IPL 2023: Cricket fraternity reacts as Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan star in GT's 5-wicket win over CSK

Tushar Deshpande for CSK and Sai Sudharsan for GT were the impact players.

By Jatin Sharma - 31 Mar, 2023

The IPL 2023 got underway on March 31, 2023 with the first encounter between defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

GT captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to bowl first on a decent Ahmedabad pitch.

Ruturaj Gaikwad led the CSK batting charge with 92 in 50 balls with 9 sixes and 4 fours. MS Dhoni gave CSK a good push in the end with 14* in 7 balls with one six and one four and ended with 178/7 in 20 overs.

Mohammad Shami, Alzarri joseph and Rashid Khan all picked two wickets each for Gujarat.

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In reply, Wriddhiman Saha gave a flying start with 25 in 16 balls, but it was Shubman Gill (63 in 36 balls), Sai Sudharsan (22) and Vijay Shankar (27) who took GT close to the total. However, MS Dhoni used his bowlers wisely to put pressure on GT batters.

However, Rashid Khan (10* in 3 balls) and Rahul Tewatia (15*) ensured that GT crossed the finish line with 4 balls to spare. GT won the match by 5 wickets.

For CSK, Rajvardhan Hangargekar shined on debut with 3/36, while impact players Tushar Deshpande went for 51 runs in his 3.2 overs. 

Cricket fraternity was praiseful of the Gujarat Titans effort and lauded them on Twitter.

Here are the tweets:

 

By Jatin Sharma - 31 Mar, 2023

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