Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, 1st Match of IPL 2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, 1st Match of IPL 2023

Venue : Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Date & Time : 31st March Friday at 7:30 PM IST.

H2H Record :

Total matches - 02
GT won - 02
CSK won - 00
NR - 00,
Tie - 00,

Pitch Report :

The match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. This will be second game on this vanue in this season, a high-scoring match is expected. The pitch assisted pacers in qualifier two as the bowlers got extra bounce off the surface, Spinners might also play a key role during the middle overs could be some turn off the surface as well with the dimensions of the ground helping the spinners. will be the key as dew is likely to play a part specially in second innings. An even wicket can be expected for the Finals where both batters and bowlers will have some help off the surface.

The average 1st innings score at this venue in the recent matches is 170
runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 32°C on the Wednesday with 50% humidity and 12 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Gujarat Titans :

Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph /Joshua Little.

Chennai Super Kings :

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana.

Preview :

The new edition of the Indian Premier League will kick off as the defending champions Gujarat Titans take on the MS Dhoni-led CSK side on March 31 (Friday). The encounter will take place at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Giants have faced each other in 2 matches in the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) last year. In both matches, Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings. The defending champions will want to continue their winning streak against CSK. However, it will not come easy as CSK has formed a formidable side under the leadership of the veteran Dhoni.

Defending champions, Gujarat Titans (GT) proved their mettle in their maiden season in the league last year. Led by Hardik Pandya, GT began their IPL 2022 campaign with a win against fellow rookie franchise Lucknow Super Giants. GT extended their winning run until the IPL 2022 final against Rajasthan Royals and eventually got better of their opponents to bag their first-ever IPL title.

With such an overwhelming show in their maiden IPL season, the expectation for the forthcoming IPL 2023 is already high. GT did well to assemble a good set of players during the IPL 2023 auction, held last year. The Ahmedabad-based franchise managed to seal a deal to get the services of Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma and Shivam Mavi among others to bolster their squad.

On the other side, Chennai Super Kings saw a string of failures in the previous edition of the IPL. It was not only the performance which led the franchise down, but a couple of off-field dramas too played their part in shaping the failure.
The franchise with four IPL titles, couldn’t even manage to enter the playoffs, for the first time in the history of the IPL. CSK finished their flawed IPL 2022 campaign in the penultimate position with an embarrassing four wins from 14 outings.

However, leaving the past aside, CSK will look to mend their campaign and hope for a better outing in the IPL 2023. Ahead of the tournament, they get hold of Ben Stokes, the figure who has been widely anticipated to spearhead CSK after MS Dhoni’s quit. Besides Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane, Kyle Jamieson (ruled out) and Shaik Rasheed were other players who were bought by the yellow franchise in the IPL 2023 auction.

Team Guide

Make various team combination with the help of these information.

Gujarat Titans:

Mathew Wade :

Mathew Wade is an experienced Australian top order wicketkeeper batter who's coming from fine performance in PSL were he's scored 224 runs at an average of 28.00 in nine innings. Will be a valuable pick from wicketkeeper section.

Wriddhiman Saha :

Wriddhiman Saha was the impressive with bat in last season. The veteran wicketkeeper smashed 317 runs with the impressive average of 31.70 and strike rate of 122.40 also includes three fifties. He was also played a match winning knock of 67 runs against the CSK in last season. Must have pick if plays.

Shubman Gill :

Shubman Gill is a technically strong batter and he's leading contender for the Orange Cap. He now has a T20I century to his name, achieved earlier this year on this ground against New Zealand. Shubman has mix record against the CSK with two fifties in ten innings against them, but also has two ducks. He averages 21.78 overall, but he is in superb touch now.
Shubman Gill is a brilliant opener who has scored 483 runs in just 16 matches for Gujarat Titans. Default c/vc pick.

Kane Williamson :

Kane Williamson is the one of the top batter in the world and going through a decent form & could be in for a big season. He has an excellent career record against CSK, with 417 runs at an average of 41.70 and strike rate of 132.80. Must have pick.

David Miller :

David Miller looking in magnificent touch, seems to be hitting the ball really well in recently matches but he's will be missed few matches for GT because of national duties. Last season Gujarat Titans was successful in winning the title on the basis of his performance. Last year, he scored 481 runs in 9 innings of 16 matches at an impressive average of 68.71. Must have pick.

