Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans- 71st match - 1st Qualifier - May 23

The 71st match and the First Qualifier of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans on the 23rd of May, 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Live Scores - Gujarat Titans v Chennai Super Kings

Current Form Chennai Super Kings:

Chennai Super Kings are currently finished at the 2nd position on points table and qualified for the playoffs where they will face Gujarat Titans in the First Qualifier.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings is Devon Conway with 585 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings is Tushar Deshpande with 20 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have won their previous match against Delhi Capitals convincingly by 77 runs.

Chennai Super Kings batted first and they posted a huge total of 223 for 3 in 20 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway started off very well for their team. Gaikwad made 79 off 50 balls while Conway scored 87 off 52 balls. Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja played nice cameos of 22 and 20 runs respectively to help Chennai Super Kings cross the 200 run mark and reach 223 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Delhi Capitals struggled a lot and they lost 3 wickets for just 76 runs. David Warner held one end intact and kept scoring boundaries at ease. Axar Patel also gave him a good supporting hand. He scored 15 off 8 balls. Warner sent on to score 86 off 58 balls before being dismissed. Delhi Capitals were restricted to 146 for 9 in 20 overs, as Chennai Super Kings won the match by a big margin of 77 runs.


Gujarat Titans Form Guide:

Gujarat Titans finished at the top position on points table and were the first ones to qualify for the Playoffs. They will face Chennai Super Kings in the first Qualifier of the tournament.

The top run scorer for Gujarat Titans is Shubman Gill with 680 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Gujarat Titans is Rashid Khan with 24 scalps under his belt.

Gujarat Titans have won their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and they posted a total of 197 for 5 in 20 overs of play. Virat Kohli was fabulous with the bat. He carted the bowlers to all directions of the ground for his deserving 101 not out in 61 balls. Michael Bracewell played a nice cameo of 26 in 16 balls in the middle order. On the back of Kohli's century, RCB got to 197 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Gujarat Titans got off to a shaky start, losing their opener Wriddhiman Saha early on to Mohammed Siraj. After his dismissal, Shubman Gill and Vijay Shankar got together and stitched a match winning partnership of 123 runs for the 2nd wicket. Shankar made 53 off 35 balls while Gill went on to score 104 not out in 54 balls to see his team home with 6 wickets in hand.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane


Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Chennai Super Kings 

Who will win? -   Chennai Super Kings

Top Batter (Runs Score) – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings), Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Matheesha Pathirana (Chennai Super Kings), Noor Ahmad (Gujarat Titans)

Most Sixes – Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings), Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

Player of the Match - Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Team Scores Batting first - Chennai Super Kings 180+, Gujarat Titans 170+

Match Handicap:  Chennai Super Kings


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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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