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In IPL 2023, Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans started the tournament by defeating MS Dhoni’s CSK, won the defending champion by 5 wickets
Rajvardhan Hangargekar gave the first blow to Gujarat Titans. He dismissed Wriddhiman Saha on the score of 25 runs. Saha scored 25 runs with the help of two sixes and two fours. Shivam Dubey showed Saha the way to the pavilion by taking a strong catch. Titans’ second wicket fell to Sai Sudarshan, who was taken to the pavilion by Rajvardhan Hangargekar for 22 runs. Sai scored 22 runs in 17 balls with the help of three fours.
Sai was given a place in the team as an impact player in place of Kane Williamson, but he could not score big. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans got the third blow in the form of Hardik Pandya, who was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja. Captain Hardik returned to the pavilion on a score of just 8 runs. Gujarat Titans’ innings suffered a major setback when Shubnam Gill, after playing a brilliant inning of 63, was caught by impact player Tushar Deshpande to Rituraj Gaikwad. Shubman Gill played an inning of 63 runs in 36 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. Shubman Gill lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot. His wicket fell for 140 runs in 15.2 overs.
Vijay Shankar scored 21 runs in 27 balls when Sangarkar reached Palavion, which was Gujarat’s fifth wicket. After this, Rashid Khan gave Gujarat hope of winning again by hitting a six on the very first ball. Gujarat needed 12 runs from eight balls. Rashid hit a four off the second ball and only eight runs were needed off seven balls.
The Gujarat team needed eight runs in the last over and the team had five wickets left. Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan were at the crease. The first ball of the last over fell wide. Tewatia tied Gujarat’s score by hitting a six. After this, Gujarat needed just one run in five balls and he won the match by hitting a four.
Such was the innings of Chennai
Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century helped Chennai Super Kings score 178 for seven against defending champions Gujarat Titans in the first match of the Indian Premier League 2023 on Friday. Rituraj Gaikwad played an innings of 92 runs in 50 balls with nine sixes and four fours, but he missed the century. Apart from him, only Moeen Ali (23) could cross the 20-run mark.
For Gujarat, leg-spinner Rashid Khan took 26, Mohammed Shami took 29 while Alzarri Joseph took two wickets for 33 runs. Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl and Mohammed Shami bowled Devon Conway (01) in the third over itself. Gaikwad looked in good touch from the start. After hitting Pandya for two fours, he welcomed left-arm fast bowler Josh Little with fours and sixes in consecutive balls. Moin Ali also hit two fours and a six in Shami’s over. Moin (23) took the team’s score to 50 runs in the sixth over with a four off Rashid Khan but was caught by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on the next ball.
In the next over, Rashid also caught Ben Stokes (07) by the hands of Saha to score Superkings 70 for three. Gaikwad hit Pandya for two consecutive sixes and then Alzarri Joseph with three sixes to complete his half-century in just 23 balls. Gaikwad completed the team’s hundred in the 11th over with a six over Little. Ambati Rayudu (12) edged Yash Dayal into the onlookers but was bowled by Little to claim his maiden IPL wicket. Shivam Dubey was completely out of touch and the team took the brunt of his slow batting by losing the wicket of Gaikwad, who was caught by Shubman Gill on Joseph’s full toss.
He hit nine sixes and four fours in his 50-ball innings. Ravindra Jadeja (01) also caught Vijay Shankar at the boundary in the same over. Dubey (19) hit Shami for a six but waved the next ball in the air and caught Rashid. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (14 not out in seven balls) brought the score close to 180 runs by hitting sixes and fours in consecutive balls of Little in the last over.
