The Gill-led team suffered its first defeat in IPL 2024 on Tuesday. In the match played in Chepauk, defending champion Chennai Super Kings defeated GT by 63 runs.
Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill was fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate during the match against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. An IPL statement said – This was his team’s first offense of the season under the IPL Code of Conduct related to minimum over rate. Therefore, a fine of Rs 12 lakh was imposed on Gill.
Chennai beat GT by 63 runs
The Gill-led team suffered its first defeat in IPL 2024 on Tuesday. In the match played in Chepauk, defending champion Chennai Super Kings defeated GT by 63 runs. Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans, captaining an IPL franchise for the first time, won by six runs against Mumbai Indians in their first match.
Shubman’s statement after the match
After the match, Shubman said- When we were batting, CSK defeated us with their strategy. His performance was brilliant. We were backing ourselves to get a good score in the powerplay. Once we couldn’t do that, we were playing to get the run rate up. It was unfortunate for us. On this wicket we were expecting to chase 190-200. I think this is a very good lesson for the bowlers. I think it is better to have a match like this at the beginning of the tournament rather than in the middle or late. We had always expected to chase 190-200. It was a really good wicket. It felt like we let ourselves down while batting.
Regarding his captaincy, Shubman said- I am learning a lot of new things. I’m looking forward to new experiences and different things. It is exciting to captain a team like Gujarat Titans. We have made the finals the last few years, so it is very exciting.
What happened in the match?
Talking about the match, Chennai Super Kings has defeated Gujarat Titans by 63 runs in the seventh match of IPL 2024. Batting first, Chennai scored 206 runs after losing six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat team could score only 143 runs after losing eight wickets in 20 overs. With this victory, the Chennai team led by Ruturaj Gaikwad has reached the top of the points table with four points. The 63-run defeat is Gujarat’s biggest ever defeat by a margin of runs in the IPL. Earlier, 10 months ago, they were defeated by Mumbai Indians by 27 runs at Wankhede. Chennai has broken Mumbai’s record. CSK’s next match is against Delhi Capitals on March 31 in Visakhapatnam. At the same time, Gujarat’s next match is against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on 31st March.
