Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and fellow opener Sai Sudharsan gave their side a solid start reaching 62-0 in the Power Play after being asked to bat first in their Tata IPL match against the Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Right-hander Gill stroked five mostly orthodox fours and a beautiful straight six in his 35* from 18 balls with left-hander Sudharsan adding three more in his 21* from 18 with Australian left-armer Spencer Johnson taking most of the punishment with two overs costing 30 runs.
The Titans have already qualified for the playoffs and are pushing for a top-two finish while victory for the Super Kings will give them a slim, mathematical chance of qualifying depending on a number of other results.
Match report to follow...
GUJARAT TITANS: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wkt), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj
Impact subs: Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: Sanju Samson (wkt), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh
Impact subs: Kartik Sharma, Macneil Noronha, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldip Yadav, Aman Khan