TATA IPL 2023 Final – CSK vs GT Match Prediction & Analysis
The final of IPL 2023 will see MS Dhoni’s Chennai take on Hardik Pandya’s Gujrat Titans.
CSK the trademark and no-nonsense style toppled the Titans in the first qualifier 1.
Pandya’s Men picked themselves up and took apart Mumbai and all set to come hard again in the big final.
Bossy Chennai & Bullish Gujarat.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway teed off in the first qualifier and they had their six 60+ stand this season. Deepak Chahar continues his good form.
For Gujrat, Shubhman Gil Made more headlines and Mohit Sharma added a lucky fifer in the comeback season.
Probable XI
Chennai Super Kings
R Gaikwad, D Conway, A Rahane, S Dube, M Ali, MS Dhoni(C), R Jadeja, D Chahar, M Theekshana, T Deshpande, M Pathirana
Gujarat Titans
W Saha, S Gill, H pandya(C), S Sudharsan, D Miller, R Tewatia, V Shankar, R Khan, N Ahmad, M Shami, M Sharma
Gujrat’s trio Shami, Mohit, and Rashid Khan sit in the top with 79 wickets between them and sits in the top 3 in the purple cap race.
On the other hand, Chennai’s Srilankan duo M Theekshana & M Pathirana have continued their solid seasons and will need to step up one last time.
The Men in Form.
Ruturaj Gaikwad continued to pile on the runs with 60 off 44 balls in the first qualifier against Gujrat Titans.
Interestingly he now has a half-century in all 4 innings against the Gujrat Titans and scored 278 runs with an average of 69.50.
The Dashing opener will have his work cut out against Shami, who has been a force with the new ball all season.
Most Wickets in Powerplays in IPL 2023
Gujrats Pace ace has the purple cap in his possession with 28 wickets in this edition of Ipl 2023, 17 of those have come in the powerplay.
Hardik Pandya will definitely look after his experience pacer to get rid of the in-form Chennai super king’s openers.
The Big Battle
Here is the big question for Chennai, who is going to stop Shubham Gill Gujrat’s most talked about Titan batted Mumbai’s attack with 129 runs off just 60 balls and scored his third hundred in the last 4 innings he played.
Gill has been colossal with the bat and he had a sensational season but his record at home ground in Ahmedabad is just mind-boggling.
Now Chennai might have an answer for Shubman Gill’s destruction, Deepak Chahar has been on the money since his return and he has picked 12 wickets in his last 5 matches.
Shubman Gill has been dismissed 3 times by Deepak Chahar in 8 innings in the IPL.
The new ball specialist Deepak Chahar has a proud record against the Gujrat Titans opener and that could break the match wide open in the opening Spell.
Prediction
This is CSK’s 10th IPL final under MS Dhoni and the yellow army will go all around to stop Hardik Pandya from defending his IPL crown.
The Titans have a home advantage but when it’s Thala(Dhoni) and Chennai it does not even matter, It will be an epic encounter for the Super Kings will have their noses ahead and could finally get their hands on the Illusive fifth IPL title.
CSK and GT have both won against each other this season.
The average first innings score in Ahmedabad is 193.
GT is the defending champions of IPl 2023 and they are in their second IPL final.
CSK has 4 IPL trophies and is in the IPL finals for the 10th Time.
Most Runs CSK – Devon Conway (625)
Most Runs GT – Shubman Gill (851)
Leave a Reply