Gujarat Titans added two valuable points in their campaign as they beat a struggling five-time winners Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in a Tata IPL 2026 encounter. Earlier GT Skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to field first
GT bolwers were on target straight away and did not CSK batters to get away. The men in yellow lost in- form Sanju Samson for 11 , Urvil Patel 4, Sarfaraz Khan 0, Dewald Brevis 2, Shivam Dube 22, Kartik Sharma 15, Jamie Overton 18. Fortunately for CSK after series of low scores their Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad finally had runs under his belt a unbeaten innings of 74 ( 60 balls, 6 fours, 4 fours) . CSK could manage a modest 158/7 in their 20 overs
GT Bowling : Mohammed Siraj 1/23 ( 4 overs), Kagiso Rabada 3/25 ( 4 overs) was brilliant , Manav Suthar 1/22 ( 3 overs), Jason Holder 0/22 ( 4 overs), Arshad Khan 2/43 ( 4 overs), Rashid Khan 0/21 ( 1 over)
In Reply GT were in crusie mode . Opener Sai Sudharsan led the chase with a blazing innings of 87 ( 46 balls , 4 fours, 7 sixes), Skipper Shubman Gill 33 ( 23 balls , 1 four , 3 sixes) . These re the two wickets CSK could get . Jos Buttler not out 39 ( 30 balls , 4 fours, 1 six) , Washington Sundar not out 1 saw GT home in style with a convincing win . GT reaching 162/2 in 16. 4 overs
CSK Bowling : Akeal Hosein 1/46 ( 3.4 overs), Anshul Kamboj 0/16 ( 3 overs), Jamie Overton 0/28 ( 2 overs) , Gurjapneet Singh 0/36 ( 3 overs), Noor Ahmad 1/29 ( 4 overs) 0/7 ( 1 over)
Match: IPL 2026, 37th Match
Venue: Chennai | Date: April 26, 2026