Sai Sudharsan :

Sai Sudharsan in an impressive young talent batting allrounder who's capable of playing big innings with restraint as seen in the last season were he was scored 145 runs at an average of 36.25 in just five innings. He tried his best to help the batting side after the team lost quick wickets. Punt pick.

Hardik Pandya :

Hardik Pandya is the best Indian allrounder at the moment. He was the fourth leading run-scorer in IPL 2022 with 487 runs and also took nine wickets. Hardik scored 171 runs at an average of 28.50 & also gets 8 in 12 matches against CSK, In this match he can play in no 4 position and he can score 30-40 runs and also took 2-3 wickets. In this match he is the safest C and VC choice for fantasy teams.

Rahul Tewatia :

Rahul Tewatia is a handy allrounder and can do job with both bat and ball, he was done fantastic job with the bat in last season smashed 217 runs at an average of 31.00 & SR 147.62. Punt pick.

Odean Smith :

Odean Smith is the hard hitting bowing allrounder. He's bowled in the middle & death overs and also able to contribute with the bat as well. He was picked up three wickets in just two matches in recently concluded T20I series against the South Africa. Punt pick.

Rashid Khan :

Rashid Khan is the T20 specialist and will be vital, as always. Rashid was the looking in good shape in recently concluded PSL & T20I series against the Pakistan. Rashid has picked up 11 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 30.45 and strike rate of 26.18 against the CSK. Default c/vc pick from bowling section.

Mohammed Shami :

Mohammed Shami is a genuine pacer who's known for his accuracy and line or length like Tests matches. He was picked up 20 wickets with the average of 24.40 and economy of 8.00 from 16 matches in last season. Shami took 1/20 and 2/19 against CSK last season. Must have pick.

Alzarri Joseph :

Alzarri Joseph is an attacking Caribbean pacer who's picked up 5-40 in his last match against the South Africa recently. He's scalped total of 92 wickets in 77 T20 matches with the best figures of 6/12. Good pick.

Shivam Mavi :

Shivam Mavi done very well from last two IPL season, he's picked up 5 wickets in last season and scalped 11 wickets with the average of 21.20 in IPL 2021. Overall he's played 32 IPL matches so far and managed to gets 30 wickets in these. Punt pick.

Chennai Super Kings:

MS Dhoni :

MS Dhoni is no nead to any intro. The veteran was there scored 232 runs at an average of 33.14 in last season, but he was managed to scored just 7 runs in two matches again the GT. Punt pick.

Devon Conway :

Devon Conway is the consistent batter, who been in brilliant form in the IPL 2022. Scoring 252 runs in just 7 matches with a fantastic average of 42.00 in the whole tournament. He will be open the inning and looking for a solid start in the tournament opener. Default c/vc pick.

Ruturaj Gaikwad :

Ruturaj Gaikwad is the talented opening batter who had a mixed last season, he started with a duck in 2020, 5 in 2021 and another duck in 2022. Gaikwad scored two half-centuries against GT last season. However, he often starts IPL campaigns slowly. Must have pick.

Ajinkya Rahane :

Ajinkya Rahane is the technically sound batter who's scored more than 4000 runs at an average of 30.86 which includes 2 centuries & 28 half-centuries. He was managed to scored just 133 runs at an average of 19.00 in seven matches, while opened the inning. Punt pick.

Shivam Dube :

Shivam Dube the an attacking allrounder who's played some match winnings knocks in last season, overall 289 runs at an average of 28.90 & SR 156.22. Punt pick.

Ben Stokes :

Ben Stokes is set to play as a specialist batter due to a knee issue. CSK may look to bat him at three or four, given he often performs better up the order. He strikes at 126.22 at three and 135.28 at four in all T20s. Good pick.

Moeen Ali :

Moeen Ali is the frontline English spin allrounder who will be bat in top order and also bowls 2-3 overs in the middle. In T20s in 2022 he's scored 1,263 runs at an average of 26.31, SR 149.29. He also took 40 wickets at an economy of 7.98. Will be a best c/vc pick for grand league.

Ravindra Jadeja :

Ravindra Jadeja is an excellent experienced allrounder who's made memorable comeback in international cricket and also it is a big season for Ravindra Jadeja. Since the start IPL 2020, Jadeja has struck 575 runs at an average of 41.1 and strike rate of 147.8. He has also picked up 24 wickets in this period, striking every 29.6 deliveries. Default c/vc pick.

