In the difficult chase of 179, Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan held their nerves in opposition to the tip to take their facet house with 4 balls to spare.
Gaikwad was once all magnificence in his sensational batting effort ahead of Titans pulled issues again within the center overs to restrict Chennai to 178 for seven after opting to bowl first in entrance of a close to capability crowd on the international’s greatest cricket stadium.
As It Happened
In the type of his lifestyles during the last 3 months, Gill performed some jaw-dropping strokes in his dazzling knock to arrange a wonderful win for the house group. Titans were given house in 19.2 overs.
Gill’s opening spouse Wriddhiman Saha confirmed he has nonetheless were given it as he smashed a few sixes and as many fours in his 16-ball 25 that were given the Titans going within the run chase.
Gill’s best possible shot of the innings was once a again foot punch off CSK’s have an effect on participant Tushar Deshpande and he adopted with a pick out up shot over midwicket.
Titans’ have an effect on participant Sai Sudharsan, who was once used instead of an injured Kane Williamson, contributed with 22 off 17 balls.
When Gill departed, Titans wanted 41 off the remaining 5 overs however CSK controlled to take the sport right down to the cord.
It wanted a cameo from Rashid Khan (10 now not out off 3) to settle the nerves within the Titans dressing room.
Earlier, it was once a show of easy hitting from Gaikwad, who depended on his lofted drives over further duvet and crisp pull pictures to assemble as many as 9 sixes.
Apart from Gaikwad, the one different batter who put the Titans below drive was once Moeen Ali who got here up with a 17-ball 23. Ali’s flat six off Mohammad Shami on a free-hit ball was once the spotlight of his cameo.
Gaikwad pulled IPL debutant Joshua Little on his first actual ball to set the tone of his innings. That over went for 15 runs and with Shami conceding 17 runs within the following over, CSK were given the momentum they had been searching for.
Titans’ trump card Rashid Khan was once presented within the powerplay and as he continuously does, he were given the wicket that his group was once searching for through getting the damaging taking a look Ali stuck at the back of.
Rashid’s 2d over noticed him eliminating England Test captain Ben Stokes, who too was once stuck through wicketkeeper Saha, leaving CSK at 70 for 3.
However, the autumn of wickets didn’t make Gaikwad trade his recreation as he stored getting the bounds. He welcomed Alzarri Joseph into the assault through smashing him for 3 sixes within the 8th over.
Titans did smartly to stem the waft of runs within the center overs and were given the wicket of Ambati Rayudu.
Shivam Dube struggled to seek out the large hits and that put drive on Gaikwad who was once stuck within the deep within the seventeenth over and neglected out on a meriting hundred.
Skipper MS Dhoni got here out to bat at quantity 8 however nonetheless controlled to make an have an effect on as he pulled Little for a six ahead of flicking him for a 4 within the ultimate over, sending the gang right into a frenzy.
Williamson injured his knee whilst fielding on the boundary and limped off the sphere.
The remaining 5 overs yielded 45 runs for CSK.
(With inputs from PTI)