IPL: Gujarat Titans five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings

Shubman Gill eclipsed Ruturaj Gaikwad’s high-quality knock with a dazzling half-century as Gujarat Titans began their title defence with a convincing five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener here today. 9 Gujarat Titans have won nine of the 10 matches while chasing in the IPL. Eight of those nine wins were completed in the last over, with Rahul Tewatia scoring the winning runs in four matches.

Gaikwad was classy in his 92 off 50 balls before Gujarat pulled things back in the middle overs to limit Chennai to 178/7 after opting to bowl first in front of a near capacity crowd at the world’s largest cricket stadium here.