IPL2022 / Gujarat beat Chennai by 3 wickets in a thrilling match

In the 29th match of IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets. Gujarat had a target of 171 runs, which the team achieved in the last over by losing 7 wickets. David Miller played the most innings of 94 not out in the win. Rashid also contributed 40 runs.

Gujarat had lost 5 wickets for 87 and defeat was hovering over the team, but Miller and Rashid Khan did not give up and changed the picture of the match by adding 70 runs from 37 balls for the sixth wicket. This was the 5th win for GT in 6 matches and the team remains at number 1 on the points table with 10 points. At the same time, this is Chennai's fifth defeat in 6 matches. The team has won only 1 match so far.

Earlier, batting after losing the toss, Chennai scored 169 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad scored the highest 73 runs. Alzarri Joseph took 2 wickets for Gujarat.

Miller showed his mettle

T20 specialist David Miller showed a wonderful game amidst the falling wickets. He completed the 11th half-century of his IPL career in 28 balls. In the 12th over of the innings, Jadeja also hit two consecutive sixes.

This was Miller's second fifty against CSK.

Miller and Tewatia added 39 runs in 28 balls for the 5th wicket.

Rahul Tewatia scored 6 runs in 14 balls and was dismissed by Bravo.

Saha didn't even walk

Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, playing his first match this season, could not show anything special. Saha was dismissed for 11 off 18 balls by Ravindra Jadeja. His catch was caught by Rituraj Gaikwad at deep square leg.

2 wickets fell for 2 runs

Chasing the target, Gujarat Titans started poorly. In the very first over, Shubman Gill lost his wicket on a golden duck. Gill was caught by Mukesh Chaudhary at the hands of cover point rapper Uthappa. In the very next over, Mahish Thekshana dismissed Vijay Shankar for zero. His catch was caught by keeper MS Dhoni. Both these wickets were lost by GT on the score of only 2 runs.

Gill got out for the third time in the IPL and the second time on a golden duck.

Vijay Shankar also returned to the pavilion for the second time in the IPL without opening an account.

Abhinav Manohar was dismissed for 12 runs by Mahish.

Till the power play, GT's score was 37 runs for 3 wickets.

Important partnership of Shivam and Sir Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dubey added 38 runs in 22 balls for the fifth wicket. Captain Jadeja remained unbeaten on 22 off 12 balls. He hit 2 sixes in his innings. At the same time, Dubey was dismissed on the last ball of the innings after scoring 19 runs in 17 balls.

In the last 5 overs, CSK scored 44 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

Mohammed Shami took 1 wicket for 20 runs in the match.

Alzarri Joseph, making his debut for GT, took 2 wickets.

Rashid did not get the wicket

Rashid Khan, who was captaining the IPL for the first time, did not get a single wicket in this match. He spent a total of 29 runs in his 4 overs spell at an economy of 7.20.

Gaikwad's 8th Fifty

Rituraj Gaikwad, who flopped badly in the first 6 matches, returned to form and completed his 8th half-century of his IPL career in 37 balls. He was dismissed by Yash Dayal after playing a fine innings of 73 runs in 48 balls. His catch was caught by Abhinav Manohar at deep square leg. Rituraj's return to form is good news for CSK.

Rituraj and Rayudu's partnership

After losing the first two wickets for 32, Rituraj Gaikwad and Ambati Rayudu added 92 runs for the third wicket. Rayudu and Gaikwad fiercely classed the GT bowlers. This pair was continuously increasing the pressure on Gujarat, when Joseph broke this partnership by dismissing Rayudu (46).

Rayudu completes 4,000 runs in IPL

Ambati Rayudu completed his 4,000 runs in IPL with the help of 2 runs of his innings in the match. He became the 11th player to make this record in the history of this tournament. In the match, he scored 46 runs off 31 balls and was dismissed by Alzarri Joseph. The experienced player hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.

CSK's power play

The first 6 overs of the match did not go in the favor of Chennai Super Kings. The team scored only 39 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the power play. The wicket of Uthappa (3) came in Shami's account, while Moeen Ali was dismissed for 1 by Alzarri Joseph. CSK hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in the first 36 balls.

Shami got wicket on DRS

Mohammed Shami got the first breakthrough for Gujarat by dismissing Robin Uthappa. Shami appealed for LBW against Uthappa, which was rejected by the umpire. After this, Shami immediately asked the captain Rashid to take a review. Replays showed that the ball had come in swinging in the air. There was no contact between the ball and the bat and the ball was hitting the middle stump. The umpire changed his decision and Shami's DRS came in handy for Gujarat. Uthappa departs after scoring 3 runs.

Hardik out of playing XI

Rashid Khan came for the toss in place of Hardik Pandya for Gujarat. After the toss, he said – Hardik Pandya is not playing in this match due to tightness in the thigh. Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha entered the last eleven in place of Hardik.

Playing XI of both the teams

GT: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan (c), Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.

CSK: Robin Uthappa, Rituraj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Mahish Thekshana, Mukesh Choudhary.