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IPL 2026: Deadly batting by Sai, Gill and Butler, GT set a huge target of 230 runs for CSK to win.

By Samira Vishwas

GT vs CSK 66th Match 1st Inning Highlight IPL 2026: The 66th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and invited Gujarat to bat. Batting first against CSK, Gujarat Titans scored a huge score of 229 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. For Gujarat, the three opening batsmen, captain Shubhman Gill, Sai Sudarshan and Jos Buttler batted stormily and provided strength to the team. At the same time, CSK bowlers have given away a lot of runs in the match.

125 run partnership between Gill and Sai Sudarshan

Gujarat Titans got a strong start with captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan batting in a stormy style. There was a century partnership of 125 runs in just 74 balls between these two batsmen for the first wicket. On this score, GT got its first blow in the form of Captain Gill. Facing 37 balls, Gill played a half-century inning of 64 runs with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. After this, Sai Sudarshan gave the second blow in the form of 207 runs. Sai Sudarshan scored 84 runs in 53 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes.

Jos Buttler played a stormy inning of 57 runs.

After Gill and Sai Sudarshan, wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler did not let the run rate of Gujarat Titans slow down. He along with Sai Sudarshan made a partnership of 82 runs in just 36 balls for the second wicket. If we talk about Butler’s batting, he remained unbeaten after scoring 57 runs in 27 balls with a special strike rate of 211. Washington Sundar was out on 7 and Rahul Tewatia was run out on 0.

CSK bowlers wasted a lot of runs

In the match, the batsmen of Gujarat Titans thrashed the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings. Shivam Dubey 15, Anshul Kamboj 14, Noor Ahmed 13 and Spencer Johnson gave away runs with an economy of 11.80. If we talk about wickets, Mukesh Chaudhary took one wicket after spending 36 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Spencer Johnson and Anshul Kamboj also got 1 wicket each.

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Playing eleven of both the teams

Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudarshan, Shubhman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan and Mohammed Siraj.

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil PatelDewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Chaudhary, and Gurjapneet Singh.

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