Cricket Highlights, 31 Mar: IPL 2023 (Match 1) – Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (Match 1) – Highlights

On Friday, March 31 at 8 p.m. in Ahmedabad, the defending champion Gujarat Titans and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings squared off. With a victory in this opening game of the new season, the reigning champions got off to a terrific start. Chennai lost to them by five wickets. In the previous season, they also defeat Dhoni’s Chennai two times. In addition to this, Rashid Khan’s timely batting and outstanding bowling earned him the honor of man of the match.

Half of the match’s effort is made simple if the toss is won. As a result, toss luck has grown to be a major problem in T20 cricket, particularly in the IPL. In the first game, Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya chose to bat first after winning the toss. He sent off Dhoni’s team to bat.

The IPL has seen numerous alterations to date. Impact players were employed by both sides. Well praised, it seems. Nonetheless, Ruturaj was the star of the first half of the game. After losing the toss, this opener provided the side with a huge score. Nonetheless, he had no good company on the other side.

In spite of losing 7 wickets, Chennai collected a substantial return of 178 runs thanks to the devastating batting of Ruturaj Gaikwad. After Rituraj’s 92-run, 50-ball performance (4 fours and 9 sixes), Moeen Ali’s 23 runs ranked second. Dhoni, the captain, scored 14 runs off 7 balls without being out. In addition, Devon Conway, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mitchell Santner were all struck out for one run. In 18 balls, Shivam Dube scored 19 runs. Stokes scored 7 runs, and Rayudu scored 12 off of 12 balls. They ultimately set a goal of 179 runs, with 8 runs extra.

With Gujarat Titans, Rashid Khan took 2 wickets and gave 26 runs. Alzarri Joseph and Mohammed Shami each captured two wickets. One wicket was also taken by Joshua Little.

Everyone who came down to respond helped Gujarat to win except Skipper Pandya, who was unable to touch the double-digit number. He used 11 balls to score 8 runs.

Gujarat got off to a fast start with Wriddhiman Saha, who scored 25 runs off only 16 balls while hitting two sixes and four fours. Kane Williamson did not play because he injured his knee. At number three, Sai Sudarshan took his spot as an impact player. With the help of three fours, he managed to score 22 runs off just 17 balls.

However, Shubman Gill made a significant contribution to Gujarat’s triumph. He scored 63 runs in just 36 balls, including 3 sixes and 6 boundaries. Gujarat had six wickets in hand and needed 41 runs in the final five overs. The equation was going to be challenging with two tight overs. But Rashid (10 from 3 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (15 from 14 balls), on the other hand, provided the team with an easy victory. In addition, Vijay Shankar hit two fours and a six to score 27 runs off 21 balls.

After losing 5 wickets and adding an additional 12 runs, they eventually departed the field with a victory and scored 182 runs.

Tushar Deshpande has taken Ambati Rayudu’s spot as Chennai’s impact player in the bowling department. This pacer is under the storm. With 51 runs from 3 overs and 2 balls, he had only 1 wicket. He digested four sets of sixes and fours. Moreover, Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket while Rajvardhan took 3 wickets with 36 runs in 4 overs.

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings – 178/7 (20.0)

Gujarat Titans – 182/5 (19.2) 

Result – Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets 

Player of the match – Rashid Khan 

Chennai Super Kings

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Playing XIs