CSK Vs GT Highlights, IPL 2026: Sai Sudharsan And Jos Buttler Lead Gujarat To Maiden Victory At Anbuden

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Matt Henry, Urvil Patel, MS Dhoni, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Zakary Foulkes, Akash Madhwal, Aman Khan, Ramakrishna Ghosh

Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Luke Wood, Connor Esterhuizen, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra, Gurnoor Brar, Ashok Sharma

• Matches Played - 8

• CSK Won - 4

• GT Won - 4

The head-to-head record between the two teams is perfectly locked at 4 wins each in 8 encounters. But when it comes to the recent results from the last 3 seasons, Chennai have lost only once, that too, during their only meeting in 2024. Read the full story here.

In the evening, the Lucknow Super Giants will welcome the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Ekana Stadium.

Punjab Kings scripted history by chasing down a target of 265 against Delhi Capitals. Despite KL Rahul's record 152*, Shreyas Iyer (71*) and Prabhsimran Singh (76) powered PBKS to a 6-wicket victory.

Sunrisers Hyderabad moved into third place by chasing 229 against Rajasthan Royals. Ishan Kishan (74) led the way for SRH, overshadowing a historic 37-ball century from 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the Royals.

The Gujarat Titans have won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh

Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar

Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad are in the crease and Mohammed Siraj bowls the first over. The first 5 balls, faced by Samson, were dot balls. Let's see if Siraj or any other bowler can get the CSK opener out and put pressure on the home team.

Milestone moment for Chennai's new opener Sanju Samson, who becomes the latest to score 5000 runs in the Indian Premier League. He completes this feat in 185 outings for several different franchises.

Trouble for the Chennai Super Kings as the big wicket of talismanic opener Sanju Samson departs for just 11 off 15. Kagiso Rabada does the trick. Bowls it at hard length, he was lucky to get some extra bounce and Samson looked in a hurry to cut it away.

The Kerala-born cricketer lands a thick outside edge and Jos Buttler takes an easy catch.

After a decent start to the innings, Chennai haven't been able to do anything significant by the end of the powerplay as they lose 3 wickets for less than 30 runs in the first 6 overs.

Sarfaraz Khan, who was brought in as the an Impact substitute, got out for a golden duck by Kagiso Rabada.

9 wickets: Kagiso Rabada

8 wickets: Jofra Archer

6 wickets: Mohd Shami

9 powerplay wickets is the second most by Rabada in an IPL season after 10 in 2022.

Well it is definitely not an easy pitch to bat on and this is evident but what has been more impressive is Gujarat's disciplined bowling. CSK haven't been able to even post triple figures on the board and we are nearing the 15th over now.

Shivam Dube has departed for 22 off 17 but the standout batter for Chennai has been none other than their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has completed his half-century and now batting at 58 off 52.

Only three overs remaining after this, let's see how much more can CSK score.

Brilliant recovery from the Chennai batters to bring themselves into this game after a tough phase initially. Kartik Sharma came in handy with his 9-ball 15 runs and Jamie Overton also got out while trying to do something similar. The Englishman departs for 18 off 6. Gaikward is batting at 60 off 54.

Chennai Super Kings have posted a modest 158/7 at Chepauk after being put in to bat by the Gujarat Titans. A devastating opening spell by Kagiso Rabada, who claimed 3/25, left the hosts reeling early. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played a lone hand, anchoring the innings with a gritty, unbeaten 74 off 60 balls to provide some respectability to the total.

Despite small contributions from Shivam Dube and Jamie Overton, the Titans' disciplined bowling kept the run rate in check, leaving Gujarat a target of 159 to break their Chennai hoodoo.

Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are in the crease to initiate this chase with the required run-rate set at 7.93 but GT are going at 8 at the moment in the first 10 deliveries or so.

Gujarat are apparently running away with the match here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. GT are scoring well over the required run-rate and both the batters are maintaining a strike rate of nearly 150.

Gill is at 31 off 20 and Sudharsan is batting at 18 off 12.

Sai Sudharsan is playing out a very good innings in his home turf at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. He is joined by Jos Buttler at the crease with Gujarat needing 85 off 67.

Jos Buttler and homeboy Sai Sudharsan's partnership has reached 90 runs and Gujarat are also just 12 runs away from winning their first match at Anbuden.

Gujarat finally have their first victory at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, thanks to Sai Sudharsan's brilliant 87 off 46. This victory lifts GT to the 5th spot.