Tags: Indian T20 League 2023,
Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Tremendous Kings, 1st Match at Ahmedabad, Mar 31, 2023,
Gujarat XI,
Chennai XI
Printed on: Apr 01, 2023
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Rashid Khan (2/26 & 10* off 3) got here up with a formidable all-round present as Gujarat Titans (GT) beat Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) by 5 wickets within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 opener on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday, March 31.
Batting first after dropping the toss, Chennai put up 178/7 on the board as Ruturaj Gaikwad top-scored with 92 off 50 balls. The appropriate-handed batter slammed 4 fours and 9 sixes in his terrific innings. Nonetheless, he didn’t discover a lot within the type of help from the remaining.
Devon Conway was bowled by Mohammed Shami for 1, whereas Moeen Ali (23), Ben Stokes (7), Ambati Rayudu (12), Shivam Dube (19) and Ravindra Jadeja (1) all fell cheaply. It wanted a few huge hits from skipper MS Dhoni (14 not out off 7 balls) to take CSK nearer to the 180-run mark. For Gujarat, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph claimed two wickets every, whereas Joshua Little picked up 1 for 41.
Chasing 179, Gujarat’s openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill added 37 in underneath 4 overs. Saha was wanting harmful when he perished to Rajvardhan Hangargekar for 25 off 16 balls. Gill, nonetheless, carried on his nice type and slammed 63 in solely 36 balls. His knock featured six fours and three sixes and ended when he fell attempting to tackle Tushar Deshpande – IPL’s first Influence Participant.
With two overs left, Gujarat wanted 23 runs for victory. Rashid and Rahul Tewatia (15* off 14) discovered essential boundaries on the finish to raise the defending champions to victory in 19.2 overs.
Talking after the sport, GT skipper Hardik Pandya mentioned, “We did put ourselves in a troublesome state of affairs however Rahul and Rashid did very properly. We had been completely happy on the mid-innings as a result of at one level they regarded like getting 200, however we obtained these couple of wickets to drag issues again. Having this Influence rule makes my job troublesome. I’ve too many choices, and due to this somebody will bowl much less.”
Rashid Khan, Participant of the Match, added, “So completely happy to get this important Man of the Match. Will give me a number of the power for the remainder of the competitors. I attempt to do my greatest in all three codecs, and provides all of it within the follow classes. The plan is tough to bowl to lefties, however the concept was to maintain it tight and I knew in my thoughts that if I preserve it easy and get two wickets, we might be again within the recreation.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent