CSK vs. GT: Gill, and Sudharsan with Young Players Secure Victory in IPL 2024 Thriller
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Today on the 59th match of IPL 2024 the Gujrat Titans Faced Off Chennai Super Kings in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujrat. It was a very thrilling match in which CSK won the toss and choose to bowl first.
Gujrat Titles won the match from CSK by 35 runs. Captain Shubman Gill won the Player of the match award.
Gujarat Title- The team of young players achieved a big victory against CSK in today’s match. Although CSK is a team which is known for its dedication on the field, being the team of Dhoni and Jadeja, this team played well and the players kept fighting till the last ball on the field.
CSK scored 196 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
For the 1st inning GT set a good score of 231 runs. GT scored this big score in 20 overs in loss of 3 wickets. This is the second highest score by the team in IPL history.
Gill and Sudharsan set a good start for their team GT, with help of back to back boundaries with every bowler they faced they built a big 210-run partnership. This is the largest ever seen partnership in IPL history.
Gill made history by scoring the 100th IPL century, while Sudharsan’s impressive knock of 103 runs helped him to get the 1000-run milestone in the IPL. Sudharsan became quickest Indian batsman to achieve this milestone in IPL.
Tushar Deshpande broke this killer partenship. And after that Shahrukh Khan and David Miller from GT in the final overs set the target score 231 runs in 20 overs.
Scorecard of Playing XI of GT in 1st Innings:
GT showed a good game in today’s match held in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Shubman Gill(captain), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Matthew Wade(wk), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi is in the playing XI
| Player | Score- 231/3 (20 over) | Balls | Wicket |
| Sai Sudharsan | 103 | 51 | c Shivam Dube b Tushar Deshpande |
| Shubman Gill(captain) | 104 | 55 | c Ravindra Jadeja b Tushar Deshpande |
| Shahrukh Khan | 2 | 3 | run out (Rachin Ravindra/Simarjeet Singh) |
| David Miller | 16 | 11 | Not Out |
Playing XI of CSK:
The playing XI for today: Ruturaj Gaikwad(captain), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(wk), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, and Simarjeet Singh.
This team is known for its tremendous victories in IPL history. The players performed well but failed to win the match. Chasing the target of 232 runs, CSK was stopped on 196 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. For CSK Daryl Mitchell scored 63 runs in 34 balls, while Moeen Ali scored 56 runs in 36 balls.
For the opening, CSK fielded Ajinkya Rahane as a substitute but he made the fans sad. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 1 run in 3 balls. CSK did not have a good start, the team lost 2 wickets in the powerplay.
Chennai fans are sad after the match, they are increasingly sharing their feelings on social media platforms. They are showing support for CSK, CSK fought, CSK tried, the match was exciting till the last ball, the players were showing sportsmanship on the field.
Here are some tweets :
Apart from the support, fans are angry and disappointed with Rahane, fans are trolling Rahane badly. Rahane’s performance in this IPL series has not been good, he has scored 209 runs in 11 innings at an average strike rate of 120.11.
A Race for Playoffs: Who can qualify for playoffs?
points table
| Team | Points | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Net Run Rate |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.453 |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.476 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.406 |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.491 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -0.316 |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -0.769 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | +0.217 |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -1.063 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -0.212 |
| Punjab Super Kings (PBKS) | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -0.423 |
After facing the loss in today’s match CSK is still in the race of playoff. CSK is in 4th place in the point table,With 14 points might not guarantee a playoff spot yet.
On the other side LSG and DC also have 12 points each. They have a face off match in next week then one team will definitely reace on score as CSK’s 14 points.
RCB played 12 matches till now with a score of 10 points. They can also reach 14 points by winning their remaining 2-matches.
The safest route for Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team CSKis to win all upcoming matches against Rajasthan Royals, and RCB, securing a spot with 18 points.
Even if they lose one game, they can still qualify as long as DC and LSG don’t win more than one game each in their last two matches.
So, yes, hope still remains that fans can watch the final with CSK in the field!
