Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) in the first game of the Indian Premier League 2023 on Friday (March 31) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. CSK finished in the second last place in the points table last season, and this was their worst performance in the tournament so far. They released a total of eight players before going into the auction this year, including the likes of Adam Milne, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, and Robin Uthappa.
MATCH INFORMATION
Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 1
Indian Premier League, 31 Mar 2023, Fri, 7:30 PM IST, Ahmedabad
PITCH REPORT
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Gujarat Titans
A Manohar, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, HH Pandya(C), R Tewatia, MS Wade, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Alzarri Joseph, M Shami, Yash Dayal
BENCH : KS Bharat, Wriddhiman Saha, DA Miller, Sai Sudharsan, Urvil Patel, Vijay Shankar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Odean Smith, J Yadav, J Little, DG Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, PJ Sangwan, MM Sharma
Chennai Super Kings
Devon Conway, AT Rayudu, RD Gaikwad, MM Ali, Ben Stokes, S Dubey, RA Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius, MS Dhoni(C), DL Chahar, Simarjeet Singh
BENCH : Ajinkya Rahane, SP Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Bhagath Varma, TU Deshpande, RS Hangargekar, KA Jamieson, AJ Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Prashant Solanki, M Theekshana, SSB Magala