Kathmandu: Former winners Gujarat Titans have started with a winover Chennai Super Kings in the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chennai Super Kings lost by 5 wickets in the opening match last night.
Gujarat is undefeated in three matches against Chennai in the IPL. In Ahmedabad, the target of 179 runs given by Chennai was met by the home team Gujarat by losing 5 wickets in 19 overs and 2 balls.
Shubman Gill of Gujarat scored 63 runs. Similarly, Vijay Shankar scored 27 runs, Wriddhiman Shah scored 25 runs and Sai Sudarshan, who got a chance to replace Kane Williams as an impact player, scored 22 runs.
Chennai’s Rajvardhan Hangargekar took 3 wickets and Tusardesh Pandey and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.
Before that, the visiting team Chennai, who lost the toss and batted first, scored 178 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. His Rituraj Gaikwad scored the highest 92 runs.
Moeen Ali added 23 runs and Shibam Duve added 19 runs. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 14 runs.
Gujarat’s Mohammad Sami, Alzari Jasef and Rashid Khan took two wickets each. Gujarat has added 2 points. There are 10 teams participating in IPL cricket.
