Indian Premier League 2023 inaugural match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings, Probable playing XI, Pitch report, Predicted score, and winner.
Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings will be the first match of the 16th Indian Premier League 2023,which is about to start in a few hours at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
This is officially Gujarat Titans’ Home ground, The Defending champions will start their journey against pro campaigner Mahendra Sing Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings.
Gujarat Giants are not only last year’s champion but also one of the favorites of this year’s winning list.
Chennai Super Kings are not at their best combination, per team news coming so far.
Injuries severely hit them. Captain Dhoni himself got niggle on his left knee till yesterday he did not participate in net practice, but later CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan has confirmed that MSD will feature in the first match against GT.
Recently Mukesh Choudhury got a back injury and is out for the entire season, as a result, CSK was forced to sign Akash Singh as his replacement.
On the other hand, GT’s last year concern was Kane Willimason’s elbow, which seems to be in much better shape and Kane is literally on fire.
overall Comparison Gujarat Titan is looking much more injury free and confident to start their second-ever journey on a winning note.
The impact-player rule seems to impact in good amount to the entire tournament.
only Indian players could be used as impact players as per the BCCI rule of this year’s IPL.
And another important change that will occur from the first match of IPL 2023 is the time of team announcement.
Till now captain had to announce the team combination before the toss, but from now onwards captain has the option to use the impact player according to the conditions, like if his team bats first then he can choose a pro batter instead of a bowling option and same goes for bowling first team . The bowling captain will choose a better-blowing option instead of his batting team member.
of course, this impact player plays a major role in this year’s IPL but more than that it remained to be seen how a captain can use this impact player option more wisely. sooner or later this will be more like a strategic game than an on-field one.
Best possible Playing XI for CSK:
1 Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Ben Stokes, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Ambati Rayudu, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 9 Mitchell Santner, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Simarjeet Singh.
If CSK has to Bowl first, they may probably use Rajvardhan Hangarkar instead of Ambati Rayudu as an impact player.
Best possible playing XI for Gujarat Giants
1 Shubman Gill, 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Matthew Wade, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Shivam Mavi, 9 Jayant Yadav/R Sai Kishore 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Mohammed Shami
In case Gujarat Giants choose to bat first they may use either Sai Sudarshan or Manohor as an impact player in the place of Mohammed Shami.
Pitch report and weather forecast of Gujarat titans vs Chennai Super Kings match
At Motera pacers are not always benefited but batsmen can expect a good pace and bounce to play. As per the report, a few initial overs will be helpful to pace and swing bowlers but as the match progress, it will become a batting paradise. Boundaries are becoming shortened so we can expect a good run from both teams .
The first innings are expected to score 155+ runs.
It was raining on the eve of IPL 2023, but in the evening the sky will be clear, and no chance of rain to play a spoiled sport during the match.
Best Fantasy team for Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match
Prediction on Gujarat titans vs Chennai Super Kings match
I guess Gujarat Tintans has an edge on winning this match against Chennai Super Kings as they are getting the home advantage and they are a more injury-less team as well. So GT captain Hardik Pandya has a plethora of opportunities to pick the best suitable player for this match.
Best of Luck to both teams.
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