Gujarat Giants (GT) take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an Indian Premier League match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on May 11. wrestle.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan’s brutal batting and 210-run partnership when batting first gave CSK a target of 231/3. Skipper Gill hit 104 off 55 balls with nine fours and six sixes, while Sudharsan hit 103 off 51 balls with five fours and seven sixes.
Sai Sudharsan also achieved a remarkable feat to break legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s record of becoming the fastest to reach 1000 IPL runs among Indians. The 22-year-old needed just 25 innings to reach 1000 IPL runs. While Tendulkar took 31 innings to etch his name in the record books.
In yesterday’s match, GT also posted the second highest team totals against CSK, earlier in the 2014 season, PBKS scored 231/4 against CSK.
As for the CSK innings, apart from Dara Mitchell, Moeen Ali and MS Dhoni, none of the players could make an impact on the game. This resulted in the team losing the match against GT by 35 runs.
Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Rachin Ravindra were dismissed at 1 while skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed at 0.
GT bowlers played an impressive game with Mohit Sharma taking 3 wickets each, Rashid Khan 2, while Umesh Yadav and Sandeep Warrier took 1 wicket each.
The win lifted GT from bottom of the table to eighth place with 10 points from 12 games. While CSK remained in fourth place with 12 points, their net run rate took a hit, dropping from 0.700 to 0.491.
