GT vs CSK Head to Head

Out of the 5 matches played so far between CSK and GT in the last two years, GT has a slight edge over CSK as they have 3 matches out of 5 while CSK has managed to seal 2 victories, one being the IPL Final of the 2023 season.

Gujarat Titans is one of the two new IPL teams introduced in the 2022 season. The Ahmedabad-based franchise is not the first in the history of the league to represent the state of Gujarat. The now-defunct Gujarat Lions team played in IPL 2016 and IPL 2017 to replace Rajasthan Royals/Chennai Super Kings. The Gujarat Titans franchise was bought for ₹5625 crore. In its first appearance last year, the Hardik Pandya led Gujarat Titans had a remarkable run as they topped the table with 10 victories in the league round. They went on to win the IPL with straight wins in both Qualifier 1 and the Final against Rajasthan Royals.

Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings have one thing in common, both are IPL champions with the former capturing their fifth title in 2023 and Gujarat Titans winning the IPL trophy in 2022 which was also their debut season. Hardik Pandya led Gujarat Titans and MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings played the IPL final against each other in the 2023 IPL where CSK won in the most dramatic situation where a four was needed in the last delivery of the game and Jadeja slammed it towards the fine leg boundary to seal the match.

The two franchises played twice in the league stage of the 2022 IPL season where Gujarat proved their mettle by winning both matches. In contrast, CSK won all the matches in the 2023 IPL season against GT, one in the group stage and the other two in the play-offs, one in the Qualifier 1 and the other being the IPL Final.

As we head closer to the start of the IPL 2024, let’s take a look at the lead-to-head record that currently stands between the Titans and Super Kings:

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head Stats

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Head-to-Head

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head in GT’s Home Ground Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

In the most recent GT and CSK face-off on May 29, 2023, which happened to be the 2023 IPL finals, Chennai Super Kings won by just 5 wickets (DLS) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Sai Sudarshan’s striking 96 with Wriddhiman Saha’s 54 helped GT put up 214/4 on the scoreboard. CSK batsmen, Devon Convoy with 47 runs and Shivam Dube’s 32 runs along with Ravindra Jadeja’s terrific striking in the last over helped CSK lift their 5th IPL trophy in the most dramatic match.

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head in CSK’s Home Ground M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

Qualifier 1 of the 2023 IPL was played at Chepauk between GT and CSK CSK won the match by a margin of 15 runs to advance into the finals. Eventful innings by Ruturaj Gaikwad and impactful bowling figures by the CSK spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Mahesh Teekshana helped CSK to dominate GT in the match.

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head in Neutral Venues

In the 2 matches played between GT and CSK in Neutral Venues, GT has won both the matches and dominated CSK. These matches were played in the 2022 season of the IPL.

GT locked horns with CSK for the first time in the 29th game of IPL’22 in Pune where captain Hardik Pandya was unavailable. In such a case, Rashid Khan captained and won the toss and put Chennai to bat first. After losing two early wickets, Ruturaj Gaikad, and Ambati Rayudu stepped up and steadied CSK’s ship. Ambati Rayudu fell short of a half century but Gaikwad continued along and hit a magnificent 73 off just 48 deliveries to help his team reach a competitive 169-5. Alzarri Joseph was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2-34, while Shami, and Dayal got one wicket each as well.

Coming to chase 170, Gujarat’s top order faltered quickly with Gill, and Shankar going back without troubling the scorers. At 48-4, the side was limping but then David Miller took things into his hands and smoked a match winning 94 in just 51 deliveries, striking at 184! Dwayne Bravo’s spell of 3-23 alongside Theekshana, Jadeja, and Choundary’s wickets went futile. Skipper Rashid Khan scored a quick-fire 40 off 21 and Gujarat reached the target with just one ball to spare!

They met next in the 62nd match of the league in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Having won the toss, CSK opted to bat and scored a paltry 133-5 with Ruturaj Gaikwad scoring 53 off 49 deliveries. Narayan Jagadeesan gave him some support with 39 runs in 33 balls, but the low strike rate didn’t allow CSK to accelerate. Mohammad Shami picked an economical 2-19 while Rashid, Alzarri, and Sai Kishore ended up with one wicket too.

Wriddhiman Saha’s controlled innings of 67 in 57 balls steered the Titans to a 7-wicket win. However, they did it with just 5 balls to spare. Maheesh Theekshana got two wickets in his tally and Mooen Ali picked one for 11 runs.

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head Interesting Facts

In the 2023 season of IPL, CSK defeated GT in both the play-off matches, one in the Qualifier 1 and later in the IPL final.

When 4 runs were needed off the last delivery for CSK to win the IPL title of 2023, Ravindra Jadeja slammed a boundary to seal the victory in what happened to be the most viewed match of the IPL so far.

Most Runs: Ruturaj Gaikwad (304 runs), Wriddhiman Saha (169 runs)

Most Wickets: Mohammed Shami (7 wickets) and Matheesha Pathirana (6 wickets)

Highest Total: Gujarat Titans - 214/4

Lowest Total: Chennai Super Kings- 133/5

Highest Runs in an Innings: Sai Sudarshan (96)

Best Bowling Figures: Dwayne Bravo (3/23)