Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL Final Review and Highlights

Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans played in the IPL Final. After a long journey finally, the tournament is going to end. Moreover, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first. With the ball, CSK failed to stop GT at a low target. In the first inning, GT scored 214 runs with the fall of 4 wickets. Wriddhiman Saha and Sai Sudharsan played an excellent innings for GT. Moreover, in the second inning, the game was delayed due to the rain. The target has also reduced to 171 runs in the 15 overs as per the rules. However, in the second inning, CSK chased the target and won the IPL Final. Below you will get the summary of the match.

Gujarat Titans Innings In IPL Final

Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill opened the innings for Gujarat Titans. However, both players gave a good start to the team. Moreover, Wriddhiman Saha scored fifty in this IPL Final. His total score was 54 runs in 39 balls. MS Dhoni caught him on the ball of DL Chahar. Furthermore, Shubman Gill scored 39 runs in 20 balls. MS Dhoni stumped him on the ball of RA Jadeja.

Sai Sudharsan came to bat at number three. He helped the team to score big on the scoreboard. Moreover, Sai missed his century by just 4 runs. He scored 96 runs in 47 balls. He played an excellent inning. His strike rate was 204. Matheesha Pathirana bowled him. Hardik Pandya came to bat at number four. He scored 21 runs in 12 balls.

However, in the first inning, Gujarat Titans scored 214 runs with the fall of 4 wickets. It was a tough score to chase. With a strong bowling attack, GT would have defended it. But due to the rain, the whole game has changed. In the second inning, the game is delayed due to the rain. The target has been reduced as per the rules. Therefore in the delayed match GT failed to defend the target and lost the IPL Final 2023.

Gujarat Titans Bowling Scorecard

Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Mohammed Shami	3	0	29	0
Hardik Pandya	1	0	14	0
Rashid Khan	3	0	44	0
Noor Ahmad	3	0	17	2
Josh Little	2	0	30	0
Mohit Sharma	3	0	36	3

Chennai Super Kings Innings In IPL Final

Chennai Super Kings came to bat in the second inning. However, due to the rain, the game has reduced to 15 overs. The original target was 215 runs but due to rain, it is reduced to 170 runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway opened the innings for Chennai Super Kings. Both players gave a good start to the team Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 26 runs in 16 balls. Rashid Khan caught him on the ball of Noor Ahmed.

Moreover, Devon Conway scored 47 runs in 25 balls. He missed his fifty by just 3 runs. MM Sharma caught him on the ball of Noor Ahmed.

Shivam Dube came to bat at number three. He played a not-out inning for the team. He scored 32 runs in 21 balls. Moreover, Ajinkya Rahane came to bat at number four. He scored 27 runs in 13 balls. Vijay Shankar caught him on the ball of MM Sharma.

Ambati Rayudu came to bat at number five. He scored 19 runs in 8 balls. MM Sharma caught and bowled him. MS Dhoni came to bat at number six. He got out on 0 runs. Furthermore, Ravindra Jadeja came to bat at number seven and played a match-winning inning. There was a need for 10 runs in the last 2 balls. He scored 10 runs in the last two balls and won the match. His total score was 15 runs in 6 balls. On the last ball, he smashed four and won the IPL Final 2023.

Chennai Super Kings Bowling Scorecard

Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets
Deepak Chahar	4	0	38	1
Tushar Deshpande	4	0	56	0
Maheesh Theekshana	4	0	36	0
Ravindra Jadeja	4	0	38	1
Matheesha Pathirana	4	0	44	2