Chennai won the toss and invited Gujarat to bat - see playing 11

GT vs CSK: Gujarat Titans will face Chennai Super Kings today in the 59th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat from 7:30 pm onwards. Chennai won the toss and chose bowling. This will be the second match between GT and CSK this season. In the last match, Chennai had won by 63 runs. This will be the 12th match of the season for both Gujarat and Chennai. GT won 4 out of 11 matches and lost 7. The team is at the bottom of the points table, at number 10. CSK is at fourth position with 12 points after winning 6 out of 11 matches and losing 5. By winning today's match, CSK will strengthen its position for the playoffs.

Chennai won the toss

Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is only the second time this season that Ruturaj has won the toss. They have faced defeat in the toss on 10 out of 12 occasions. There has been a change in the team. Rachin Ravindra has entered the team in place of Richard Gleeson. At the same time, Gujarat has made two changes in the team. Kartik Tyagi has been included in the playing-11 in place of Matthew Wade and Joshua Little in place of Wriddhiman Saha. This is the debut match of fast bowler Karthik for Gujarat. Before this he has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals.

Playing 11 of both teams

Gujarat Titans: Shubhman Gill (captain), Matthew Wade, Sai Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Kartik Tyagi, Mohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dubey, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh.

Status of Points Table

Currently, Kolkata team is on top in the points table with 16 points. At the same time, Rajasthan also has the same number of points, but the team is in second place. Sunrisers team is in third place with 14 points. At the same time, Chennai, Delhi and Lucknow have 12-12 points. Bengaluru team remains in the race for playoffs with 10 points. In such a situation, the battle for the playoffs has become exciting.