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GT vs CSK, IPL 2023 Highlights: Gujarat start title defence with a win, beat Chennai by 5 wickets

Apr 01, 2023 12:06 AM IST

GT vs CSK, IPL 2023 Highlights: A sizzling knock from Shubman Gill and some expert finishing from Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan gave Gujarat Giants the win

GT vs CSK, IPL 2023 Highlights: Shubman Gill eclipsed Ruturaj Gaikwad's high-quality knock with a dazzling half-century as Gujarat Titans began their title defence with a convincing five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener here on Friday. Gaikwad was all class in his 92 off 50 balls before Titans pulled things back in the middle overs to limit Chennai Super Kings to 178 for seven after opting to bowl first in front of a near capacity crowd at the world's largest cricket stadium here. In the form of his life over the past three months, Gill played some jaw-dropping strokes in his 63 off 36 balls to set up a fine win for the home team. Titans got home in 19.2 overs. Gill's opening partner Wriddhiman Saha showed he has still got it as he smashed a couple of sixes and as many fours in his 16-ball 25 that got the Titans going in the run chase. Gill's best shot of the innings was the back foot punch off CSK's impact player Tushar Deshpande and he followed with a pick up shot over midwicket. Titans' impact player Sai Sudharsan, who was used in place of an injured Kane Williamson, contributed with 22 off 17 balls.

GT vs CSK, IPL 2023 Highlights: Gill scored 63 in 36 balls(BCCI)

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  • Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:01 AM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Rashid Khan is the player of the match

    Not Gill or Gaikwad but you shouldn't be too surprised by that. He recorded figures of 2/26 and scored 10 in three balls which was crucial for taking GT over the line. "So happy to get the Player of the Match. Gives me so much of energy for the rest of the competition. Bowling to the leftie was hard but the more I keep it tight, it is better. I had it in my mind to keep it simple. Just bowl the right areas consistently. Batting is all about time spent in the nets. The kind of opportunity and confidence in me by the coaching staff and the captain does give me a lot of batting time in the nets. It helps me in the middle."

  • Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:01 AM

    IPL 2023 Live: Pandya talks

    "I am obviously very happy, but we did put ourselves in a difficult position. We were very happy with 178 because at one point they looked like going past 200. But we kept getting wickets. Having the impact rule makes my job very difficult. There are too many options. Because of it, someone will always bowl less or late. My shot and Shubman's shot put the team in a difficult position. We have some standards inside the dressing room. We have to finish the games, and not Rash and Rahul all the time."

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:52 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: Anatomy of a great chase

    The only point where it looked like CSK might have taken the initiative was in those two overs after Gill fell but Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia just snatched it away from the four-time champions. But the ground work was laid by some brilliant innings up top from Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. They ensured that GT's run rate never really went too far below 10 and when you do that, it becomes very difficult for any team to stop a chase.  

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:42 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: MS Dhoni talks!

    "We were slightly short. Another 15-20 runs would have been good. We all know there would be a little bit of dew. Also it was a 7.30pm start so the ball holds on a little early on. Also we could have batted properly in the middle overs as opposed to trying to muscle the ball. Rutu is a pleasure to watch. He has groomed himself very well, and makes the eight decisions under pressure. We can't afford to bowl no-balls. That is something in our control."

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:38 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets

    Tewatia crunches the next ball straight down the ground and then stands there with his arms raised. This partnership stays unbeaten on 22 off 8, GT have put up a masterclass of a chase here.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:37 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! Scores are level!

    Deshpande goes full and wide, Tewatia anticipates and moves accross to send it past mid-off. What a chase this has been. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:35 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: GT need 8 to win off the last over

    Those lusty blows from Rashid have done wonders for GT. Eight needed in the last over, which is very, very gettable indeed. It is the impact player Tushar Deshpande who is bowling this last one. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:34 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: FOUR! Rashid doing the business for GT

    Wide attempted yorker, Rashid swings at it again and this time it goes over third man. It was no mistake this, Rashid certainly looked like he meant that. GT need 8 off 7 now. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:33 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! RASHID KHAN!

    Well GT don't have much batting left but they needed 18 off 9, which is very much something Rashid Khan can go after. Chahar sends one into his wheelhouse and Rashid swings for the rafters. It goes into the stands over midwicket. Now they need 12 off 8!

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:28 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: GONE! Good catch from Santner!

    Hangargekar gets another. Forget that wide and no ball early on, this lad has had a sensational debut thus far. Shankar skies this attempted big shot, Santner keeps his eye on the ball while back tracking and completes the catch. 

    Shankar c Santner b Hangargekar 27 (21), GT need 23 off the last 12 balls

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:24 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! How GT needed that!

    Hangargekar drops it short, Shankar picks it up. It is a tiny ground and so it flies over the boundary. How GT needed that, they need 23 to win off 14!

