Mhatre Attacks Early
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opted to bat. Devon Conway and Ayush Mhatre opened the innings. Mohammed Siraj started the bowling for Gujarat Titans. Mhatre got going with a boundary. The first over yielded 6 runs.
Arshad Khan bowled the second over. Mhatre went after him, smashing two sixes, two fours, and another six to end the over. CSK added 28 runs from it. Siraj returned for the third over. Conway picked up two boundaries. CSK reached 44/0 in 3 overs.
Titans Strike Back
Prasidh Krishna bowled the fourth over and broke the stand. He dismissed Mhatre for 34 off 17. Urvil Patel came in and opened his account with a single. CSK stood at 46/1. Siraj continued and gave away 10 runs. Patel hit a six, helping CSK cross 50. After 5 overs, the score was 56/1. Conway added a boundary in Krishna’s next over. CSK were 68/1 at the end of the powerplay.
Steady Partnership Builds
Conway and Urvil Patel kept the scoreboard ticking. Conway hit a boundary in the 7th over, while Patel struck two consecutive fours. In the 8th over, Patel added another boundary. CSK reached 91/1.
In the 9th over, Conway took two runs, bringing up the 50-run partnership. Patel followed with a boundary, helping CSK cross 100. In the 10th over, Patel smashed a six but fell next ball to Sai Kishore for 37. Dube walked in and launched a six first ball. CSK were 115/2 at the halfway mark.
In the 11th over, Conway added another four. Then, in Rashid Khan's over, he smacked a four and a six. Dube hit a six in the 13th over but departed after scoring 17 off 8. Brevis joined the party with a boundary. CSK were 150/3.
Conway Falls After Fifty
Conway completed his fifty with a six off Rashid in the 14th over. He scored 50 off 34 balls but got out next delivery. Jadeja arrived and got off the mark with a single. CSK reached 158/4.
Finishing Flourish
Jadeja and Brevis rotated strike before Brevis exploded. He hit a six in the 16th over. Then in the 17th over, he smashed a four and a six. In the 18th over, Jadeja hit a six, and Brevis added a boundary. CSK crossed 200.
In the 19th over, Brevis blasted two sixes and a four. He brought up his fifty in just 19 balls. That over alone yielded 20 runs. In the final over, he hit another six but fell for 57 off 23 balls. Jadeja stayed unbeaten on 21. CSK posted a mammoth 230/5 in 20 overs.
GT Lose Wickets Early
Chasing 231, Gujarat Titans opened with Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill. Jadeja started the bowling for CSK. He gave away 7 runs. Khaleel Ahmed came in next. Both openers hit a boundary.
However, Anshul Kamboj removed Gill for 13 in the 3rd over. Buttler walked in and got off the mark with two runs. GT were 27/1. Khaleel struck in the next over, dismissing Buttler for 5. GT slipped to 29/2.
Kamboj returned and got Rutherford out for a duck. Shahrukh Khan joined Sudharsan. GT were 30/3 after 5 overs. Khaleel bowled a tight sixth over. Sudharsan hit a boundary, and GT moved to 35/3 at the end of the powerplay.
Small Recovery, Then More Trouble
Jadeja conceded 9 runs in the 7th over. Dube gave 10 runs in the 8th over, including a six from Shahrukh. Noor Ahmad gave 8 runs in the 9th over. In the 10th over, Sudharsan struck back-to-back fours, and Shahrukh added a six. The duo brought up a 50-run stand. GT were 85/3.
Jadeja removed Shahrukh on the first ball of the 11th over. He scored 19 off 14. Then he dismissed Sudharsan for 41. GT crumbled to 86/5. Rashid and Tewatia came in. Pathirana gave away 11 runs in the 12th over. Noor Ahmad bowled the 13th over. Rashid started it with a six, but Noor dismissed him later in the same over. GT were 106/6.
CSK Clean Up Tail
Pathirana bowled the 14th over and removed Coetzee for 5. GT stood at 110/7. In the 15th over, Hooda gave away 15 runs, with a six from Arshad and a four from Tewatia. GT reached 125/7.
Noor Ahmad came back and dismissed Tewatia in the 16th over. GT were 127/8. Arshad hit back-to-back sixes in the 17th over. But Noor Ahmad got him in the 18th over for 20. GT were 144/9.
Kamboj ended the match by dismissing Sai Kishore. Gujarat Titans got bowled out for 147 in 18.3 overs. Chennai Super Kings won by 83 runs. Their batters dominated, and the bowlers backed it up with regular wickets.
Brief Scorecard
Ayush Mhatre gave a flying start to Chennai Super Kings, although he failed to capitalise on it. Devon Conway played a superb innings and supported his partner throughout. Dewald Brevis played a blinder at the end and helped Chennai post the highest total of the season. Prasidh Krishna bowled well, but the other bowlers failed to make an impact. It was one of those matches where the middle order and tail of Gujarat Titans were exposed, and they had no answers to the opposition’s bowling. Noor Ahmad and Anshul Kamboj bowled really well, and their spells pushed Gujarat Titans onto the back foot. Ravindra Jadeja also took two wickets in his overs. Sai Sudharsan was the only batsman who showed some resistance to the CSK bowlers.
Gujarat Titans need to work on their middle-order batting before heading into the playoffs. Unfortunately for CSK, the good performances have come too late in the season, when things are already out of their hands. Stay tuned with JUSZNEWS for regular updates!