IPL 2023 The first qualifier match is being played at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium. Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings are clashing on Tuesday to get a direct entry to the final. Gujarat skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and chose to field first. Thus the Chennai team lost the toss and entered the field to bat first. Openers Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway got off to a good start for Chennai. Chennai scored 172 runs after losing 7 wickets at the end of allotted 20 overs.
The team that wins in Chepauk on Tuesday will get direct entry to the finals. For this both Gujarat and Chennai teams are trying their best against each other. Losing team will play Qualifier-2 match in Chepauk. Where a win would make it to the finals and a loss would end the journey.
Good start from Gaikwad and Conway
Chennai openers Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway got the team off to a good start. The opening game of both was terrific. Gaekwad got life support in the beginning. He was caught by Shubman Gill in the hands of Darshan Nalkande, losing his wicket. But he was able to stay in the field as soon as the no-ball was declared. But later Gaikwad batted brilliantly and scored a half century. Gaekwad scored 60 runs off 44 balls. During this he hit 7 fours and 1 six. The 87-run partnership between Devon Conway and Gaikwad was recorded in 63 balls. Gaikwad returned in the 11th over.
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Devon Conway played an innings of 40 runs. He scored these runs off 34 balls. During this he hit 4 fours. He returned for the fourth wicket. Shivam Dube was clean bowled by Noor Ahmed and returned after scoring only one run. Ajinkya Rahane returned as the third wicket. Rahane scored 17 runs in 10 balls. Rahane hit a six. Dhoni was dismissed after playing only 2 balls and scoring 1 run. There was disappointment in Chepauk over Dhoni’s quick dismissal. Ravindra Jadeja was clean bowled on the last ball of the batting innings. Jadeja scored 22 runs off 16 balls. Moeen Ali scored 9 runs.
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