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:20 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Good over from Chahar, GT need 30 to win off 18

    Just four runs off that 17th over and so that increases the required rate to exactly 10 for GT. These last few overs could be a see-saw game.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:16 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: CSK 145/4 in 16, need 34 off 24 to win

    GT have kept this innings going at a good click and that four off the third ball of the last over kept that going but CSK will smell a chance here. Deepak Chahar comes in and he would be looking to be giving around 4-5 runs this over which will make things interesting indeed.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:12 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: FOUR! Confusion between Stokes and Conway

    Shankar hits a slow length ball from Santner between long leg and deep extra cover. Stokes and Conway come in and then seem to slow down thinking the other is going to stop it. The ball ends up reaching the boundary. GT keeping pressure on CSK.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:08 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: GONE! Gill falls!

    Holes out at deep midwicket. Gill's attempted pull goes off the toe end while trying to get it from wide outside off. That's a first wicket for an impact player.

    Gill c Gaikwad b Deshpande 63 (36), GT 138/4 in 15 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:06 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: FOUR! GT 127/3 in 14 overs

    Top edge for Gill and that goes to the boundary. Gill has moved to 56 off 33 balls.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:59 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: FOUR! Shankar saying that he is there!

    Hagargekar digs it in short, Shankar pulls it right in the gap between long leg and deep square.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:54 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: OUT! Pandya falls!

    Gujarat in serious trouble now. Pandya sweeps around off, Jadeja tries to hit the top of off. Jadeja wins that battle as Pandya misses it completely and the GT captain have to go.

    Pandya b Jadeja 8 (11), 111/3 in 12 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:52 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: 50 for Gill!

    Single as Gill cuts it to deep cover. Half century in just 30 balls, what an innings Gill is playing here.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:48 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: FOUR AND SIX! GT 106/2 in 11 overs

    Jadeja fires the fifth ball of the 11th into the pads and Gill sweeps it to beat short fine leg. Then Gill smashes the last ball over extra cover for a six. He moves to 49.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:46 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: Gujarat Titans 93/2 in 10 overs

    GT need 86 to win from 60. Gill on 38 off 26, captain Hardik Pandya on three off as many. It is just Rahul Tewatia and Vijay Shankar after this who are the recognised batters after which comes the incredibly long tail starting with Rashid Khan.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:42 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: OUT! Hangargekar gets 2! 

    Wide delivery from Hangargekar seemed to surprise Sudarshan. He chases after it and edges it to Dhoni. What a debut this is turning out to be for Hangargekar despite the terrible start to his first over. 

    Sudharsan c Dhoni b Hangargekar 22 (17), GT 90/2 in 9.3 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:40 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Sensational fielding from Conway!

    GT 89/1 in 9 overs. Sudarshan looked set to get another four after sending one past short fine. But Conway slides to his left and stops the ball from reaching the boundary with his foot. Sliding tackled the boundary out of play. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:34 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: GT 82/1 in 8 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:32 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: FOUR!

    The impact player Sai Sudarshan is doing a great job here. Too short from Santner, Sudarshan pulls between deep backward square and deep mid.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:26 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: FOUR! Gill cuts it away!, GT 65/1 at the end of powerplay

    Fairly good over from Santner but two fours in the over has resulted in nine coming from that over. GT have got off to a flier really, going at over 10 while the required rate is just over 8.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:21 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: SIX! Gill smacks it!

    Deshpande goes on a length around middle and leg and Gill stays rooted to his spot and smacks it over deep midwicket almost nonchalantly.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:18 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: Sudarshan on as Impact Player

    Kane Williamson is injured and Sudarshan has been brought on so this is more of a forced change for GT. Shame for Williamson, he has gone on a bit of a century spree in Test cricket after seemingly putting his long standing elbow issues behind him. Hope this is not the start of another injury saga.   

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:16 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: GONE! Hangargekar gets the breakthrough!

    What a roller coaster this is for Hangargekar. Outswinger, Saha gets a thick edge and Shivam Dube takes a great catch at deep third.

    Saha c Dube b Hangargekar 25 (16), GT 37/1 in 3.5 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:11 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: FOUR! Terrible start to the fourth over

    Short from Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Saha swivels away to send it to the boundary. Not the greatest of starts for the young fast bowler. His second ball was a no ball and then the free hit is sent wide then the four. That's six off the first two despite the first ball being a dot. The first ball, in fact, was a great yorker that led to a big shout from CSK for LBW. Umpire said no and the Dhoni Review System aggreed. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:06 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! Saha swivels away!

    Chahar goes short to Saha, the GT opener just swivels away and pulls him into the stands. Chahar had kept a check on them so far because of the swing he was generating but Saha punishes him as soon as he goes short.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:02 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: FOUR! What a shot from Gill!

