CSK vs GT, IPL Qualifier 1 Highlights: Chennai through to their 10th ...

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Ruturaj Gaikwad is the player of the match

“Last 3-4 games in Chennai have been different. First few games wicket was better. Have had to adapt. Look to rotate strike, capitalise on loose deliveries. Both are great players (Conway and Faf). Faf was someone who was aggressive from ball one. Conway has great batsmanship. I would say the knock of 60 (what was more satisfying - 60 or the catch).”

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: MS Dhoni to take a call on retirement before the next IPL

“I don't know (back next year?) - I have 8-9 months to decide. Why take that headache now. I'll always be there for CSK, where it's playing or something outside.”

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: And now MS Dhoni talks

“After the noise around the Chepauk dies down of course. “IPL is too big to say it's just another final. Used to be 8 top teams, now it's 10. I won't say it's just another final. It's hard work of 2 months. Everybody has contributed. Yes, middle-order has not got ample opportunity. GT are a fantastic team and they've chased very well, so the thought was to get them in. But it was a good toss to lose. If Jaddu gets conditions that help him. he's very difficult to hit. His bowling changed the game. Not to forget his partnership with Moeen. We try to create an environment and work out what is the strength of a fast bowler. We try to give them confidence and tell them 'please try to explore your bowling'. We try to motivate them as much as possible. Support staff is there, Bravo and Eric are there. You see the wicket and according to that you keep adjusting the field. I can be a very annoying captain, I keep shifting fielders 2-3 feet. Only request I ask from the fielders is, keep an eye on me. If there's a dropped catch there will be no reaction (from me), just keep an eye on me. I don't know - I have 8-9 months to decide. Why take that headache now. I'll always be there for CSK, whether as a player or something outside.”

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Deepak Chahar says that he is ok!

Chahar had taken that catch off the last ball and he did come running in from a long way. Once he got the ball he did seem to pull up a bit. The pacer has had major issues with injuries over the past couple of years but he says in a post-match interview that he is fine.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Hardik Pandya talks!

“We were quite spot on (with the bowling) but we made some basic errors. I felt were were exactly 15 runs short [also the margin of defeat]. I think we did a lot of things right. But we bowled a couple of soft balls in between. We gave some runs in between, we must've conceded 16 runs or so due to our soft balls. Don't want to think too much about it, we have one more chance of going to the final. (Dhoni made 172 feel like 190?) That's the beauty about him as well. We gave 15 runs extra, lost wickets, and that's the reason we are talking to you right now. Two days later we will give it a crack again. (Will you be watching tomorrow?) Yes, my brother is playing. I hope I see him there [in Ahmedabad].”

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: CSK beat GT by 15 runs

GT all out for 157, the last wicket fell off the last ball of the match. The legend of CSK and MS Dhoni continues. There have been all kinds of indications that he might retire after this season, is he going to say farewell by lifting that trophy for a fifth time? 

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Last over, GT need 27 to win

There was a little funny moment when Deshpande went full and straight to Shami for the fifth ball of the over. Shami swung it away to the leg side for four. Dhoni was not happy about Deshpande bowling despite the off side being absolutely packed.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: OUT! RASHID FALLS!

How about that! Dhoni moves Conway towards deep point just before the ball, and no prizes for guessing to whom Rashid has hit it straight to. Low full toss outside off, Rashid slices right into Conway's hands. The celebrations are in the CSK dugout as much as in the middle.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: FOUR! Rashid smashing away

First ball of the 19th, exactly what the Titans needed. Low full toss outside off that Rashid slices over cover. He has raced to 30 off 14, what a hand he is playing here.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: GT need 35 to win off 12

Just 5 runs off an excellent 18th over from Pathirana. Rashid Khan is on strike for the first ball of the 19th though and Deshpande will bowl it.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: NOW A RUN OUT!

Golden duck for Nalkande. He drilled it to mid off a bit too hard and set off, substitute fielder Senapati nails the direct hit.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: OUT! WHAT A CATCH FROM GAIKWAD!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: FOUR NOW! Rashid on fire!

He has raced tom 25 off 10. Knee-high full toss, Rashid swings away, big outside edge and it lands in front of Theekshana at short third and bursts past him.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: SIX! Rashid continues to fight

Now GT need 43 to win off 20. Rashid Khan swats the fourth ball of the 17th over long off.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: SIX! Shankar gets one away!

Deshpande sent the first ball of the 17th wide and when he bowled it again, Shankar sent it right over the bowler's head for a six. GT need 51 to win off 22.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! 13 runs off the 16th

GT now need 58 to win off 24 balls. Rashid paddles the last ball of the 16th bowled by Pathirana past MSD. Well the target is not exactly out of reach for GT but it has to be these two and no one else.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Some discussions between Dhoni and the umpires

Play has been held up for at least 4 minutes as Dhoni and a few other CSK players talk to the umpires about goodness knows what. It seems to be about Pathirana coming in to bowl the next over and he was off the field for quite a while. It is quite unclear what happened there but after nearly 5 minutes of discussions, Pathirana does bowl. GT 102/6 in 15 overs

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: OUT! Tewatia falls!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: GONE! IT'S GILL!

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: BOWLED HIM! Jadeja cleans up Miller!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: OUT! Shanaka goes!

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: NOW SIX!

Off the very next ball. "No, no!" shouts Dhoni as the ball floats away over long off. Shanaka played that one inside out.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: FOUR! Shanaka gets one away

Second ball of the 10th bowled by Theekshana to his Sri Lanka teammate, the batter hits it just beyond deep midwicket's reach.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! GT 59/2 in 9 overs

It's a game of chess at the moment between CSK's spinners and Gill. Dasun Shanaka at the other end has faced eight balls for six runs, Gill is on 32 off 28. He sweeps the last ball of the 9th over to the boundary to push his strike rate back past 100.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Some vicious turn for Jadeja, GT 46/2 in 7 overs

The fourth ball of that over ripped off a length outside off and turns away from Gill sharply. The batter pulls out of the shot seeing that.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! Gill soldiers on

Good length around off, turns away and Gill cuts it and gets it past point.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: OUT! Pandya goes!

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! GT 39/1 in 5 overs

Gill looking ominously composed and well set from CSK's point of view. He is on 19 off 15, Pandya on seven off four.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: FOUR! Oh, Shubman...

"Smoothman Gill," says Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box. Full from Deshpande for the fifth of the fourth and Gill gets forward and just flicks it past midwicket. As perfect as it gets in every way.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: OUT! Saha goes!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: SIX! Beauty from Gill!

Not the best of lines from Chahar, Gill flicks it with some sumptuous wrist work and sends it over fine leg.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! GT 9/0 in 2 overs

Saha hits through the same area but it is well over Chahar this time. He gets to 7 off 8, Gill on 2 off 4.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Almost a catch!

Full ball outside off from Deshpande for the fifth of the second over. Gill with a checked on-drive and it flies to the right of the mid-off fielder. Chahar puts in the dive but the ball doesn't stick in his hands. Very difficult chance there and Chahar has made a good fielding effort more than anything else.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: GT 3/0 in 1 over

What a first over from Chahar, Saha on 2 off 4, Gill on 1 off 2 at the end of it.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: The players return!

Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill, on a hat-trick of 100s, walk in for GT. Deepak Chahar opens the bowling for CSK. CSK have replaced Shivam Dube with Matheesha Patheerana

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: A recap

So, CSK scored 172/7 in 20 overs. Gaikwad was the highest scorer with 60 off 44 while Conway had the second most runs, although it was more harmful than anything else with 40 off 34. Shami took 2/28, Mohit took 2/31.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Mohit Sharma's thoughts

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: CSK 172/7 in 20 overs

Shami cleans up Jadeja off the last ball of the innings. He falls for 22 off 16. Those blows from Jadeja, Moeen, Rayudu and Rahane have pushed CSK to what does look like a par score. CSK have scored 47 runs in the last five overs for the loss of four wickets. Now let's see how they keep the chasing machine that is GT at bay. 

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: SIX!

Shami bowling the last over, his first delivery was hit for four by Jadeja and now the third is sent over deep mid-wicket by Moeen. CSK are 168/6 with three balls to go in the last over...

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: OUT! MS DHONI GOES

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR!

Jadeja makes room and slashes Mohit over point off the third ball of the 19th over. CSK move to 154...

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: GONE! Rayudu falls

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: SIX!

