IPL-17: GT vs CSK | Gill and Sai Sudharsan hammer the daylights out of CSK attack

The earlier event Gujarat Titans met Chennai Tremendous Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium, B. Sai Sudharsan stroked his strategy to an excellent 96 within the 2023 IPL closing in a dropping trigger.

In opposition to the identical opponent on Friday, Sai Sudharsan went on to attain his maiden IPL hundred (103, 51b, 5×4, 7×6) to energy Titans to 231 for 3 after being requested to bat.

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The opener had his accomplice Shubman Gill to information him alongside. The skipper made 100 of his personal (104, 55b, 9×4, 6×6) as the 2 made mincemeat of a hapless Tremendous Kings assault throughout their 210-run partnership and arrange a 35-run win. The duo made optimum use of the nice batting situations, displaying their full vary with a mixture of typical batting and sensible improvisation.

Proper from the primary ball he confronted, Gill confirmed he meant enterprise; he lower Mitchell Santner for a 4 and deposited him over long-on within the first over.

Sai Sudharsan joined the celebration with a few sixes. He then went after Ravindra Jadeja, focusing on the leg-side boundary and attending to his half-century with a slog-swept six.

Ruturaj Gaikwad needed to depend on seamers Simarjeet Singh and Daryl Mitchell because the spinners struggled, however the plan backfired. The floodgates opened within the eleventh over when Gill pulled Simarjeet over fine-leg for a most to succeed in his half-century earlier than Sai Sudharsan completed the over with a brace of sixes.

Gill turned his consideration to Daryl Mitchell within the 14th over, smashing three sixes. To make it extra agonising for the bowler, Tushar Deshpande dropped the second shot at long-off when the batter was on 72.

As that they had achieved all through their innings, Gill and Sai Sudharsan majestically touched the three-figure mark within the seventeenth over bowled by Simarjeet. Whereas the previous punished a full toss, the latter scooped the ball over fine-leg for a most.

Although Deshpande and Shardul Thakur pulled issues again for Tremendous Kings within the closing 5 overs, they couldn’t cease Titans from making a mammoth whole.

Chasing a goal of 232, CSK was diminished to 10 for 3. Mitchell (63) and Moeen Ali (56) put up a battle, including 109 for the fourth wicket. Mohit Sharma weaved his magic, foxing Mitchell and Moeen with slower deliveries because the chase fizzled out. With their fifth victory, Titans lived to battle one other day.

SCOREBOARD

GUJARAT TITANS

B. Sai Sudharsan c Dube b Deshpande 103 (51b, 5×4, 7×6), Shubman Gill c Jadeja b Deshpande 104 (55b, 9×4, 6×6), David Miller (not out) 16 (11b, 1×4), M. Shahrukh Khan run out 2 (3b); Extras (lb-1, w-5): 6; Whole (for 3 wkts. in 20 overs): 231.

FALL OF WICKETS

1-210 (Sai Sudharsan, 17.2 overs), 2-213 (Gill, 17.6), 3-231 (Shahrukh, 19.6).

SUPER KINGS BOWLING

Santner 2-0-31-0, Deshpande 4-0-33-2, Shardul 4-0-25-0, Simarjeet 4-0-60-0, Jadeja 2-0-29-0, Mitchell 4-0-52-0.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Ajinkya Rahane (Influence Participant instead of Deshpande) c Tewatia b Warrier 1 (5b), Rachin Ravindra run out 1 (2b), Ruturaj Gaikwad c Rashid b Umesh 0 (3b), Daryl Mitchell c Shahrukh b Mohit 63 (34b, 7×4, 3×6), Moeen Ali c Noor b Mohit 56 (36b, 4×4, 4×6), Shivam Dube c Noor b Mohit 21 (13b, 2×4, 1×6), Ravindra Jadeja c Miller b Rashid 18 (10b, 2×4, 1×6), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 26 (11b, 1×4, 3×6), Mitchell Santner b Rashid 0 (2b), Shardul Thakur (not out) 3 (4b): Extras (lb-3, w-4): 7; Whole (for eight wkts. in 20 overs): 196.

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Ravindra, 0.6), 2-2 (Rahane, 1.1), 3-10 (Ruturaj, 2.5), 4-119 (Mitchell, 12.2), 5-135 (Moeen, 14.2), 6-165 (Dube, 16.4), 7-169 (Jadeja, 17.3), 8-169 (Santner, 17.5).

TITANS BOWLING

Umesh 3-0-20-1, Warrier (Influence Participant instead of Sai Sudharsan) 3-0-28-1, Tyagi 4-0-51-0, Noor 2-0-25-0, Rashid 4-0-38-2, Mohit 4-0-31-3.

Toss: CSK. PoM: Gill.

Titans gained by 35 runs.