New Delhi. In the 29th match of the Indian Premier League, a match was played between Chennai and Gujarat on the MCA ground, in which Gujarat defeated Chennai by 3 wickets due to David Miller’s unbeaten 94 and Rashid Khan’s quick 40 runs in a very exciting match. gave. Gujarat had got a target of 170 runs to win, which they made 1 ball first for the loss of 7 wickets. Miller scored 94 off 51 balls and Rashid Khan scored 40 runs in 21 balls. This is Gujarat’s 5th win in 6 matches and they remain on top.
Earlier, Gujarat captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bowl. Hardik Pandya was not playing today’s match. Chennai scored 169 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs on the back of Gaikwad’s 73 and Rayudu’s 46.
A target of 170 for Gujarat, Miller’s stormy innings
Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill started chasing the target of 170 runs, but Gill was dismissed without opening an account. He was caught by Mukesh Chaudhary at the hands of Uthappa. The second blow to the team came in the form of Shankar, he was caught by Tishna in the hands of MS Dhoni. Abhinav Manohar was out for the third wicket. He was caught by Teekshna at the hands of Moeen Ali. Gujarat got the fourth blow in the form of Saha, Jadeja got him caught by Gaikwad. Gujarat got the fifth blow in the form of Rahul Teotia, he was caught by Jadeja by Bravo. He scored 6 runs.
After that Rashid Khan scored 40 runs in 21 balls while playing the captaincy innings. He got Gujarat back in the match by scoring 25 runs in Jordan’s 18th over. But Bravo took 2 wickets in one over and brought Chennai back to the match. 13 runs were needed in the last over. Miller scored this run 1 ball first. He played an unbeaten innings of 94 runs.
Thrill of the last over-
The ball was in Jordan’s hands, no runs were scored on the first two balls. On the third ball, Miller hit a six at fine leg. Miller was caught on the fourth ball but it turned out to be a no ball and he got a free hit. He hit a four in a free hit. By scoring 2 runs in the 5th ball, he gave Gujarat the 5th victory.
Chennai’s innings, Ruturaj’s half-century
Robin Uthappa and Ruturaj Gaikwad started for Chennai but Uthappa was dismissed after scoring only 3 runs. He was dismissed lbw by Mohammed Shami. Alzarri Joseph gave the second blow to Chennai. He bowled Moeen Ali on the score of 1 run. Gaikwad and Rayudu put on 92 runs for the third wicket but Rayudu missed out on scoring a half-century. He was caught at the hands of Vijay Shankar by Alzarri Joseph on the score of 46. Chennai got the fourth blow in the form of Gaikwad. He scored 73 runs. Yash Dayal got him caught by Abhinav Manohar.
Gujarat two while Chennai landed without change
Gujarat’s team got two changes while Chennai’s team landed without any change. Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya was not playing today’s match. In his place Rashid Khan was leading Gujarat. Wriddiman Saha and Alzarri Joseph made their debut for Gujarat.
Chennai Playing XI-
Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Mahesh Teeksha, Mukesh Choudhary
Gujarat Playing XI-
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan (c), Alzarri Joseph, Lucky Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami
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