GT vs CSK: Gujarat Titans have defeated Chennai Super Kings by 35 runs. Playing first, GT had scored a huge score of 231 runs in an important match from the playoff point of view. Shubman Gill’s 104 runs and Sai Sudarshan’s 103 runs helped Gujarat reach the big score. On the other hand, while chasing the target, CSK could score only 196 runs. Chennai had a very bad start as the team lost 3 wickets within 10 runs. However, there was a partnership of 109 runs between Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali. Mitchell scored 63 runs in 34 balls, during which he hit 7 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Ali scored an inning of 56 runs in 36 balls, during which he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. But both of them could not take the team to victory. Mohit Sharma took the most wickets for Gujarat. He took important wickets of Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali and Shivam Dubey.
Chasing the target of 232 runs, CSK had scored 43 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the powerplay overs. From here there was an excellent partnership of 109 runs between Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali. In the next 6 overs, both added 76 runs, due to which after 12 overs the team’s score was 119 runs for 3 wickets. Meanwhile, Mitchell got out after scoring 63 runs while playing a big shot on the second ball of the 13th over. In the 15th over, Moeen Ali also returned to the pavilion after scoring 56 runs. CSK had scored 143 runs in 15 overs and the team needed 89 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Shivam Dubey was also out in the 17th over after scoring 21 runs, but Ravindra Jadeja was in the mood to beat the bowlers today. Meanwhile, Rashid Khan had almost ensured Gujarat’s victory by taking 2 wickets in the 18th over. The situation was that Chennai had to score 52 runs in the last over to win. In the end, Dhoni played a brilliant inning of 26 runs in 11 balls, but despite a lot of efforts, CSK could only score 196 runs after losing 8 wickets. With this, Chennai had to face defeat by 35 runs in this match.
With this victory of Gujarat Titans, the race for the playoffs in IPL 2024 has become interesting. CSK still remains at fourth position in the points table with 12 points. The team will have to win the next two matches to qualify. The defeat of Chennai Super Kings is also good news for RCB because Chennai’s victory could have made their path to the top-4 very difficult. Now RCB and GT are at 7th and 8th position respectively and both have 10 points. CSK’s defeat has not ended GT and RCB’s hopes of reaching the playoffs.
Rashid Khan’s over changed the course of the match
In the last 3 overs, Chennai Super Kings needed 64 runs to win. Rashid Khan came to bowl in the 18th over, in which he gave only 2 runs. He got Ravindra Jadeja out to David Miller on the third ball of his over. Jadeja scored 18 runs in 10 balls. Mitchell Santner was also out on the 5th ball of the over on the score of zero. Although Dhoni was still at the crease, it was almost impossible to score 62 runs in 2 overs. With these 2 wickets, Rashid Khan had almost ensured the victory of GT.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan made records
For Gujarat Titans, both the openers Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan played century innings. Gill scored 104 runs in 55 balls, during which he hit 9 fours and 6 sixes. On the other hand, Sudarshan played an inning of 103 runs in 51 balls. In this, 5 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. Gill-Sudarshan are the third pair in the history of IPL to have scored centuries in an innings of a match. Apart from this, Gill and Sudarshan have made the record of the biggest partnership for the first wicket in the history of IPL. Gill and Sudarshan added 210 runs for the first wicket. Before him in 2022, Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul had made a partnership of 210 runs for the first wicket.
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