Gujarat Titans Vs Chennai Super Kings 1st Match 31 March 2023

1st T20 • Narendra Modi Stadium • Ahmedabad

Chennai Super Kings

178/7 (20)

Gujarat Titans

182/5 (19.2)

GT won by 5 wickets

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Expert Team 1

S Gill

D Conway

Expert Team 2

S Gill

B Stokes

Venue Details

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

146Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Ruturaj Gaikwad is an excellent CSK opening batter. As soon as he is stable for 6 overs he starts hitting and help increase team score. He is a consistent batter. Last season was not good but this time he can show some great comebacks.

Hardik Pandya is an all time favorite all rounder currently. He plays very important role in the GT batting as well as bowling line-up. He knows the every corner of the Narendra Modi stadium and can be a valuable player in today's match.

Ben Stokes is back with IPL matches. He is an excellent ENG all rounder and his records in IPL are amazing. He can be a valuable player for CSK and help team score as well as pick wickets.

Rashid Khan is one of the best spinners in the GT bowling attack. He is good at handling batters and can eventually slow the RR of the opposition team. His stats in the IPL as mesmerizing and he can now also act as a finisher for the team.

Hot Picks: Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill

Safe Picks: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes

Stay Aways: Matthew Wade

Grand League Picks: Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Gujarat Titans

Chennai Super Kings

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 0

CSK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

154

Average Score

156

199/5

Highest Score

202/2

82/10

Lowest Score

103/5

Player of the Match Rashid Khan

2/26

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

CSK

Info

Chennai Super Kings

178/7 (20)

Batters

Devon Conway

16.67

b M Shami

Ruturaj Gaikwad

184.00

c S Gill b A Joseph

Moeen Ali

135.29

c W Saha b R Khan

Ben Stokes

116.67

c W Saha b R Khan

Ambati Rayudu

100.00

b JB Little

Shivam Dube

105.56

c R Khan b M Shami

Ravindra Jadeja

50.00

c Vijay Shankar b A Joseph

MS Dhoni

(C)

200.00

Not out

Mitchell Santner

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 6, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.9)

178/7

Did not Bat

Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan S Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

9.33

10.25

6.50

8.25

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

b M Shami

1-14

2.2

Moeen Ali

c W Saha b R Khan

2-50

5.5

Ben Stokes

c W Saha b R Khan

3-70

7.4

Ambati Rayudu

b JB Little

4-121

12.5

Ruturaj Gaikwad

c S Gill b A Joseph

5-151

17.1

Ravindra Jadeja

c Vijay Shankar b A Joseph

6-153

17.4

Shivam Dube

c R Khan b M Shami

7-163

18.3

Gujarat Titans

182/5 (19.2)

Batters

Wriddhiman Saha

156.25

c S Dube b RS Hangargekar

Shubman Gill

175.00

c RD Gaikwad b TU Deshpande

Sai Sudharsan

129.41

c MS Dhoni b RS Hangargekar

Hardik Pandya

(C)

72.73

b R Jadeja

Vijay Shankar

128.57

c M Santner b RS Hangargekar

Rahul Tewatia *

107.14

Not out

Rashid Khan

333.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 2, W: 4)

TOTAL

(19.2 Ov, RR: 9.41)

182/5

Did not Bat

Kane Williamson, Mohammed Shami, Josh Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph

Bowlers

EXT

Deepak Chahar

7.25

Tushar Deshpande

3.2

15.30

Rajvardhan S Hangargekar

9.00

Mitchell Santner

8.00

Ravindra Jadeja

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Wriddhiman Saha

c S Dube b RS Hangargekar

1-37

3.5

Sai Sudharsan

c MS Dhoni b RS Hangargekar

2-90

9.3

Hardik Pandya

b R Jadeja

3-111

12.1

Shubman Gill

c RD Gaikwad b TU Deshpande

4-138

14.6

Vijay Shankar

c M Santner b RS Hangargekar

5-156

17.6

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

1st T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Nitin Menon(India), Saiyed Khalid(India), Virender Sharma(India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath(India)

Weather

No Chances on Rain

Pitch Report

Dry Pitch and likely to support pace bowling. This is just a a test message to check how the field will look with data worth 2 lines in it. Hope this looks well and we can spend a good long weekend :P

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

Player of the Match Rashid Khan

2/26

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

Analysis

Commentary

So, the defending champions kick off their tournament with a win, getting the better of the four-time champions. This was just the start of the tournament though, and there's plenty more action coming your way throughout the weekend with two doubleheaders lined up. Join us tomorrow for the two big tussles, but for now, this is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my partner, Shashwat Kumar. Goodnight!

Rashid Khan is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: So happy to get the man of the match. It gives you so much energy for the tournament. I try to give my best to the team in all three departments. So happy that it came well today. (Wickets) That was the plan. Bowling to the leftie is hard but the more I keep it tight and get these two wickets, I can get my team back in the game. I just tried to keep it simple. As long as I'm hitting my areas and hitting the line and length, I will get the right result. (Batting) It's all about the work you put in the nets. It's also down to the backing the coaching staff and Hardik have put in. They're always bowling to me and theyy allow me to express myself.

Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans captain) Obviously, very happy. We did put ourselves in a difficult situation by Rahul and Rash got us over the line. We were very happy because at one point they were looking to go past 200. That made a big difference. As soon as we lost Kane, we knew we had to restrict them. To be honest, having this impact rule makes my job very difficult. When you have so many options, you have to pick the right one. Some bowlers came late but they did the job for us. When you have Rashid Khan in the team, it gives you a sigh of relief. He'll give you wickets and if you need some runs, he will score that for you too. My shot and Shubman's shot put the team in a tricky situation. We have to make sure we finish games and don't rely on these guys to do that.

Shubman Gill: It felt pretty good to get over the line but I was a bit disappointed with myself and how I got out. Getting off to a winning start is always important as a team. (International form helping here) Makes a difference, definitely. When you score runs in the international circuit, it helps. When the ball comes on so well at a venue like this, it's easier for the batter. The ball flies off the bat. (Partnership with Saha) There are no specifics. It's all about who is set and playing the situation. We were chasing a high-ish total today, so Wriddhi-bhai was intent on making the most of the powerplay. Very excited to play half the games here with such an amazing crowd. Looking forward to it.

MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings captain: (On where it went wrong) We were slightly short. Another 15-20 runs would have been good. We all knew there would be a bit of dew. When we were batting, we could have showed a bit more batsmanship. We tried to muscle the ball more and proper batting, hitting in good areas might have been better. Whenever he (Gaikwad) gets going, he is a pleasure to watch. He makes the right decisions and I feel over the years, the way he has groomed himself, especially when he gets going, is very pleasing on the eye. (On Hangargekar) I think it is important for the youngsters to step in. Last year also, we found Mukesh. He is unfortunately injured this season so Raj gets a chance. He has pace and the more exposure he gets, he will get better. No ball is something in your control and it hurts you really bad so it is important to control that. (On five bowlers used) Mo was there but I felt two left-armers would be better options. Shivam was the other option but I felt quite comfortable with the bowlers (I had).

Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets

Shubman Gill - 63 (36) | Rashid Khan - 2/26
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 92 (50) | Rajvardhan Hangargekar - 3/36

Who else but Rahul Tewatia to finish things off for the Gujarat Titans? The Iceman adds the finishing touches to the run chase to get his side over the line without much of a fuss in the end. He lifts his arm by his side to celebrate the win and soak in the reception. It's the defending champions who pick up from where they left off last season.

After a solid outing with the ball that saw them restrict CSK to at least 15-20 runs below the par total, Shubman Gill took the responsibility to step up to the plate and set the tone upfront. Wriddhiman Saha and Sai Sudharsan played their part in the middle before the CSK spinners managed to strangle in the middle and pull things back.

Rajvardhan Hangargekar impressed with his ability to bowl a heavy ball in the middle and provided key breakthroughs, as did Ravindra Jadeja, providing the key breakthrough for the GT captain in the middle overs. It was a tricky little chase from there on and Vijay Shankar sent a nice little reminder with a handy knock in the middle, building a partnership with Gill.

However, once the two were dismissed in quick succession, it momentarily seemed like the Gujarat Titans were going to choke in this game. That word doesn't exist in the dictionary of Rashid and Tewatia though, as the two held their nerve and produced the big shots to seal the deal for the Titans to get them off to a winning start. Stick around for the presentations!

19.2 Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, GT WIN! In the slot on off stump again. Tewatia sits back in his crease and smashes it back past the bowler to seal the deal and hand CSK defeat in their opening fixture!

They don't call him the Iceman for nothing. Rahul Tewatia adding the finishing touches to this run chase! Scores are level

19.1 Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, SIX MORE! In the slot outside off stump. Tewatia walks across his stumps and lofts it over mid off for a six! Scores level now!

19.1 Tushar Deshpande to Rahul Tewatia, full delivery slanted way outside off stump. Tewatia swishes and misses but sees the umpire indulge in a bit of exercise

Long leg, deep mid-wicket, long-on, long-off and sweeper cover

Tushar Deshpande [3.0-0-40-1] is back into the attack

Ooh's and aah's around the ground with an anti-climatic end to that over. Chahar started off that over so well but the two boundaries were enough for the Titans to get their noses in front again. Deshpande will have 8 runs to defend in his final over after conceding 40 from his first 3 overs.

overs

171 /5 score

4lb

runs

Rashid Khan *

10 (3)

Rahul Tewatia

5 (12)

Deepak Chahar

0 /29

18.6 Deepak Chahar to Rashid Khan, slower bumper outside off stump. Rashid comes down the track and has a hack at it, only connecting with fresh air

If anyone can, Rashid can! Gujarat Titans are right back in the driver's seat!

18.5 Deepak Chahar to Rashid Khan, FOUR MORE! Short, wide and punished! Too much width and Rashid has a free swing at it. He gets a thick outside edge that flies over short third man!

That's the first ball he has faced! Fearless from the Afghanistan captain! It was in the slot from Chahar though.

18.4 Deepak Chahar to Rashid Khan, RIGHT OUT OF THE SCREWS! In the slot and that goes the journey! Rashid clears his front leg and whacks it a mile over deep mid wicket!

Rashid on strike for the first time. Long-on, long-off, deep point, deep mid-wicket and deep square