The 2023 (IPL) season started with a match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Going into the new season, the Gujarat Titans team also won the match against Chennai by 5 wickets brilliantly and managed to open their account in the points table as well. Chasing a target of 179 runs, Shubman Gill scored 63, Vijay Shankar scored 27 and Rashid Khan scored 10 runs in a crucial moment for Gujarat.
Chasing a target of 179 runs, the starting pairing of Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha took the field for the Gujarat Titans team, which saw a 37-run partnership between the two for the first wicket, in which Saha scored 25 runs. in 16 balls Return to the pavilion after playing. At the same time, Shubman Gill along with Sai Sudarshan worked to fully strengthen the team’s position by sharing a 53-run partnership for the second wicket.
The second blow for the Gujarat Titans team was delivered by Sai Sudarshan, who returned to the pavilion after playing a 22-run inning. Following this captain Hardik Pandya took to the field to support Shubman Gill who whilst batting aggressively tried to push the scoring in very quickly but returned to the pavilion after scoring just 8 runs. At the same time, after turning his half century, Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion after playing out a 63-run innings on 36 balls.
In the last 3 overs, the Gujarat team needed 30 runs to win, after which Vijay Shankar tried to score quickly but was dismissed after playing a 27-run innings on 21 balls. Following this, Rashid Khan, who entered the pitch, turned the match completely around for Gujarat with a six and a four. While Rashid played a 10-run innings off 3 balls, Rahul Tewatia also scored runs off 14 balls. In this match for Chennai Super Kings, Rajvardhan Hengagekar took 3 wickets while Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets.
Talking about the Chennai Super Kings innings in this match, the batting power of Rituraj was fully seen, who played a big part in leading the team to a great score with an innings of 92 runs off just 50 balls. Gaikwad hit 9 sixes along with 4 fours during his innings. Moin Ali scored the second highest score in this match for Chennai who was able to play out a 23 run innings.
If we talk about the bowling of Gujarat Titans in this match, the power of Rashid Khan was clearly seen, who gave up just 26 runs in his 4 overs and took 2 wickets. Other than this, Mohammed Shami and Alzarri Joseph also took 2-2 wickets on his behalf.
