The Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings will play in the opening qualifier match of the IPL season 2023. The MA Chinnaswamy Stadium, the home ground of CSK, will host the match. The Gujarat Titans appear to have the advantage because, in any IPL game, CSK have never defeated the Titans.
With the top spot in the points table, the Titans have been unstoppable this season. The league stage ended with 20 points for the defending champions, who had won 10 of their 14 games and lost four.
Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings have faced each other in 3 matches in the IPL. GT have triumphed in three of these games, whereas CSK have not won any of them. Hence, the head-to-head record of GT vs CSK stands at 3-0.
Gujarat defeated Chennai by five runs in their last encounter at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai has been known to help both batters and bowlers. The pitch is ideal for the stroke makers. The team winning the toss will like to chase in order to have a clear target in mind.
The weather in Chennai is expected to be perfect for the cricket on Tuesday, and the temperature is likely to remain between 29 and 36 degrees Celsius.
Squads: Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pretorius, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu
Gujarat Titans Squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Wade, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav,
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