🏏IPL Match 29: Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans 🏏

IPL Match 29: Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans

“When people throw stones at you, you turn them into milestones.”– Sachin Tendulkar

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CSK winning their first game has brought their campaign in the balance. They need to string together a few more wins to get their campaign back on track. Ravindra Jadeja was a relieved man after he won his first match as CSK captain. The defending champions has enough time to bounce back still given they keep winning games.

Gujarat Titans after winning their first three games lost their previous one against SRH. They looked no competition for SRH who had complete control of the game in both innings. Skipper Kane Williamson finished off the game scoring 57 for his side and he was helped by Nicholas Pooran. Gujarat is wary of CSK’s potential especially after the latter has just won their first game.

GT vs CSK PREDICTED XI:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal.

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni (wk), Maheesh Theekshana, Chris Jordan, Mukesh Choudhary.

Tough choice but think csk might win this time😆 the teams at the bottom have started climbing up😆

MCA Cricket Stadium in Pune (Image Credit: Twitter)

Pitch Report:

In the previous game at the MCA Stadium, it was a run-fest and the pitch has been a belter so far to bat on. Despite the team batting first winning the game, it looked like any score could be chased. The captain that wins the toss is likely to bowl first with the dew factor that might come in later.

Weather Forecast:

According to Accuweather, the evening of the GT vs CSK match day it will be cooler than normal. The temperatures will be around 27 to 30 degrees. The conditions are expected to be overcast with a cloud cover of nearly 40 percent. Dew is also expected to play a part in the game with a dew point probability of 9 degrees.

MCA Stadium in Pune has only hosted 3 T20I matches so far but has witnessed many IPL games. The average 1st innings total at the stadium in T20Is is 153 while the average 2nd innings total is 128. Interestingly, Punjab Kings scored 198 batting first on the pitch and won the game. Mumbai lost all the three games they played in Pune against KKR, RCB, and Punjab.

Head to head record is not available between these two teams.

The stadium records are as follows

Total matches 3

Matches won batting first 1

Matches won bowling first 2

Average 1st Inns scores 153

Average 2nd Inns scores 128

Highest total recorded 201/6 (20 Ov) by IND vs SL

Lowest total recorded 101/10 (18.5 Ov) by IND vs SL

Highest score chased 158/5 (17.5 Ov) by IND vs ENG

Lowest score defended 201/6 (20 Ov) by IND vs SL

GT vs CSK TOSS STATS

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

TOTAL MATCHES: 16

TOSSES WON: 6

LOST: 10

RESULTS AFTER WINNINGS TOSS: MATCHES WON - 6/6 MATCHES LOST - 0/6

RESULTS AFTER LOSING TOSS: MATCHES WON - 5/10 MATCHES LOST - 5/10

Who Will Score Most Runs For GT– Shubman Gill / Hardik Pandya

Who Will Take Most Wickets For GT – Rashid Khan / Mohammed Shami

Who Will Score Most Runs For CSK – Robin Uthappa/ Shivam Dube

Who Will Take Most Wickets For CSK – Ravindra Jadeja / Maheesh Theekshana

Originally posted by: Havaana

Csk 🥳

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Super Kings vs Titans, the IPL's humble pie derby

No batting after Hardik? Ha! No X-factor bowlers? Ha! These two teams really like proving the haters wrong

On paper, Gujarat Titans did not really look like a team. They had superstars. But it also felt like they had holes. Notably, a batting order that falls over a cliff after Hardik Pandya at No. 4. It is the reason why when he fell in the last over of a thrilling chase against Punjab Kings, he spent the first few seconds arguing with David Miller for running him out and the next several slumped over a desk in the dug-out.

What happened after that is the reason Titans are now the top team in the IPL.

Pandya keeps insisting that he has to play the anchor role because he is the one with the experience; because he wants his team-mates to play with freedom. And it appears they are responding to his rallying cry. Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Abhinav Manohar and Miller himself. All of these players have combined so well that we who thought Titans didn't have batting are now gobbling massive helpings of humble pie. And it tastes... hmmmmmm... needs more blatant pointing and laughing.

Chennai Super Kings are the experts at serving this very same brand of pie, having defied those who thought they were too old or too slow or too basic. Four losses in four games prompted a serious bit of introspection. One win in five shouldn't put a stop to that. Ravindra Jadeja's first season as captain is turning out to be his toughest as a player, and the doubters are piling up. But he won't mind. Dude looooves proving people wrong. "Need new HATERS," he tweeted back in 2014, "The old ones are starting to like me."

Shivam Dube is a left-handed batsman from Chennai Super Kings. He has stacked 207 runs in this tournament so far. He will be aiming to make it big in this match as well.

Robin Uthappa is a right-handed batsman from Chennai Super Kings. He has smacked 197 runs in this tournament so far and can turn out to be effective in this match once again.

Maheesh Theekshana is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler from Chennai Super Kings. He has picked up 4 wickets in this tournament so far and will be a good choice to consider in this game too.

Keeper – Matthew Wade

Batsmen – Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Shivam Dube (VC), Abhinav Manohar

All-rounders – Hardik Pandya (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali

Bowlers – Lockie Ferguson, Dwayne Bravo, Maheesh Theekshana

Stats that matter:

While teams have chosen to bowl in Pune in all five IPL games in 2022, this is the only venue where teams batting first have won more times (3) than those who were chasing (2). It is also a little more pacer friendly than the rest, with the quicks picking up 43 wickets and the spinners contributing only 12.

Shivam Dube strikes at 211 once he gets through the first ten balls of his innings. That is the best out of anyone in this IPL. So the No. 4 role is a good one for him. As opposed to coming in at the death and having to hit out straightaway, he will have the time he needs to get set up before going bang bang. The stats bear this out.

In ten IPL innings when he has come in before the eighth over, he averages 41.1 and strikes at 143. In 17 IPL innings when he has come in after the eighth over, he averages 19.8 and strikes at 127.

Titans, largely because of Mohammed Shami, have phenomenal powerplay numbers. They've picked up 12 wickets (first place) at an average of 18.8 (second place) and a strike rate of 15 (first place)

Super Kings, largely because of Deepak Chahar's absence, are on the other end of the spectrum: five wickets (second-worst) at an average of 49.8 (second-worst) and a strike rate of 36 (joint second-worst).