    That is ridiculous from Gill. Short of a length from Deshpande but Gill stays on the front foot and somehow hits almost a forehand smash through midwicket.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:59 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: SIX! Edge flies over the boundary!

    Some early luck there for Wriddhiman Saha off the Impact Player Tushar Deshpande. Massive leading edge but it flies over deep third.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:58 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: Three runs off the first over

    A single and a double off the fourth and fifth balls did the job there for GT. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:53 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Here we go!

    Chahar is bowling the first over, Wriddhiman Saha facing up with Shubman Gill at the other end. Chahar steams in, and presents a dummy first up! Completes his action but doesn't release the ball. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:52 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: IMPACT PLAYER TIME!

    Ambati Rayudu has been taken off for Tushar Deshpande. An extra seamer on for CSK. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:50 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: Stokes going to open the bowling?

    Wow, Hussey will be left with some eggs on his face if that happens but for now, Stokes is holding the ball and making actions akin to a warm-up. However, Deepak Chahar runs to the middle without his cap on so it might be him bowling the first over.   

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:48 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: The breaks 

    "Ridiculous" is what Chris Gayle had to say about Shivam Dube coming ahead of Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni. It was him being unable to really get going, coupled by a strange slowing down from Gaikwad, that stopped CSK from continuing at the rate they were going at which made it look like they could score well over 200. On this wicket, this total does look underwhelming.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:41 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: Moeen Ali talks

    “It's a score which is great to have. Little disappointed. Should've got 15-20 more. Ruturaj was outstanding. It was a decent pitch once you went through your first 5-6 balls. Chennai support has always been outstanding. When I was batting, it felt like the loudest crowd I've experienced in my career.”

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:32 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: CSK 178/7 in 20 overs

    Gujarat Titans might just be the happier of the two teams here. This looks like a very good wicket and then there is the dew that has to be factored in. No Impact Player drama so far but thoughts go to Kane Williamson, who had to be helped off the field after injuring himself with a sensational fielding effort. Gaikwad would have become the first since Brendon McCullum in the first ever IPL match to have scored a century in the first match of a season but he fell on a brilliantly constructed 92 off 50 balls. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:31 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: FOUR! Dhoni doing it for CSK

    Pitched up again and Dhoni sends it legside once again. He has raced tom 13 off 5 and that's 12 runs off the first four balls of the last.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:29 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! DHONI!

    Pitched up a little bit from Little, Dhoni swivels and sends it flying over backward square leg. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:26 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Last over, CSK 165/7, Dhoni on strike

    MS Dhoni on strike in the last over of the innings. Josh Little bowling to him. This might be interesting. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:23 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: OUT! Dube goes

    Mis-hit from Dube and he is caught at deep square leg. Santner comes in next, CSK bat deep indeed.

    Dube c Rashid Khan b Mohammed Shami 19 (18), CSK 163/7 in 18.3 overs

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:21 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: SIX! Dube connects at last

    Dube pulls out in the last minute as Shami steamed in for the second ball and the fast bowler just continues on and bowls it to the keeper, shwoing some frustrating. The short ball is next and Dube smacks it into the stands.

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:20 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: Shami bowling the 19th

    And almost gets a wicket off the first ball of that. Short from Shami, Dube gets a top edge on his pull shot. Saha runs back and dives forward but doesn't quite get there. Fantastic effort from the wicketkeeper there. CSK 155/6 in 18 overs. 

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:16 PM

    IPL 2023 Live: OUT! Now Jadeja falls!

    Caught at the ropes at deep midwicket! Jadeja cramped for room and Joseph gets two wickets in the over. That also leads to a big cheer from everywhere in the stands because MS Dhoni walks out now. What a comeback this has been from GT. 

    Jadeja c Shankar b Joseph 1 (2), CSK 153/6 (17.4 Ov)

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:13 PM

    IPL 2023 Live Updates: OUT! AND GAIKWAD FALLS!

    Joseph misses out on the yorker, it goes full toss and Gaikwad tries to hit it over long-on. However, he ends up getting caught over there with Gill diving forward. Umpires go upstairs to check the height. It looked like the ball was too high but replays show that it was below waist. An extraordinary innings comes to an end but Alzarri Joseph is never easy to hit in the death overs. 

    Gaikwad c Shubman Gill b Joseph 92 (50), CSK 153/6 (17.4)

  • Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:10 PM

    IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Live Score: CSK 151/4 in 17 overs, Gaikwad in the 90s

    Gaikwad has moved to 92 off 49. That is well over half of CSK's score. However, GT coach Gary Kirsten did say that they would be happy if they can restrict CSK to below 200 on this pitch. For now, 200 seems very far away for CSK, them slowing down in these last few overs has hurt them.

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