IPL Final Match
Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans in the final
Gujarat Titans were defeated by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2023 championship game. This game was only scheduled for Sunday play. The day of May 28 was, however, ruined by rain. On Monday, Chennai’s skipper Dhoni chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Gujarat scored 214 runs while batting first, losing four wickets in 20 overs. Following this, Chennai achieved the 171-run goal in 15 overs thanks to the Duckworth-Lewis rule and rain. CSK won it with the final ball.
Chennai Super Kings has become the champion for the fifth time
For the sixth time, the Chennai Super Kings squad has won the championship. In the championship game at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat batted first and finished with a score of 214 for four in 20 overs. After that, the rain stopped the game after two and a half hours. At 12.10, the contest was restarted. The Duckworth-Lewis formula gave Chennai a 171-run goal to reach in 15 overs. Chennai’s victory equals Mumbai’s record of five championship victories. Gujarat’s Sai Sudarshan produced fantastic innings. With the aid of eight fours and six sixes, he was removed for 96 off 47 balls, falling short of a century. Following this, Devon Conway led Chennai to their best total of 47 runs in 25 balls.
IPL Final GT vs. CSK 2023 Updates
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) secured victory in the IPL 2023 season’s penultimate game. Chennai defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets in the championship game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (Duckworth-Lewis rule).
Chennai needed to score 38 runs in the final three overs to win. The 13th oversaw the introduction of Mohit Sharma. Shivam Dubey and Ambati Rayudu then arrived at the crease. In his final encounter, Ambati Rayudu struck two sixes and a four on the first three balls. On the fourth ball, he was out. He made two sixes and a four throughout this. But he changed the outcome of the game to Chennai’s advantage. Dhoni was dismissed without opening the account on the very next delivery. In this over, 17 runs were scored. The 14th over, bowled by Mohammad Shami, saw eight runs scored. To win in the final over, CSK needed 13 runs. The thirteenth over of the innings proved to be exciting. Ambati Rayudu made an impressive contribution, scoring 16 off the first three balls. However, Mohit Sharma managed to level the score by taking the wicket of Rayudu on the fourth ball. CSK captain MS Dhoni was dismissed without scoring a run thanks to a successful catch by David Miller on the next ball. After 13 overs, CSK’s total was 150 runs for five wickets. To ensure his victory, he scored 21 runs in the remaining 12 balls.
Amazing in the match of Ravindra Jadeja
On the last ball, CSK needed four runs to win. CSK scored four runs and defeated Gujarat by five wickets. CSK has managed to become the winner of the IPL for the fifth time. Ravindra Jadeja played an unbeaten inning of 15 runs in 6 balls. Dhoni’s name has been registered for the 5th title.
Rain hampered the final match
Gujarat’s innings were followed by Chennai’s, and after three balls the rain again delayed play. Two and a half hours of gaming were lost because of this. Once more, the game began at 12:10. The Duckworth-Lewis formula gave Chennai a 171-run goal to reach in 15 overs. After three balls were thrown, CSK needed to score 167 runs in 87 balls. The fact that Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway were at the bowling crease and no wicket had dropped was the best thing for them. In the powerplay, a Gujarati bowler could only bowl three of the four overs.
Chennai scored 39 runs in the last 18 balls to win
Chennai Super Kings scored 133 runs with the loss of 3 wickets in 12 overs. The team needed 39 runs in the final 3 overs to triumph. Gujarat’s Mohit Sharma, who entered the game for the 13th over of the innings, scored 16 runs off the first three balls he faced. After that, Mohit came back and bowled two consecutive balls that put Chennai in for two major shocks by sending Ambati Rayudu and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to the pavilion. Chennai’s total after 13 overs was 150 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Gujarat’s Mohammed Shami bowled the 14th over of this game, allowing just 8 runs. To win, Chennai needed 13 runs in the last over. Only 3 runs were scored by the Chennai squad in the first 4 balls of this over. With 10 runs in the final two balls, Ravindra Jadeja gave Chennai the victory for the fifth consecutive time. For Gujarat, Mohit Sharma claimed three wickets while Noor Ahmed took two.
Jadeja clinched victory for his team with a boundary shot
CSK needed runs to win the game against Gujarat on the very last ball. Jadeja smashed a four to win the match for the team for the fifth time after Mohit Sharma bowled the ball on the leg side.
Fans were forced to wait for hours
On Sunday, the rain continued while the supporters waited for the game to begin inside the stadium for hours. After this, though, the game was postponed, therefore the championship game is now being played on Monday.
CSK got the target of 171 by the DLS method
The Gujarat team batted first and managed to score 214 runs. However, due to rain delaying the game, five overs were reduced, resulting in a revised target of 171 runs.