CSK vs GT: Shubman Gill's innings overshadowed Gaikwad's attitude, but the turning point of the match was someone else

New Delhi:

Under the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023), which started on Friday, the first match of the league played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad was very exciting.

This first match told that for the next two months, crores of cricket lovers of the world will get to see the kind of cricket.

There is no doubt that MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings had almost won this match, but when the fans of Chennai were almost sure of victory, then there was such an explosion, which became the turning point for Gujarat Titans. 

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Chasing 179 for the win, Shubman Gill (63 runs, 36 balls, 6 fours, 3 sixes) kept Gujarat in the match amidst a collapse of Gujarat wickets, but the batsmen including captain Hardik returned cheaply, so the match ended. Seemed stuck.

After Gill, Vijay Shankar (27) was also dismissed.

And in the last two overs, the score reached 23 for Gujarat to win, so the fans of Chennai felt that now the victory is just a formality left.

But from here the turning point of the match happened. 

And the attitude of the match changed in the 19th over of Deepak Chahar's innings in the lower order by Rashid Khan.

The leg-bye hit the second ball of the over for a four, but on the fourth ball of the over, Rashid changed the equation by hitting a six over Deepak's lower leg and then on the very next rising ball, taking a four over the short-third man.

Scored 15 runs in the over.

And in the last over, Gujarat had to score eight runs, which it scored easily.

Overall, it was Rashid Khan's attack, which ended the difficult "index" and became the turning point for Gujarat.

And Rashid Khan became the player of the match.

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