CSK vs GT Playoffs Live: CSK 94/2 (12) - Ruturaj falls after fifty ...

23 May 2023

Sportstar

SK vs GT Live Score: Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s Live coverage of IPL Qualifier 1 match between Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans.

CSK 131/4 in 16 Overs

Shami gets Conway and the opener’s struggle ends with a scratchy 34-ball 40 as he hits straight to Rashid at deep mid-wicket. Jadeja is off the mark and Chennai will look to surge ahead with both Rayudu and Jadeja getting their experience into play.

CSK 125/3 in 15 Overs

Conway rides on his luck as an outside edge just evades a diving Saha as finally, a boundary comes for Chennai and then Rahane breaks away from the shackles with a flick over the deep mid-wicket for a maximum. Young Nalkande strikes back and as he removes Rahane cuts straight to Shubman Gill at the backward point. Rayudu walks in and walks down the track to spank the fast bowler through the covers for a boundary.

CSK 107/2 in 14 Overs

Rashid Khan is back into the attack and Gujarat has caged Chennai at this moment with the boundaries drying up. Saha puts down a tough chance as Conway got a nick. Rashid and Conway dealing in singles and twos with the run-rate dropping to seven from eight.

CSK 99/2 in 13 Overs

Gujarat pulling back things with two wickets and on a slow surface, this is not a 200 kind of a wicket. Rahane has walked in but it will be Conway who will hold the key as the new batsmen will find it difficult to time the ball and have to curb their natural game of going on the attack straight away, as Conway and Rahane are struggling to find the boundaries. Time for a drinks break.

CSK 94/2 in 12 Overs

Gujarat pegs back Chennai as Noor Ahmed packs off the dangerous Shivam Dube with the wrist spinner castling the big-hitter who went for a heave but missed the ball completely to see his leg-stump flattened. Ajinkya Rahane is the new man in.

CSK 89/1 in 11 Overs

Mohit Sharma with the breakthrough and the veteran has removed Ruturaj who falls for a 44-ball 60 - an innings that was laced with an element of luck. Shivam Dube joins Conway and is off the mark with a single.

CSK 85/0 in 10 Overs

Conway is finding a bit of rhythm and luck as the batsman went hard at Noor’s tossed-up delivery and got a thick outside edge. Chennai up and running at this moment.

CSK 64/0 in 8 Overs

Noor Ahmad operates with a spin in position and the wrist spinner gives just seven runs in his second over and Gujarat now looking desperately for a breakthrough. Chennai going at eight runs per over on a slightly slow surface and will look to go big as the game progresses.

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Maharashtra cricketer Surendra Bhave's life as a match-winning off-spinner turned batsmen and coaching young talent like Ruturaj Gaikwad

Listen to this episode from Pen, Paper and Podcast with Vijay Lokapally on Spotify. He took a 5-for as a young off-spinner and then a few years later turned into a pure batter known for hitting runs by tons! As a coach, Ruturaj Gaikwad caught his eye when no one knew his potential. In this episode, Sportstar's Vijay Lokapally speaks to Former Maharashtra cricketer Surendra Bhave.

CSK 58/0 in 7 Overs

Rashid continues and the fifty is up for Chennai with both Gaikwad and Conway settling in nicely. Gaikwad is continuing with his fine form as the batsman employed a late cut to fetch an important boundary.

Vijay Lokapally on the emergence of Ruturaj Gaikwad

CSK 49/0 in 6 Overs

Spin from both ends as Noor Ahmed, the left-arm wrist spinner comes into the attack and Ruturaj welcomes the spinner with a pull over the mid-wicket for a boundary as Chennai makes a mover on. Noor almost had Conway as Shanaka put in a brilliant dive at short third man but the ball evaded the fielder and raced away to the fence.

CSK 40/0 in 5 Overs

Spin early into the attack and it’s Rashid Khan who beats Gaikwad in his very first delivery with a quicker one. Gaikwad is looking positive as he plays a wonderful inside-out shot and drives the spinner uppishly over the covers for a boundary.

CSK 31/0 in 4 Overs

The lengths have been good from both Shami and Nalkande and it’s Ruturaj who has been the accelerator as Conway has largely struggled for timing, searching for the perfect ball to fetch his first boundary. The left-hander finally gets the ball to the boundary by guiding the pacer through the point. This has been an electrifying start with both teams trying to win the PowerPlay.

CSK 23/0 in 3 Overs

There was class written all over the shot from Gaikwad as he leans into the length delivery and drilled Shami through the covers for an exquisite boundary. This is top batting from Gaikwad and the opener will look to encash on the life provided by Gujarat.

CSK 18/0 in 2 Overs

Darshan Nalkande dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad but the speedster over-stepped which resulted in a Nob-Ball and that was a golden life to the CSK opener. Gaikwad takes full advantage and smokes the fast bowler for a maximum as the ball lands in the CSK dug-out and then timed a length delivery beautifully through the covers for a boundary. Nalkande will be hurting but has the cover of Hardik and Nehra.

CSK 4/0 in 1 Over

Excellent start from Shami as he gives just four runs from his opening over with both Gaikwad and Conway off the mark but there hasn’t been a boundary scored. The length has been good from Shami as he has cramped the batsmen for room and approached round the wicket to Conway. Interesting ploy.

Showtime at Chepauk!

The two umpires make their way to the centre and out sprint the Gujarat side amidst the fireworks and so do the opening pair of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway. It will be Mohammed Shami who will start proceedings with the new ball with Ruturaj on strike. Here we go!

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GT Impact Subs

Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Shivam Mavi

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GT Playing XI

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami

CSK Playing XI

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Hardik Pandya after winning the Toss

“We will bowl first. We heard dew will come, so we want to know what exactly to chase down. We were told to relax after getting into the top-2, but we didn’t want, want to stay focussed and play good cricket. We are a smart team, we don’t play only one way, we make sure to get the best out of the wicket and have adapted. Darshan Nalkande comes in place of Yash Dayal.”

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CSK VS GT QUALIFIER 1 DREAM11 PREDICTION

Wicketkeeper:Devon Conway (c)

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill (vc), Shivam Dube, David Miller

All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Moeen Ali

Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Matheesha Pathirana

Team Composition: GT 5:6 CSK Credits Left: 4.5

Gujarat Titans Impact Player Options

Mohit Sharma, Abhinav Manohar, Dasun Shanaka, Srikar Bharat, R. Sai Kishore

GT Predicted XI Bowling First

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma

GT Predicted XI Batting First

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad

CSK Impact Player Options

Ambati Rayudu, Matheesha Pathirana, Akash Singh, Mitchell Santner, Shaik Rasheed

CSK Predicted XI Bowling First

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana

CSK Predicted XI Batting First

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.

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CSK OVERALL IPL RECORD AT CHEPAUK

Matches played: 63

Won: 44

Lost: 19

Win%: 69.84

Last result: Lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets

Last five results: Won - 3; Lost - 2

CSK VS GT HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL

Matches played: 3

Chennai Super Kings won: 0

Gujarat Titans won: 3

Last result: Gujarat Titans won by five wickets (Ahmedabad, 2023)

Gujarat Titans Squad

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Wade, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan

Chennai Super Kings Squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pretorius, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu

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