Rayudu pulls Rashid over midwicket for a six, almost exactly the way Rahane had.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: CSK 131/4 in 16 overs

A rather tight run taken off the last ball of the over that has gone for just six runs. Rayudu is on 6 off 3 and Jadeja is on 4 off 3. GT really putting the squeeze on here.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: OUT! Conway's struggle ends

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: OUT! Rahane falls

Right after he hits a rare six and it is Nalkande who snaffles the wicket. Rahane spoons it to backward point and this time, no no ball.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: CSK 99/2 in 13 overs

It has been 22 balls since the last four and so CSK need to get a move on here as quickly as possible. Conway still dragging his feet on 31 off 28 and Rahane is on four off four. Rashid Khan comes in for the 14th and it is just not getting any easier from here on for CSK.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: GONE! Dube falls

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: OUT! Gaikwad falls at last

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! Conway gets one away

It is a mistimed shot but it's a four nonetheless. Can that be the shot that gets Conway away. He has pretty much been the sleeping partner in this partnership so far. Second ball of the 10th bowled by Noor Ahmad and Conway mistimes the inside out shot. It goes over backward point.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: FOUR! Off the inside edge!

Today seems to be Gaikwad's day all the way. He tries a cut shot off the fifth b all of that same over, gets an inside edge and the ball goes behind for a four instead of crashing on to the stumps.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! Gaikwad reaches fifty

Second ball of the ninth over bowled by Mohit Sharma, Gaikwad slashes it behind point to the boundary and reaches his fifth in style. He delivers in the big match.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: FOUR!

A delicate late cut from Gaikwad, not something you get to see to often in the muscle town that is T20 cricket. Rashid bowling the seventh, sends the fourth ball on a length outside leg. Gaikwad opens the face of the bat and lets it run past slip.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: End of powerplay, CSK 49/0

Gaikwad is on 33 off 26 and Conway is on 14 off 11. CSK have managed to survive the powerplay without losing a wicket, something that not many teams have managed to do against GT this season.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: FOUR! CSK 31/0 in 4 overs

Length ball on off from Nalkande for the last ball of the fourth, Conway stays leg side and sends it through point. He gets to 10 off 8 with that shot, Gaikwad on 19 off 17.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: FOUR! Shot from Gaikwad

Gaikwad comes across and leans into the good length ball, creams it through covers to the boundary.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: GT 18/0 after 2 overs

14 runs off that over in the end. Gaikwad on 14 off 11 balls, Conway on 2 off 2. Shami comes back for his second.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: NOW FOUR!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: SIX OFF THE FREE HIT!

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: WICKET BUT IT'S CALLED NO BALL!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Just 4 runs off the first over

The ball was fizzing and flying around like it's an overcast Day 1 of a Test match in England and Gaikwad and Conway somehow survive that.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: The players are out there!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Coldplay said it...

"It was all Yellow" is what they said in case you didn't get that reference. There is no other colour visible in the stands of the Chepauk Stadium as the CSK faithful turn out in droves to support their team. It is the first hurdle they face in their hunt for a fifth IPL title. That would bring them level with Mumbai Indians as the most succesfull team in the history of the IPL.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Ruturaj Gaikwad talks

“More than runs it's the preparation going into a tournament. That was very good, and it was injury-free unlike last time. The nature of T20 is everytime you can't be consistent. But the idea is to keep our process the same. Assessing the pitch and deciding our approach is important. This time my approach has been to play expressive cricket. Earlier I used to take my time for 10-odd balls. A lot depends on situation and pitch as well. Left-right combo is important. Opposition tactics change because of that. Like bowling an off-spinner or a left-arm spinner. Devon was playing fast bowlers well, but he's also played spin very well throughout the season.”

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Pitch and conditions

68m on one side and 63m on the other square boundary, the straight boundary is at 78m. Spinners would be licking their lips in the dressing room. It's dry and will definitely turn. There are patches which will offer plenty to the quality spinners in both sides. It's dry and should become slow as the match progresses. 170 could be a match-winning total. Bat first, runs on the board in a final will matter, reckons Matthew Hayden, in his pitch report

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: MS Dhoni's thoughts

“We wanted to bowl first, reason being they're an excellent chasing side. We've exploited the conditions slightly better, in a tournament like this, the boys have adapted really well. It's important to back your straengths, the confidence level should be high. They've been able to do that and that's why we have done well. There was a lot of dew in the last game, but with breeze around, we can't say about it tonight, but it does look dry. We're playing the same team”

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: What Hardik Pandya said

“We will bowl first. We heard dew will come, so we want to know what exactly to chase down. We were told to relax after getting into the top-2, but we didn't want, want to stay focussed and play good cricket. We are a smart team, we don't play only one way, we make sure to get the best out of the wicket and have adapted. Darshan Nalkande comes in place of Yash Dayal”

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: CSK XI

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: GT XI

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: TOSS ALERT!

