IPL 2024 Chennai Vs Gujarat Match 7- Chennai Super Kings are set to host Gujarat Titans in the 7th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday, March 26. The 17th edition of the IPL will face off the defending champion Chennai Super Kings and runners up of 16th edition Gujarat Titans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
In the 16th IPL season, Chennai Super Kings beat 15th IPL champions Gujarat Titans in rain marred final to reach 5th title. Chennai Super Kings won the IPL trophy 5 times- 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023 and will look to take that number to six under Ruturaj Gaikwad captaincy.
Early first encounter match against RCB, Ruturaj Gaikwad replaced MS Dhoni as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain. CSK won the 17th IPL’s season first match under Ruturaj Captaincy against RCB. CSK won that match by 6 wickets with 8 balls left.
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In previous match, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to the bat first.
RCB’s batsmen was fallen one by one wickets by Mustafizur Rahman ball. Mustafizur was injured in the BPL practice season and he came into the 2024 IPL’s first match and took 4 wickets with 29 runs. Mustafizur Rahman broke Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s batting pillars. He grabbed wickets one by one, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis , Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green. On the other side, Deepak Chahar took 1 wicket with 37 runs.
CSK easily chased down 174 runs for the loss of 4 wickets with 8 balls left. Both the Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra added 38 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Ruturaj scored 15 runs off 15 balls in his first captaincy run score and hit three boundaries and returned to pavilion by Yash Dayal bowling delivery.
Rachin Ravindra has started explosive in the 1st IPL journey. He came into opening and started very well. Rachin scored 37 runs off 15 balls just. He added 3 sixes and 3 boundaries. His strike rate was 246.67.
After that Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell handled the situation. They boosted the CSK’s run rate. In the beginning Ajinkya Rahane appeared as attacking mood and he faced just 19 balls and scored 27 runs. He hit 2 sixes. Then Daryl Mitchell stirred the CSK’s batting. But he did not finish the work. Ultimately he got 22 runs off 18 balls with two sixes.
Cameron Green took Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell’s wickets respectively. In that time Bangaluru created some pressure for CSK’s batsmen. Impact player Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja completed their own Job.
Shivam Dube added 4 boundaries an a six and scored 34 runs off 28 balls. Ravindra Jadeja amassed 25 runs off 17 balls. Ultimately Chennai Super Kings won their seasonal 1st match.
On the other side, Gujarat Titans batted first against Mumbai Indians match and managed a decent score of 168/6. Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill were the top performer in the batting department.
Sai Sudharsan scored 45 runs off 39 balls in most runs of Gujarat in previous match. Shubman Gill got 31 runs off 22 balls and hit three boundaries and a six. And other side, Rahul Tewatia boosted the Gujarat Titans’ run rate. He added 22 runs off 15 balls and hit 2 boundaries and 1 six.
Mumbai Indians came to chase 169 runs and early wickets was fallen by opener Ishan Kishan for a duck off the fourth delivery of the very first over.
Last over Mumbai needed 19 runs to win. Hardik stroke a six and four off the first two balls against Umesh Yadav. Mumbai Indians Still required 9 runs from 4 balls. Umesh Yadav delivered a quick short ball on the third ball. Hardik Pandaya hit the ball long on region but could not connect the ball. That time Rahul Tewatia stood up this position to take the simple catch. Mumbai Indians could only reach 162/9 and lost the match by 6 runs.
Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson and Mohit Sharma grabbed two wickets each. And Sai Kishore picked 1 wicket off 24 runs.
Chennai Vs Gujarat IPL 2024 Match Details :
| Match | 7th Match, Chennai Super Kings Vs Gujarat Titans |
| Date & Time | TUE, Mar 26, 2024- 07:30 PM IST |
| Venue | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Live Streaming & TV | Jio Cinema and Star Sports channels |
Chennai Super Kings won their opening match against RCB by 6 wickets and other side Gujarat Titans won their 1st match by 6 runs against Mumbai Indians.
After winning the first match, both teams will meet again to play their second match.
Currently CSK has stood second position on the points table. Another side Gujarat Titans has hold 4th on the points table.
CSK Vs GT Head To Head (Past 5 Matches) :
2023 – CSK won by 5 wickets
2023 – CSK won by 15 runs
2023 – GT won by 5 wickets
2022 – GT won by 3 wickets
2022 – GT won by 7 wickets
IPL 2024 Chennai Vs Gujarat Match 7, Pitch Report :
This pitch is the slow side. Most Preferable spinners and slow bowlers. The hitters may find the first few games to be a little easier. But it won’t produce high-scoring games like the majority of other venues in the nation.
The wicket is generally flat, which helps the pitch too, while it can sometimes help the spinners. hitters can usually play their own game and score runs. Bowlers will encounter numerous obstacles as they try to break opponents’ lowest-scoring teams. At this ground, 1st innings score of last match was 173 runs.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Vs Gujarat Titans (GT) Possible Playing 11 :
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) –
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, Maheesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman.
Gujarat Titans (GT) –
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson.
CSK Vs GT Dream11 Prediction :
Wicketkeeper : Wriddhiman Saha (Vice-captain)
Batters : Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan
All-rounders : Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra (Captain), Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowlers : Mustafizur Rahman, Rashid Khan
