Match Details
Date: March 26, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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Preview
The defending champions Chennai Super Kings will be going head-to-head against Gujarat Titans in the seventh match of the IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. CSK will be arriving to this fixture on the back of an impressive win against RCB in the IPL season opener at home. Meanwhile, GT will make their way down south after taking on MI at home in their first match of the tournament.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai are known to turn irrespective of the format, but they also have very good bounce, which allows the batters and fast bowlers to stay in the contest. The average first innings score at this venue in the IPL is 163, which might not be enough to defend for either CSK or GT, especially when the trend of scoring in the first match of the tournament is looked at.
Team Analysis
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings chased down a 173-run total in the IPL 2024 opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, thanks to key contributions right throughout their batting lineup, namely from Rachin Ravindra, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shivam Dube. In the bowling side of things, it was the four-wicket haul from Mustafizur Rahman, which was a big difference for CSK in restricting the opposition to a below par total.
SportsTiger Playing XI of Chennai Super Kings
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Substitute: Shivam Dube for Mustafirzur Rahman
Gujarat Titans
With Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami not playing for Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2024, for different reasons, the two-time finalists will be led by Shubman Gill, the orange cap winner from last season. Some of the top players from the last two seasons, who are going to be available to GT in their new IPL campaign, will be David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, and Mohit Sharma.
SportsTiger Playing XI of Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Spencer Johnson
Impact Substitute: Sai Kishore for Sai Sudharsan
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Chennai Super Kings got the better of Gujarat Titans twice in a row in the knockout stages of the IPL last year, including the win in the final, which will keep them in good stead in their upcoming match in the new season.
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