Gujarat Titans, led by Hardik Pandya, go up against 4 time champions the Chennai Super Kings, captained by MS Dhoni in Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Hyderabad: The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League 2023 will kick off today.
Gujarat Titans, led by Hardik Pandya, go up against 4 time champions the Chennai Super Kings, captained by MS Dhoni in Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Tewatia hits a six and levels the score on the first delivery and then finishes things off with a boundary.
GT wins by 5 wickets (4 balls left)
Rashid Khan hits a six and a four as GT are inches away from the win.
GT 171/5 (19)
Vijay Shankar departs after striking a maximum as GT still need 23 of the last 12 balls.
GT 156/5 (18)
After 17 overs Gujarat Titans still need 30 from 18 deliveries.
GT 149/4 (17)
Shubman Gill departs after a well made 63 in 36 balls.
GT 138/4 (15)
Jadeja gets Hardik Pandya. GT lose their 3rd wicket
GT 111/3 (12.3)
Shubman Gill is leading the charge, He slowed down a bit in the middle of his innings but he is finally back on the attack
GT 111/2 (12)
Gujarat Titans need around 8 runs per over from this point in the game as their scoring rate is really good. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan have added 45 runs for the second wicket so far off 26 balls.
GT 82/1 (8)
Shubman Gill ends the powerplay with a boundary
GT 65/1 (6)
A mis-hit from Wriddhiman Saha on the bowling of Rajvardhan Hangargekar and GT lose their first wicket.
GT 45/1 (4.1)
Both Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha are looking solid at the crease. Saha has showed more attacking intent than Gill so far.
GT 29/0 (3)
The crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium finally gets to see a six from the bat of MS Dhoni. And the CSK skipper follows it with a four on the bowling of Joshua Little.
CSK end at 178/7
Shivam Dube goes for a pull just like he did on the last ball, but this time he ends up getting a top edge. Straight to Rashid.
CSK 165/7 (19)
Gaikwad, Jadeja depart, GT bowlers have done a good job to control CSK's scoring rate.
CSK 153/6 (17.4)
A short ball by Rashid and Gaikwad rocks back to hammer the pull over wide long-on for a flat six, enters 90's
CSK 151/4 (17)
Joshua Little has cleaned up Ambati Rayudu. The CSK batter departs for a run-a-ball 12. CSK are four down.
CSK 121/4 (13)
Ruturaj Gaikwad making life tough for GT bowlers. Some quality hitting on display from the CSK opener.
CSK 114/3 (12)
Its raining Sixes at the Narendra Modi Stadium as Ruturaj Gaikwad has raced to his half-century in only 23 balls.
CSK 91/3 (9.2)
Rashid Khan gets Ben stokes, CSK are three down.
CSK 70/3 (7.4)
Rashid Khan gets the wicket of Moeen Ali and CSK are 2 down.
CSK 50/2 (5.5)
Moeen Ali first hit Mohammed Shami delivery for a six over long-off on a free-hit before piercing the gap on leg side to get a four to wide of long-on region.
100th IPL wicket for Shami, cleans up David Conway. CSK are one down.
While the first over was a tidy one from Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya leaked runs in the second over as Ruturaj Gaikwad hit two fours in the over
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): S Gill, W Saha (wk), K Williamson, H Pandya (c), V Shankar, R Tewatia, R Khan, M Shami, J Little, Y Dayal, A Joseph.
Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in the opening match of IPL 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Rashmika Mandanna sizzling to her super hit song 'Saami Saami' from Puspha and Oscar winning song 'Naatu Naatu' from RRR
Tamanna Bhatia dancing to Telugu hit song Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava and Hindi super hit songs..
Arjit Singh and his band enthralling the crowd with his superhit songs. Cricketers, officials and fans enjoying the live performance..
πππ‘π€πππ€πͺπ¨!
How about that for a performance to kick off the proceedings πΆπΆ@arijitsingh begins the #TATAIPL 2023 Opening Ceremony in some style ππ pic.twitter.com/1ro3KWMUSW
β IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 31, 2023
The opening ceremony of Indian Premier League 2023 started with a fiery speech from Mandira Bedi.