Record-breaking centurions Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan guided Gujarat Titans residence with a splendid batting effort in opposition to Chennai Super Kings to keep the crew’s playoff hopes alive. The two GT openers smashed centuries on their solution to register a number of data on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Super Kings gave all the pieces they might with the bat however fell quick by 35 runs.
With this win, the Titans are alive in the race for the playoffs. They have registered their fifth win in their twelfth match and might nonetheless end on 14 factors to face an opportunity for qualification.
The Super Kings discover themselves stacked in the middle-table and whereas they nonetheless have good probability to achieve in the playoffs, they face a stiffer competitors now. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are positioned on equal factors to that of CSK – 12 in as many video games.
Gill and Sudharsan appeared batting on a special planet. CSK, who’re with out a number of key pacers like Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman and Deepak Chahar, discovered it robust to get their openers out. The two matched shot-for-shot and saved creaming runs.Â
The duo introduced up a stand of 210, which is now the joint-most by a gap pair in the historical past of the match. This was the one second 200-plus opening stand in IPL and the primary one involving each Indian gamers.Â
Gill and Sudharsan smashed centuries. Sudharasan made 103 from 51 balls, whereas Gill amassed 104 from 55 balls. The Titans had been nicely poised to make one thing round 260 however CSK did nicely to limit them in the loss of life overs.
CSK didn’t begin nicely, shedding each their openers – Ajinkya Rahane and Rachin Ravindra – in the primary seven balls. It turned worse when Ruturaj Gaikwad went again for a duck. Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali stood to rebuild the innings. The two introduced up a 109-run stand however simply after they can be hoping to go even greater, Mohit Sharma received them each.
Mitchell departed for 63, whereas Moeen made 56. Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni had some cameos however by then it was manner an excessive amount of for the Super Kings because it solely mitigated the loss and the discount of Net run price.
