That's it from the CSK-dominated fixture in Chepauk. The hosts slapped GT by a massive margin and moved onto the top of the points table. Tomorrow, SRH and MI will be involved in another cracking encounter.
For now, it's me, AkshayaKrishna Polya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Sidharth Gulati and Deepak Prakash, who, alongside our scorers/analysts Zeeshan Naiyer and Chandan Kr Singh, brought you all the live-action of this match. We will meet again. Until then, it's cheers!
Shivam Dube (Player of the Match): "Definitely this franchise is something different from all others. So this franchise is giving me the freedom as I feel they want me to do it better and I also want them to win some matches from my side.
I worked in that way as well so it is helping me. And I know they're going to bowl me on some short balls over there so I'm ready for that. They want me to go on a higher strike rate against the bowlers. So I'm trying that only."
PLAYER OF THE MATCH:SHIVAM DUBE
Heaviest Defeats to Gujarat Titans in terms of Runs in IPL:
-by 63 runs against CSK in Chennai, 2024
-by 27 runs against MI in Mumbai, 2023
-by 15 runs against CSK in Chennai, 2023
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings Skipper): "Today's game was near to perfect game in the sense of batting, bowling, fielding all three departments. It was right on the target and especially against a team like Gujarat we needed to come up with this type of performance. I think in Chennai especially when you are not really sure about how the wicket will be, it's always important that you bat well irrespective of whether you are batting first or batting second.
I thought personally Rachin batted brilliantly in the powerplay, took the game away, and then from there on I think we were always ahead of them. It was just about managing wickets and managing risk and I feel even Jinks played a good role and even Shivam played brilliantly, and not to forget Rizvi.
[Talking about Dube] Mahi bhai and the management have been boosting his confidence. Shivam knows his role well, which is a big advantage for us. I share the same sentiment; I'm quite impressed. The addition of two or three youngsters might make a significant difference."