Chennai Super Kings are playing against Gujarat Titans in the Qualifier 1 fixture of the sixteenth season of the Indian Premier League. The game is taking place at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.
Gujarat Titans finished the league stage as the table-toppers and were the first team to qualify for the playoffs. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings finished second on the points table and made it to the playoffs.
Talking about the game, Gujarat Titans won the toss and invited Chennai Super Kings to open the face of the blade first. The yellow army posted a competitive total of 172/7 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was the pick of the batters for CSK as he chipped in with 60 off 44 balls. He paced his innings with the help of seven fours and a six whereas Devon Conway scored 40 off 34 (4 fours).
Ravindra Jadeja becomes the first left-arm bowler to take 150 wickets in IPL
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings’ all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja etched his name into the record books after he became the first left-arm bowler to take 150 wickets in the history of the IPL.
He has been one of the best-performing players for the Chennai Super Kings for a long time now. Jadeja delivered the goods as a three-dimensional player where he scored runs when it mattered the most and took crucial wickets for the team.
Besides that, he has displayed exceptional fielding abilities to save runs for the team. Jadeja achieved the feat during the game against Gujarat Titans. He registered 2/18 in four overs.
Gujarat Titans’ playing XI: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami
Chennai Super Kings’ playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Jaddu the silent guardian of CSK
— sagar guru (@cricketstuff12) May 23, 2023
Jaddu❤️❤️
— Ramen (@CoconutShawarma) May 23, 2023
Sir Jadeja making sure that GT batters also help in planting trees.
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) May 23, 2023
Rockstar ❤️
— 🇮🇳 AV 🚩 (@heretoroar) May 23, 2023
Sir jadeja
— Shivam×🚬 (@act_yash) May 23, 2023
This maybe his last season with csk who knows boy is enjoying every second of it🥲
— cricket fan (@cricketfansena) May 23, 2023
What a great achievement for him before getting the captaincy of CSK for IPL 2024. He is a good batter, a great and economical bowler and a gun fielder
— Sports.world (@moiz_sports) May 23, 2023
All credits to dhoni for teaching him , controlling him from backend and backing him in his bad phase
— ADITYA (@ADITYA22344595) May 23, 2023
