GT Vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2026: Titans Seal Qualifier 1 Berth With 89-Run Crushing Win Over Super Kings

Hello cricket fans! We're back with the live coverage of match 66 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday, May 21. Stay tuned for the live score and play-by-play updates of the match here.

Match: Gujarat Titans Vs Chennai Super Kings

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Date & Time: May 21, 7:30pm IST

Standings: GT (2nd), CSK (7th)

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

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

The match 66 of IPL 2026 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network. It will also be streamed live on the Jio Hotstar app in India. The live action will begin at 7:30pm IST.

According to Google’s win prediction, Gujarat Titans head into the clash as slight favourites with a 57 per cent chance of victory. Chennai Super Kings, meanwhile, have been given a 43 per cent chance, reflecting how closely contested the encounter is expected to be despite the pressure mounting on the visitors in their playoff race.

Matches: 9

GT: 5

CSK: 4

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and elected to bowl first in Ahmedabad.

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh

 Impact Subs: Kartik Sharma, Macneil Noronha, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldip Yadav, Aman Khan

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kushagra

GT openers - Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan are in the middle to start the innings for their team. They have been a reliable opening pair in the tournament so far and have given consistent good starts to their team. In the match too, they have started well by taking 8 runs from the first over of Mukesh Choudhary.

GT 8/0 (1)

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan have again given a brisk start to GT as they have been doing in the entire season. Dangerous signs for CSK as Gill is looking in supreme touch with 26 off 14 balls.

GT 45/0 (4)

The opening partnership between Shubman Gill (35*) and Sai Sudharsan (21*) is now 62 runs strong. Both batters have been positive in their intent and taken on CSK pacers quite well. GT are well of course to make a big first innings score as it looks like a good batting wicket with two in-form batters on crease.

GT 62/0 (6)

GT skipper rose to the occasion and blazed a 23-ball half-century to get his team a solid start along with Sai Sudharsan. Gill blazed five fours and three sixes during his half-century and made sure that he builds a solid base for the remaining batters to capitalize upon.

GT 81/0 (8)

Sai Sudharsan has already scored his fifty in 35 balls and with this the opening stand between Gill and him has become 124 runs strong. GT still have all the wickets intact with 8 overs left. This is the right time for them to accelerate and post a mammoth first innings total.

GT 124/0 (12)

Jos Buttler smashed Noor Ahmed for two sixes in the over to take 22 runs from the over. Buttler has shown aggressive intent since he has come in to bat and has raced to 19 off just 8 balls. He's well-supported by Sai Sudharsan at the other end, who's playing at 56 off 39 balls.

GT 151/1 (14)

Sai Sudharsan has loosen up since scoring half-century but the majority of runs have come from the bat of Jos Buttler, who has gone to 37 not out off just 18 balls. Both these batter will look to make most of the last three overs and get their team to a big first innings total.

GT 186/1 (17)

Sai Sudharsan plays a beautiful shot over extra covers to hit six but mistimes the next ball and get out after scoring a blistering knock of 84 runs off 53 balls. This was his fifth consecutive fifty of the season. Rahul Tewatia joins Jos Buttler for the last two overs.

GT 207/2 (18.2)

Mukesh Choudhary gets a wicket on the last ball of the innings but ends up giving 13 runs from the over. Jos Buttler lights up the Narendra Modi Stadium with a sensational 57 not out off 27 balls. Shubman Gill (64) and Sai Sudharsan (84) also chipped in with blistering fifties to take GT to a mammoth 229 runs in the first innings.

GT 228/4 (20)

Sanju Samson and Matthew Short walk out to open the innings for CSK, with Samson taking strike first. Mohammed Siraj has the new ball in hand for Gujarat Titans.

Disaster start for CSK as Sanju Samson departs for a golden duck. Mohammed Siraj strikes with the very first ball, forcing Samson into a loose drive outside off before Jos Buttler safely grabs the edge behind the stumps. Massive early breakthrough for Gujarat Titans.

Mohammed Siraj is on fire in Ahmedabad! After removing Sanju Samson first ball, the GT pacer now castles Ruturaj Gaikwad for 16 off just 7 balls. Gaikwad looked dangerous with two sixes, but Siraj deceives him with a slightly shorter delivery that sneaks under the bat and crashes into off stump.

CSK 29/2 (2.2)

Mohammed Siraj is breathing fire with the new ball, striking for his third wicket after Urvil Patel miscues a flick straight to Prasidh Krishna at deep square leg. Siraj celebrates in style with the Ronaldo trademark celebration as Gujarat Titans completely dominate the powerplay.

CSK 31/3 (3)

Kartik Tyagi gets run out off a direct hit by Arshad Khan as CSK lose half their side for just 72. Although, they are batting at a brisk pace but the wicket column is something that should worry the Yellow Army. Mohammad Siraj has been the wrecker-in-chief with three wickets that of the top-order.

CSK 74/5 (8)

Shivam Dubey slams Arshad Khan for two fours and a six to take 19 runs from the over and with it the southpaw races to 24 runs off just 10 runs. While, CSK's run-rate is in excess of 10, they have lost half their side which has pushed them against the wall in the chase.

CSK 91/5 (9)

Just when it was looking like CSK are crawling back into the game, Rashid Khan sealed the match in GT's favor by picking three wickets of Shivam Dube, Anshul Kamboj and Dewald Brevis in consecutive overs. Dube put up some fight with a 17-ball 47 but it proved to little too late.

CSK 140/8 (13)

Kagiso Rabada gets Spencer Johnson caught behind the stumps to bundle CSK for 140 to win their final league match by 89 runs. With this crushing win, Titans have now moved to the second place and have almost qualified for Qualifier 1 unless SRH pull off a miracle tomorrow against RCB.

GT 140 (13.4)

That's a wrap! That's a wrap from our end, we'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.