CSK vs GT IPL 2024: Who’ll win Chennai vs Gujarat match? Fantasy team, pitch report and more

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CSK vs GT IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) are set to clash in their second encounter of IPL 2024 on March 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk). Both teams enter the match with victories in their opening fixtures. Gujarat, now led by Shubman Gill, stopped Mumbai Indians (MI) short of chasing the target in the final over on March 24.

Despite conceding 10 runs in the first two balls of the 20th over, Umesh Yadav's crucial dismissals of MI skipper Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla paved the way for their victory. Meanwhile, CSK grabbed two points and moved up in the points table with a Net Run Rate of +0.779. Now led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chennai defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their first match on March 22.

While Chasing RCB’s 173/6, CSK reached 176/4 in 18.4 overs. Ruturaj's captaincy, particularly his use of Mustafizur Rahman in the bowling attack, garnered praise from cricket experts like Sunil Gavaskar. Chennai and Gujarat have played only five IPL matches, as GT is a new franchise.

Gujarat won three of those, and Chennai won two matches. CSK’s highest total against GT so far is 178 while GT’s highest score against CSK is 214. IPL 2023 started with defending champion GT playing against CSK and winning it.

CSK won the next match against GT. In the final, they met again, and Chennai clinched their fifth title. MS Dhoni (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Moeen Ali, Shardul Thakur, Shubman Gill (VC), David Miller, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Wriddhiman Saha.

This is the second IPL match to be held in Chennai this year. In the first match, the pitch helped batters as Chennai managed to chase RCB’s 173 down quite comfortably. The pitch will favour batters in