Hardik Pandya has won the toss and Gujarat Titans will bowl first.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Stokes debacle and Williamson tragedy

Two international superstars are absent today largely due to fitness issues of different kinds. The kind of hype that came with the prospect of Ben Stokes teaming up with Ravindra Jadeja, two of the best all-rounders in the world, and of course, MS Dhoni. But he ended being able to play just two matches all season, scoring just a paltry 15 runs and bowled two overs for no wickets. His knee injury kept him out of regular action and he had said before the start of the season itself that he would leave before the playoffs to captain England in their one-off Test against Ireland before the Ashes. Meanwhile Kane Williamson limped off after a truly exceptional fielding effort at the ropes in GT's first match of the season against CSK. This came just as the former New Zealand seemed to have put his long standing injury troubles behind and had hit a purple patch in Test cricket. It now seems like Williamson will miss the World Cup but will be with New Zealand as a mentor.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Chahar vs Gill

Chahar's battle with Gill will be a key indicator of where the match goes today. Gill comes into the match on the back of consecutive centuries while Chahar seems to have rediscovered his mojo in the powerplay. Chahar has dismissed Gill twice in the powerplay but that was before the latter's recent renaissance.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Dhoni traits in Pandya's captaincy 

Hardik Pandya's international career started under MS Dhoni's captaincy and there is no doubt that he is among a generation of Indian cricketers, which includes the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have been inspired by the 2011 World Cup winning former India skipper. As captain of Gujarat Titans, Pandya has shown a number of traits in his leadership that is typically associated with how Dhoni leads CSK. He has backed misfiring seniors to the point that David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha and Vijay Shankar have all experienced some of their most productive seasons in their careers with the Titans. He has ensured that Gill transfers his excellent international form to the IPL, despite the fact most of the young opener's exploits for India have been in ODIs and Tests and he only made his T20I debut just before the start of the tournament. Noor Ahmad has been a revelation and it is pretty clear that Pandya is leaning heavily on Rashid Khan to get the best out of him, thus showing how well he is able to use his resources in different ways.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Head to head

Not many teams get to say that they have an unbeaten record against the mighty CSK but that is exactly what GT boast of. The two sides have faced each other three times in three different venues and all three have been successful run chases for Pandya's side.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Gill to take Orange Cap today?

RCB captain Faf du Plessis currently holds the Orange Cap with 730 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 153.68 and average of 56.15. But RCB's race has been run and Gill has at least one more match left to play. Gill is exactly 50 runs behind Du Plessis at the moment and considering the kind of form he is in, he could overtake the former South Africa captain today.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Shubman Gill's bumper season

This was already seen as a succesfull season for Gill individually before he finally crossed over into the three-figure mark in the last two matches of the season. Gill now stands second on the Orange Cap table, having scored 680 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 152.46 and average of 56.67 with two centuries and four half centuries.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Powerplay King Shami

Gujarat Titans have been one of the most difficult sides to bat against during the powerplay this season and Mohammed Shami has been the prime mover in that department. Titans have picked 24 wickets in the PowerPlay this season - 15 of those have been picked by Shami.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Gujarat's death overs mastery

Gujarat Titans have the third-best run-tally in the death-overs this season [639], while losing the fewest wickets in the phase [23]. They also have the second-best tally of sixes in this period [48].