Deepak Chahar :

Deepak Chahar is the quality swinger of the new ball. CSK missed him terribly in 2022. Since the start of 2021, he has taken 32 wickets in the powerplay at an economy of 7.69. Deepak Chahar has taken 59 IPL wickets and the pace bowler is a strong choice for Chennai Super Kings’ top wicket taker against Gujarat Titans.

Maheesh Theekshana :

Maheesh Theekshana is the wicket taking spinner, who can be a handful on the Indian pitches. In 46 T20s in 2022, he took 53 wickets at an economy of just 6.71 and 12 wickets in just 9 matches in last season. Good pick.

Matheesha Pathirana :

Matheesha Pathirana is called legendary Malinga's copy. The young Sri Lankan seamer was played just two matches for CSK in last season and picked up two wickets in these. Punt pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Gujarat Titans

WK :

Matthew Wade -

Open, 5dwn, Open, Open, Open, 4dwn, 3dwn,
0(1), 13(6)*, 53(41), 46(47), 20(14), 36(24), 15(19), 18(18),

Wriddhiman Saha -

Open, 1dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open
28(20),1(3), 13(15), 62(55), 7(12)

K Srikar Bharat -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open
25(22), 20(15), 5(9), 8(4), 0(2)

Batter :

Shubman Gill -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
126(63)*, 11(9), 7(6), 46(26), 5(3), 7(5), 45(32), 126(55),

David Miller -

2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn
10(10), 48(22)* 11(9), 1(2), 7(10), DNB, 52(25)

Kane Williamson -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
61(52), 46(72), 61(35), 40(40), 8(13), 23(23), 3(12), 59(38),

Abhinav Manohar -

4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, 3dwn
62(29)*, 15(8), DNB, DNB, 2(6)

Sai Sudharsan -

2dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open
11(10), 47(38), 64(48), 16(14), 14(9)

Urvil Patel -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
84(37), 2(7), 12(9), 40(32), 24(12)

All-rounder :

Hardik Pandya (c) - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
30(17), 15(20)*, 21(20), 4(4), 12(12), 29(27), 30(28)*, 13(13), 63(33),
4/16(4), 1/25(4), 0/33(3), 2/30(4), 0/13(2), 0/12(3), DNB, 0/34(3), 2/16(3),

Rahul Tewatia - Legbreak Googly

5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
2(3), 27(33), 15(17), 29(17)*, 12(10)
0/20(2), 1/36(4), 2/20(3), 0/19(3), 3/18(4)

Odean Smith - Right Arm Medium fast

5dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
11(5)*, 5(5), 4(4)*, 11(9), 0(2), 9(11), 25(12)*,
1/36(2), 2/27(2), 0/40(3), 1/27(4), 2/41(4), 2/41(4), 0/27(2),

Vijay Shankar - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
0(2), 2(7), 13(20), 4(6),
DNB, 0/1(1), 0/14(1), DNB,

Bowler :

Rashid Khan - Legbreak Googly

1/31(4), 1/16(4), 1/15(4), 2/26(4), 2/42(4), 1/18(4), 0/30(4), 4/21(4),

Mohammad Shami - Right Arm fast

0/39(3), 2/14(2), 1/25(3), 1/13(4), 1/27(4), 1/25(4), 3/4(1),

Alzarri Joseph - Right Arm Medium fast

5/40(4), 1/21(2), 0/38(4), 0/28(3), 0/40(3), 2/34(4),

Yash Dayal - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/28(3), 1/10(3), 2/18(4), 0/21(3), 0/25(4)

Shivam Mavi - Right Arm Medium fast

2/12(2), 0/11(1), 1/19(2), 0/6(1), 0/53(4), 4/22(4),

Jayant Yadav - Right Arm Off-break

0/38(4), 0/19(4), 1/18(4), 1/22(3), 2/16(4)

Joshua Little- Left Arm Fast Medium

1/39(4), 1/37(4), 3/22(4), 2/21(4), 2/16(3), 0/45(4),

R Sai Kishore - Left Arm Orthodox

1/13(4), 3/6(4), 1/20(4), 3/7(4), 0/28(4)

Pradeep Sangwan - Left Arm Medium

1/23(2), 0/23(2), 2/19(4), 1/51(4), 3/27(4)

Mohit Sharma - Right Arm Medium

1/23(4), 2/22(3), 0/22(3), 1/30(4), 0/10(3)

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm wrist spin

0/8(1), 2/27(4), 1/27(4), 1/32(4), 0/28(4), 0/26(4),

Darshan Nalkande - Right Arm Medium

2/35(3), 0/24(2), 0/28(3), 1/36(4), 3/23(4),

Chennai Super Kings

WK :

