Today (March 26) in IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings will host Gujarat Titans – here are the predicted XIs for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for CSK vs GT.
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CSK vs GT, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
The match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.
CSK vs GT: Toss updates
The toss will take place at 7 pm IST.
CSK vs GT: IPL 2024 team news
The two teams had clashed in the 2023 final, where Chennai had triumphed in a last-ball finish.
Both teams have started their respective campaigns with wins at home, but Gujarat will now have to travel to CSK’s famed Chepauk fortress. However, GT will be in familiar territory as well, for their squad features several local cricketers, including Sai Sudharsan and Sai Kishore, stars of the last match.
Gujarat’s strong spin attack makes them a stronger threat to Chennai than Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who struggled in Chepauk in the season opener. If they use the Impact Player judiciously, they can call upon Noor Ahmad to team up with Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore. Additionally, Mohit Sharma demonstrated his ability to take the pace off the ball at the death, a quality that is likely to come in handy on the slow Chepauk surface.
Despite all that, they are likely to find Chennai difficult to defeat at their den. The hosts have most boxes checked. They have been further boosted by the arrival of Matheesha Pathirana, though they are likely to stick to Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Maheesh Theekshana, and Mustafizur Rahman as their overseas players.
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CSK vs GT: Playing XIs for today’s IPL match
CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman.
GT: Shubman Gill (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma.
CSK vs GT: Prediction for today’s IPL match
This should be a close contest, but Chennai will hold home advantage. Of teams to have played 20 home matches, no team comes remotely close to their win-loss ratio of 2.030 (67 wins, 33 defeats). Gujarat have played only once here – in 2023 – and lost as the Pathirana and Jadeja had 8-0-46-4 between them.