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: Shivam Dube has hit just 3 fours against spin…

and a total of 12 fours overall. Then how is it that he has 385 runs at a strike rate of 160.41 in 14 matches, you may ask. Well, that is because he has tonked 33 sixes, 20 of which have come against spinners alone. In fact he strikes at 175.93 against spin this season.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: The last time they met…

Was also the opening match of this season. The game happened at the colossal Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, GT's home ground. And so it is quit poetic that they meet again now at CSK's home ground, despite the fact Chepauk as a venue for the qualifier was decided way before Dhoni's side had confirmed a spot in this match. CSK had scored 178/7 with Ruturaj Gaikwad scoring 92 off 50 balls. GT chased that down in 19.2 overs with Shubman Gill scoring 63 off 36 balls.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: Ajinkya Rahane vs Mohammed Shami

Ajinkya Rahane may not have done much at the Chepauk Stadium this season but he has a good record against GT's spearhead Mohammed Shami. Rahane has scored 86 runs against Shami at a strike rate of 168.63 without getting dismissed.

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: Devon Conway's consistency

CSK's run to the playoffs has been powered by what their top order has been able to contribute and a central figure in that department has been the Kiwi batter for all occassions, Devon Conway. Conway has scored 585 runs this season at an average of 53.18 and strike rate of 138.62, only adding to the reputation that he has built as one of the finest openers in the business in all formats of the game. Consider this: He has scored 5234 runs at a strike rate of 129.29 and average of 44.35 in 154 T20 matches. He also has 733 runs in 18 ODI matches for New Zealand at an average of 45.81 which includes three centuries and as many fifties. Conway started his Test career with a double century against England at Lord's and has scored 1403 runs for New Zealand in the longest format at an average of 50.10 and has scored four centuries and eighgt half centuries in just 16 matches.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: CSK full squad

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pretorius, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: GT full squad

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Hardik Pandya(c), Dasun Shanaka, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Vijay Shankar, Srikar Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Wade, Darshan Nalkande, Urvil Patel, Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 live score and updates: What Hardik said about Thala Dhoni before IPL showdown

Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya had nothing but praise for former India captain MS Dhoni, who can guide CSK to their 10th IPL final tonight. Speaking ahead of the blockbuster clash, Pandya said that he will always be an MS Dhoni fan. "I'll always be a Mahendra Singh Dhoni fan and for so many fans out there and so many cricket lovers. You need to be a proper devil to hate Mahendra Singh Dhoni," Pandya said.  "A lot of people think Mahi is serious and all that. For me, I crack jokes and I don't see him as a Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Obviously, I've learnt a lot of things from him, a lot of positive things, which I've learnt from him just while watching, not even much talking," Pandya added. 

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: What will be Dhoni's tactical ploy to silence Shubman at Chepauk?

Superstar Shubman Gill single-handedly dumped Virat Kohli-starrer Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) out of IPL 2023 in Gujarat Titans' previous fixture. The India opener smashed a sublime century to make sure GT finish at the top of the IPL 2023 standings. All eyes are on on-song Gill as CSK are set to host GT at Chepauk.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Playoffs Live updates: GT's road to the playoffs

For the second-straight season, Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans dominated the league phase of the IPL. The defending champions opened their account by defeating MS Dhoni's CSK in the IPL 2023 opener at home. Pandya and Co. suffered only four defeats in the league phase of the cash-rich league. GT was also the first team to secure their berth in the playoffs. Pandya's men won 10 matches and bagged 20 points to finish at the top of the IPL 2023 standings.  

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates, CSK vs GT: A quick look at the squads!

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Qualifier 1 Live updates: CSK's road to the playoffs

MS Dhoni's CSK capped off a disastrous campaign in IPL 2022. Bouncing back in style next season, Dhoni's Yellow Brigade has made it to the playoffs of the IPL 2023 by finishing second on the points table. Before entering the playoffs for the record 12th time, CSK played 14 games in the league phase. The Chennai-based franchise recorded 8 wins under Dhoni's watch. The former champions suffered 5 defeats in the league phase of the IPL 2023. CSK picked up 17 points to secure the second spot in the IPL standings this season.  

IPL 2023 Qualifier 1, CSK vs GT Live Score: Can Super Kings stop GT juggernaut?

Four-time winners CSK are the most consistent side when it comes to contesting the IPL playoffs. Under the leadership of Thala Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings are eyeing their 10th final. Dhoni and Co. last lifted the famous trophy in the 2021 edition of the cash-rich league. 

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For the first in the history of IPL, four-time winners Chennai Super Kings led by legendary MS Dhoni and defending champions Gujarat Titans captained by Hardik Pandya will lock horns in the playoff stage at Chennai’s Chepauk on Tuesday.