Devon Conway -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
1(2), 11(14), 52(35), 59(49), 25(22), 21(20), 28(33),

MS Dhoni (c) -

4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn
26(28), 7(10), 36(33)*, 21(8)*, 2(3),

Batter :

Ruturaj Gaikwad -

Open, Open, 5dwn, 2dwn, Open
19(19), 114(68), 38(33), 12(16), 112(65)

Ambati Rayudu -

3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn
19(13), 10(16), 52(37)*, 16(12), 0(1)

Ajinkya Rahane -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
1(5), 5(4), 21(22), 34(28), 12(11)

Shivam Dube - Right Arm Medium

4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn
7(9), 13(4)*, 25(13), 28(19)*, 29(30)
1/16(2), 2/15(2), 1/54(4), 0/13(1), 0/6(2)

Subhranshu Senapati -

2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
24(36), 9(5), 47(41), 2(5), 65(53)

Shaik Rasheed -

Domestic
1dwn, 1dwn,1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
50(84), 94(108), 24(59), 31(54), 34(59)*

All-rounder :

Ravindra Jadeja - Left Arm Orthodox

Left Arm Orthodox
DNB, 2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn
DNB, 35(29), 27(30), 16(13), 7(4), 46(29)*, 3(5),
1/15(4), 0/11(2), 1/16(3), 1/26(4), 0/45(4), 0/22(2), 0/20(4),

Ben Stokes - Right Arm Medium

2dwn, DNB, 1dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
51(49)*, DNB, 42(36)*, 8(7), 6(8), 2(4), 36(18),
1/32(4), 0/18(2), 1/24(3), 1/10(1), 1/8(2), 2/19(4),

Moeen Ali - Right Arm Off-break

3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
9(10), 15(17), 8(7)*, 25(17)*
0/12(1), 1/25(4), 1/27(4), 1/31(4)

Dwaine Pretorius - Right Arm Medium fast

DNB, 6dwn, DNB, 3dwn, DNB,
DNB, 10(3)*, DNB, 48(29), DNB ,
1/40(4), 0/39(4), 0/32(3), 1/28(3), 2/20(3),

Mitchell Santner - Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
22(16)*, 18(10)*, 1(5), 41(20)*, 6(8)*,
3/16(4), 0/33(2), 2/43(4), 2/19(4), 0/14(3),

Ajay Mandal - Left Arm Orthodox

4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, DNB
10(14), 1(3), 12(10), 7(2)*, DNB
1/24(4), 1/25(4), 0/20(3), 2/38(4), 2/12(4)

Nishant Sindhu - Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn
42(25), 12(14), 7(10), 3(7), 4(5)
DNB, 0/9(1), 0/12(2), 2/27(4), DNB

Bowler :

Deepak Chahar - Right Arm Medium fast

1/48(4), 0/24(4), 2/24(4), 0/28(4), 2/15(2)

Maheesh Theekshana - Right Arm Off-break

0/29(4), 2/16(4), 2/31(4), 0/16(3), 3/30(4),

Mukesh Choudhary - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/8(2), 0/43(4), 0/41(3), 0/28(3), 3/23(4)

Sisanda Magala - Right Arm Medium

0/67(4), 3/21(2), 2/30(2), 1/46(4), 2/24(2), 1/43(3),

Tushar Deshpande - Right Arm Medium

0/34(4), 2/24(4), 3/37(4), 1/33(4), 2/24(4)

Simarjeet Singh - Right Arm Medium

1/18(3), 0/26(3), 1/22(4), 2/27(4), 0/21(2), 0/24(2),

Prashant Solanki - Legbreak Googly

1/35(4), 1/43(4), 2/20(4), 0/18(4), 1/26(4)

Rajvardhan Hangargekar - Right Arm Medium

2/29(4), 1/16(3), 0/15(2), 2/28(4), DNB, 0/50(4)

Matheesha Pathirana - Right Arm Medium

2/36(4), 1/58(4), 0/35(4), 1/6(1), 1/10(2) 2/22(2),

Akash Singh - Left Arm Medium Fast

Domestic
1/36(6), 0/85(10), 0/31(5), 1/52(10), 5/29(10),

Bhagath Varma - Left Arm Orthodox

0/14(2), 0/21(4), 1/18(3), DNB, 1/11(2)

Cheat Sheet

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