CSK vs GT: What happened in yesterday's match at IPL 2024?
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Gujarat Titans (GT) by 63 runs in yesterday's IPL 2024 game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Sent into bat after losing the toss, CSK put up 206-6, with Shivam Dube hammering 51 off 23 and Rachin Ravindra 46 off 20. In their chase, GT were held to 143-8 as Chennai's bowlers put up a clinical effort.
Chasing 207, Gujarat Titans lost their captain Shubman Gill for 8. He was trapped lbw by Deepak Chahar as he tried to swipe one across the line and completely missed the ball, which seemed to keep marginally low. Chahar dismissed Wriddhiman Saha (21 off 17) as well, who dragged a pull to deep square leg.
Vijay Shankar (12) fell to a brilliant diving catch by MS Dhoni behind the stumps as he edged a full ball outside off stump from Daryl Mitchell. The dismissal left GT in big trouble at 55-3 in the eighth over.
CSK's brilliant fielding effort continued as Ajinkya Rahane took a superb diving catch, running in from cow corner, to dismiss David Miller (21) off Tushar Deshpande.
Sai Sudharsan (37) was the next to go, caught at long on off Matheesha Pathirana. With his dismissal, Gujarat Titans' slim hopes of making a fightback ended.
Dube, Ravindra assault takes CSK to 206-6
Chennai got off to a solid start, with their openers adding 62 in 5.2 overs. Ravindra found rhythm by slamming Umesh Yadav for a six and a four in the second over. He kept peppering the boundaries at regular intervals before being smartly stumped off Rashid Khan.
Rahane struggled to get going and was dismissed for a run-a-ball 12, stumped off Sai Kishore as he unsuccessfully tried to break the shackles. Dube, though, came in and clubbed the left-arm spinner for consecutive sixes.
At the other end, captain Gaikwad's (46 off 30) defiant knock ended when he was caught behind while attempting a pull off Spencer Johnson.
Dube, though, kept striking the big hits and raced past 50 in 22 balls. The CSK left-hander fell immediately after crossing his fifty, miscuing a googly off Rashid.
Sameer Rizvi (14 off 6), though, came in and clubbed the leg-spinner for a first-ball six over deep backward square leg. Another maximum followed off the last ball of the penultimate over, this time over long-off.
CSK vs GT: Who was Player of the Match in yesterday's IPL 2024 match?
Dube slammed a terrific half-century for CSK, clubbing two fours and five sixes, while Rachin's 46 featured six fours and three sixes. Chahar and Deshpande picked up two crucial wickets each.
For GT, Rashid claimed two wickets but went for 49 runs, while Sudharsan top-scored with 37 in the chase. Dube, though, was named the Player of the Match for his spectacular half-century.