GT vs CSK IPL 2024 Highlights: Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by 35 runs

Titans win this one by 35 runs. Dhoni hits a four off the last ball but CSK will not cross the winning line today. GT keep their playoff hopes alive

And Jadeja departs too. This is almost over for CSK. Dhoni is at the crease. Santner joins him but they need 63 from 15 balls

Another settled batter walks out as Mohit Sharma dismisses dangerous Moeen Ali to hammer Chennai's late chances of comeback. Chennai go five wickets down.

Moeen Ali scored 56 runs off 36 balls. Ravindra Jadeja joins Shivam Dube in the middle.

CSK - 143/5 in 15 overs.

Chennai Super Kings need 89 runs in 30 balls to win the game.

This is not what CSK would have wanted. Mitchell has been caught at long-on and this is a big blow. Mohit Sharma gets hsi first of the match in his first over and Dube now comes in

CSK fans are still hoping. 20 runs from the 11th over and 13 from the 12th. CSK need 113 from 48 balls. The required rate is over 14. Very difficult to be honest

Even though they are in big trouble, Moeen and Mitchell are posing a fightback. The two have built-up a stand of 62 from 31 balls. CSK are at 72/3 after 8 overs. Still a long way to go....

The Super Kings are in big trouble as they have gone three down in the first four overs. CSK have made 22/3 in the first four overs. Gaikwad was the recent one to depart as he was caught by Rashid Khan. Moeen is at the crease with Mitchell as they look to give some hope to the visitors

It's an early departure for Rachin as he has been run out. Miller does some good work to catch the New Zealander short at the crease. CSK one down. Rahane follows him on the next ball. Sandeep (impact sub) comes and gets the other CSK opener. CSK have lost both their openers in space of seven balls. Rahane gets a leading edge and Tewatia runs good ground from mid-off to take this

The run-chase is on. Rahane is the impact sub for CSK as he comes out to open the innings with Rachin Ravindra. Gaikwad might come at three

Titans have finished well on 231/3 in their 20 overs. This is their second-highest total in IPL history, two runs behind their 233-run total vs Mumbai Indians last year.

And for the first time in this match, a wicket falls. The opening carnage comes to a stop. Sudharsan hit it stright to the extr-cover. Make it two in the over. Deshpande now removes captain Gill. Some relief for CSK 

And Sudharsan has followed his skipper with a century in 50 balls too. A six over fine-leg as this escapes Jadeja at the boundary. What are they upto.

And Gill gets to his ton. He gets there with a four on the leg side. A 50-ball hundred for the GT skipper and this is the 100th ton in IPL history.

CSK fans are baffled of what they are seeing. It seems that CSK have forgot how to take wickets. GT are absolutely bossing this. They have made 196/0 in 16 overs. Four more overs and we wonder where they will reach. FYI, the all-time highest opening partnership record is 210 runs. 

Gill and Sudharsan are in no mood to stop. They have brought up 150 and still have not lost a wicket. 

A pretty rare feat for the GT openers. Gill and Sudharsan have brought up a 100-run stand. Chennai are on the ropes. And now Gill brings up his fifty. GT are in some mood today

Sai Sudharsan brings his fifty with a brilliant six off Ravindra Jadeja and in just 32 balls to keep Gujarat Titans ahead in the game.

GT - 94/0 in 9 overs (Sai Sudharsan - 52* off 33 balls, Shubman Gill - 40* off 21 balls).

Gill is enjoying his time in the middle. he hit a stand-and-deliver six off Simarjeet in the 6th over. Gill has made 29 from 13 balls and the Titans are at 58/0 after 6 overs

The Titans openers have made a strong start. Gill is going all guns blazing, while Sudharsan is complementing him well.

Deshpande shares the new ball with Santner from the other end. Gill hit a four and a six in the first over. GT 14/0 after over 1

And we are underway in game number 59 in IPL 2024. Sai Sudharsan is partnering Shubman Gill at the top of the order and its Mitchell Santner, who has the new ball in hand.

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav

Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Aravelly Avanish, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Matthew Wade(w), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh

Would have bowled first as well, looks a good wicket. There's 1 percent chance of qualifying, so we are going to try hard for that. The mood is like any other match, we as a team believe in doing the best we can. Will be a good surface to bat on. Will score runs and try to restrict them. Wade comes in for Saha who has a niggle. In order to get the team combination right, Kartik Tyagi makes his debut, he comes in for Joshua Little.

We will bowl first. Looks a good wicket to be honest. It's been a chasing ground, so we will look to chase. Pretty much similar to Chennai. We didn't like the red soil wicket much. Pretty relaxed. You tend to lose many games in IPL, you got to back everyone and make sure everyone is in a good head space. We had injuries in between, but happy now. Rachin Ravindra comes in for Gleeson.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has finally won a toss. CSK are going to bowl first. Rachin is back, Gleeson makes way. Two changes for GT too. Saha and Josh Little are out. Kartik Tyagi and Wade come in.

Two time IPL 2024 table-toppers. One time champion, the other time runners up. But this year GT are at the bottom of the table with only a very slim chance of making through. They don't have big stars like Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami. Even the options they tried in Azmatullah Omarzai. Spencer Johnson and Josh Little have not worked well. GT are overdependent on Gill, who has not been at his best in this season. 

It's not the right time in the tournament but CSK find themselves depleted. With Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman gone and Deepak Chahar unlikely to play any part in IPL 2024 now, CSK have been handicapped in the bowling department. They still have Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson and Tushar Deshpande in their ranks and would be happy to see how Simarjeet Singh bowled against PBKS even though that was a small sample size. Can CSK do well without the key pacers?

CSK are placed well in the points table (4th place) with 12 points (6 wins) from 11 matches. Two more wins should be enough for them to sail through into the playoffs. They face GT, RR and RCB in their last three games

GT are at the rock bottom on 10th. They have 8 points (4 wins) from 11 games. GT would need to win all of their games and then hope for several other results to go their way and also need to work on the NRR if they have to qualify on 14 points. A loss today and it will be curtains for them even mathematically.

It's Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium yet again. In isolation, this face-off sounds way too big but looking at the ongoing season, this rivalry does not seem as it was last year. GT, who bossed in the previous two seasons of the league, seems to have ran out of the gas due to absence of their stars. By this time, they would have qualified for the playoffs. But this season is a complete different one. GT are currently hanging by a very thin thread and are placed on the rock bottom of the points table. Can they live to fight for another day? We will find that out!