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Chennai lost third consecutive match to Gujarat in IPL

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The Indian Premier League’s 16th season has gotten off to a winning start for the defending champion Gujarat Titans. (IPL). In a thrilling match, the team defeated the four-time champion Chennai Super Kings by five wickets.

The Indian Premier League’s 16th season has gotten off to a winning start for the defending champion Gujarat Titans. (IPL). In a thrilling match, the team defeated the four-time champion Chennai Super Kings by five wickets. Gujarat now has three straight victories over Chennai. In the final over, the team needed 8 runs. That was accomplished by the defending champion with 4 balls remaining. The winning four is hit by Rahul Tewatia.

Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya chose to bowl on Friday night at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad after winning the toss. Chennai Super Kings scored 178 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Gujarat Titans scored 179 runs in 19.2 overs, taking 5 wickets in the process. Player of the game was selected as Rashid Khan. In four overs, he took two wickets for 26 runs.

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Rituraj Gaikwad of Chennai, who batted first, scored the highest total of 92 runs. 23 runs were scored by Moin Ali. Shivam Dubey scored 19 runs in the middle order, and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni added 14 unbeaten runs.

Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, and Mohammed Shami each secured two wickets for GT.

Gujarat’s first batter Shubman Gill scored 63 runs off of 36 balls in the opposing innings. After that, Vijay Shankar pitched a strong inning with 27 runs. Wriddhiman Saha, however, gave his team a quick start by scoring 25 off just 16 balls. In the first six over of the power play, the team had scored 65 runs. 22 runs were also crucially contributed by Sai Sudarshan. He and Gill combined for 53 runs off of 35 balls.

In his IPL debut game for Chennai, Rajvardhan Hengargekar made an impression with his bowling. In 4 overs, he took 3 wickets for 36 runs. Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja each claimed one wicket.

Gaikwad’s goal The first-inning wicket taken by Rituraj Gaikwad led to Chennai Super Kings’ loss. After scoring 92 runs, Gaikwad was out on the first ball of the 18th over. CSK had a 151/5 score at this point. On the Ahmedabad batting pitch, the team could only muster 28 runs in the final 17 balls, falling short of the 200-run threshold. Shubman Gill successfully caught Gaikwad’s catch on Alzarri Joseph’s ball.

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Shubman Gill’s performance Gujarat Titans got off to a great start in their pursuit of the 179 run goal thanks to Shubman Gill. He first collaborated on 37 runs with Wriddhiman Saha before working on 53 runs with Sai Sudarshan. He played until the 15th over, when he was out after scoring 63 runs in 36 balls. The team’s score was 138/4 at this point.

The success of Vijay Shankar Gujarat’s second innings turned on Vijay Shankar’s dismissal in the 18th over. After being out, Rashid Khan took the field. He won the game for Gujarat by hitting a six and a four in the span of three balls. In the final over, the team needed 8 runs. By hitting a six and a four in the first two balls, Rahul Tewatia once again gave his team the victory. Vijay Shankar made an outstanding catch that Mitchell Santner took.

Gill-Sudarshan’s half-century partnership

A half-century partnership of 53 runs off 35 balls was shared by Gujarat’s Impact Player and opener Shubman Gill. For a loss of 37 runs, the team had lost the first wicket. In this case, this partnership helped the team bounce back from the initial setback and raised the score to 90 runs. Sudarshan was out after scoring 22 runs in this situation.

Explosive start of Gujarat in power play

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Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha gave Gujarat a quick start in their pursuit of the 179-run target. After scoring 25 runs and sharing a partnership of 37 runs, Saha was killed by Rajvardhan Hungergekar. In 6 powerplay overs, Gill and Sai Sudarshan led the inning and brought the team’s score to 65.

Gaikwad’s half-century, Chennai scored 178 runs

The Chennai batsmen scored 178 runs while playing after losing the toss, losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The most runs, 92, were scored by opener Rituraj Gaikwad. 23 runs were scored by Moin Ali. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 14 runs, and middle order batsman Shivam Dubey scored 19 runs. Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, and Mohammed Shami each secured two wickets for GT.

Chennai Super Kings got off to a fast start thanks to opener Rituraj Gaikwad. In the first 23 balls, he scored his half century, and he then increased his team’s score past 150. After making 92 off 50 balls, Alzarri Joseph finally got the better of him. He hit 4 fours and 9 sixes in this inning.

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