GT Vs CSK, IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans Beat Chennai Super Kings By 35 Runs - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of match 59 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan's top-notch centuries led the foundation of the GT's innings. With the help of their tons, GT set a 232-run target for the defending champions. In response, Both openers were back in the pavilion within the first seven deliveries of CSK's innings. Ruturaj Gaikwad also went for duck. Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali made fighting fifties but it was not enough. GT have moved to the eighth position with this win. Catch the highlights of the GT Vs CSK match of the IPL 2024, here. (Scorecard | Streaming)

Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande, Sameer Rizvi, Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rachin Ravindra, Ajay Jadav Mandal, RS Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Aravelly Avanish

Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Sandeep Warrier, Vijay Shankar, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Darshan Nalkande, Sharath BR, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Umesh Yadav, Abhinav Manohar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sushant Mishra

There is a bit of green grass on the pitch, but it looks rock-solid. Bowlers might get a little bit of swing early on. A high-scoring game is on the cards. The boundaries are smaller and the weather is pleasant. Dew might come later, so bowling first may suit the captains at the toss time.

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

Playing XIs:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Matthew Wade(w), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan opened the batting for GT and Mitchell Santner came to bowl the first over for CSK. Gill smashed a six and a four to collect 14 runs from the first over.

GT - 14/0 (1)

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan have managed to leave CSK wicket-less in the powerplay. Both batters have punished the bad balls and tried to get as many runs as possible from each over. Gill made runs with a better strike rate and completed the 50-run stand between the openers with a double in the sixth over before smashing Simarjeet Singh for a six.

GT - 58/0 (6)

Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are bashing every other bowler who is coming into the attack. Simarjeet Singh was brought back into the attack in the 11th over and Gill started the over with a six to complete his fifty just like how Sudharsan did. Then, Sudharsan went on to hit a couple of more sixes to end his over with 23 runs from that.

GT - 130/0 (11)

Shardul Thakur was brought back into the attack in the 16th over and he conceded just six runs. When all other bowlers were leaking runs, he bowled in the right areas and left the set openers guessing.

GT - 196/0 (16)

Gujarat Titans only managed to post 231 runs on the board despite the centuries from both openers. David Miller hit only one boundary in 11 balls he played and CSK bowlers also bowled beautifully in the death overs to stop them at a good total. CSK need 232 runs to win the match.

GT - 231/3 (20)

Brief Score: GT - 231/3 (20)

Shubman Gill - 104 (55), Sai Sudharsan - 103 (51) | Tushar Deshpande: (4-0-33-2)

Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane opened the batting for Chennai Super Kings and Umesh Yadav came to bowl the first over. He conceded just two runs from the over and GT also got the wicket of Rachin Ravindra as he got run-out on the final delivery.

CSK - 2/1 (1)

After three early wickets, Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali held the fort for CSK and kept the scorecard moving. The duo extracted 10 runs from Kartik Tyagi's over and 15 runs from the next over of Sandeep Warrier. Mitchell started with a six and Ali also hammed a big shot on the fourth delivery of the Warrier's third over on the trot.

CSK - 58/3 (7)

Noor Ahmad came to bowl the 11th over of the match and Moeen Ali welcomed him with a hat-trick of sixes. Daryl Mitchell targeted his Afghan counterpart Rashid Khan in the next over and smashed him for a six then a four to extract 13 runs from the over. CSK still need 113 runs in eight overs.

CSK - 119/3 (12)

Mohit Sharma came to bowl the 17th over and removed the set batter Shivam Dube with his slower one. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja are at the crease with CSK needing 64 runs off 18 balls to win.

CSK - 168/6 (17)

Wickets kept falling from one end and MS Dhoni remained unbeaten on the other side. When Rashid Khan came to bowl the final over, GT were already winners of the match but Dhoni smashed back-to-back sixes on the first two balls to make something interesting. Then the next three deliveries went for nothing. He hit a four on the final delivery. Gujarat Titans won the match by 35 runs.

CSK - 196/8 (20)

Our fielding let us down, we gave away 10-15 runs extra I think, execution wise we were good, but they played some really good shots. You can't control batters when they playing so well and going good. It's real quick, we got to fly quick and we have a tough game in Chennai, so we got to turn up well there as well.

Yeah just a cramp, nothing else (reason for being off the field). When you've got 100k people supporting you, becomes easier. Just the freeness of it. When we were batting out there, we didn't have any targets in mind. Were just maximising the opportunities in front of us. We have a good camaraderie between us. Even last year we batted a lot together. Lot of fun batting with him. In terms of numbers, definitely it is (best opening partnership for GT). Mohit bhai has done this for us the last couple of years. Even last year, his bowling was a revelation. Even this year, two three bad games can happen to anyone. At one point we thought 250 was there for the taking. In the last 2-3 overs they bowled well also. Just had a feeling we were 10-15 short - not in terms of the match but in terms of the NRR going forward.

1063 sixes are already hit in this season, which is the second-highest for any IPL season. Last year, the number was 1124. That's all from our side. We will be taking your leave now. Goodnight!