Johnson leaves it, hoping for the wide but gets no favours

19.2 Matheesha Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, shortish outside off. Umesh swishes at it and cloths it towards deep cover point

19.1 Matheesha Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, back of a length outside off. Zips off the surface and whizzes past Umesh's flailing blade. 147.3 kph!

We are done with the penultimate over and it's just about a few minutes away from Chennai coasting to a memorable win. Gujarat Titans have been nowhere in the game.

overs

135 /8 score

1lb

runs

Spencer Johnson *

4 (3)

Umesh Yadav

3 (7)

Mustafizur Rahman

2 /30