Rituraj’s stormy 92-run fight failed, Gujarat won the first match in a resounding manner

The first match of the Indian Premier League 2023 was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday (March 31). In this match played in Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings team, Gujarat won brilliantly. Gujarat got off to a flying start by defeating Chennai by 5 wickets. Gujarat defeated Chennai for the third time in IPL history. Along with the bowlers, the batsmen also contributed a lot in this victory.

In this match, Gujarat Titans won the toss and decided to bowl. At this time Chennai Super Kings scored 178 runs losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs while batting. Gujarat completed this challenge by scoring 182 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 19.2 overs. Also, the first win of the tournament by 5 wickets.

Match 1. Gujarat Titans Won by 5 Wicket(s) https://t.co/61QLtsnj3J #TATAIPL #GTvCSK #IPL2023

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 31, 2023

Shubman Gill’s successful fight
While batting for Gujarat, opener Shubman Gill (Shubman Gill) scored the most runs. He scored 63 runs in 36 balls this time. While making these runs, he hit 3 sixes and 6 fours. Apart from him, Vijay Shankar (27), Wriddhiman Saha (25) and Sai Sudarshan (22) made valuable contributions. Captain Hardik Pandya had to return to the tent on 8 runs. However, Rashid Khan made the team’s win even easier. Needing 18 off 9 balls, Rashid hit a six off the fourth ball of the 19th over and a four off the fifth ball to take the team close to victory. After that, when 8 runs were needed in 6 overs, Tushar Deshpande bowled the first ball wide. Then Rahul Tewatia hit a six off the first ball. Then the team won by hitting a boundary on the second ball.

We WONNNNN! 💙💙💙💙#GTVCSK | #AavaDe | #TATAIPL 2023

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) March 31, 2023

This time Rajvardhan Hangargekar shined while bowling from Chennai. He took 3 wickets while bowling 4 overs for 36 runs. Apart from him, bowlers Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket each.

Rituraj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain
Earlier, Ruturaj Gaikwad from Chennai scored the most runs while batting first. He scored 92 runs in 50 balls with the help of 4 fours and 9 sixes. However, his half-century was in vain. Apart from him, only Moeen Ali (23), Shivam Dubey (19), MS Dhoni (14) and Ambati Rayudu (12) could score double figures. In addition, three batsmen could not even score 10 runs.

This time three bowlers shone while bowling from Gujarat. They include Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan and Alzari Joseph. All these three took 2 wickets each. Apart from this, Rashid Khan also did a great job for the team by taking 1 wicket. (gujarat titans won by 5 wickets against csk ipl 2023)

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