Rashid Khan: Gujarat Titans, captained by Hardik Pandya, defeated Chennai Super Kings in the first match of the IPL 2023 season. In this match, Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, had to face defeat by 7 wickets. Gujarat Titans had got a target of 179 runs to win the match. Gujarat Titans team started the season with a win by scoring 182 runs for 5 wickets in 19.2 overs. Shubman Gill played the highest innings of 63 runs in 36 balls for Gujarat Titans. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.
What did player of the match Rashid Khan say?
At the same time, apart from bowling brilliantly in this match, Rashid Khan, who scored crucial runs in the last over, was adjudged Player of the Match. Player of the match Rashid Khan said that I am very happy with my performance. This will give me a lot of energy in the upcoming matches of the tournament. I always try to give my best in all the three formats. He said that I tried to bowl good line and length to the left hander batsmen. I knew that I would be able to do better by doing this. Also, Rashid Khan said on his batting that I practice a lot in the nets. Apart from this, I would like to thank the coach and captain for their encouragement.
Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings
At the same time, before this, Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first after losing the toss, Chennai Super Kings scored 178 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad scored the highest 92 runs for CSK. In this way, Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans have got a target of 179 runs to win. At the same time, apart from Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph took 2-2 wickets for Gujarat Titans. While Joshua Little got 1 success.
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