Match overview
Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by 35 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 10 May 2024. Batting first after CSK chose to field, GT posted 231/3, driven by a powerplay of 58 runs without loss and an extraordinary middle phase of 132 runs across overs 7 to 15. Again without dropping a wicket. Chasing 232, CSK lost 3 wickets in the powerplay for only 43 runs, effectively ending their hopes before the match reached its halfway point. They finished on 196/8, which is actually the ground's average second-innings score. On any other day, that might have been competitive. Shubman Gill won the Player of the Match award for his central role in GT's innings.
The result levelled the all-time head-to-head series between these sides at 4 wins apiece across 8 meetings. CSK had won the previous three encounters and came into this fixture with the psychological advantage of that run. GT reasserted themselves with one of the higher totals seen at this ground.
Venue and conditions
Narendra Modi Stadium has hosted 95 T20 matches, making it one of the most data-rich venues on the circuit. The average first-innings score is 206 and the average second-innings score is 196, so high-scoring matches are the norm here rather than the exception. GT's 231/3 was a clear outlier on the batting side, 25 runs above the ground average.
The powerplay average at this venue is 43 runs, which is exactly what CSK managed in their six overs. But they lost 3 wickets doing so, a far heavier price than the ground's typical pattern. GT, by contrast, scored 58 in the powerplay without loss. That 15-run differential and the wicket gap between the two powerplay efforts essentially told the story of the match. Teams batting first win here at roughly the same rate as those chasing: the venue's chase success rate sits at 53% across those 95 matches, and fielding first is the more popular toss call, with teams choosing to field on 60% of occasions.
Death-overs scoring tends to be lively at this ground, with an average of 38 runs in the final phase. GT's death overs yielded 41 runs for 3 wickets, just above that average, while CSK's late flourish brought 53 runs from their death overs. The one phase in which they genuinely outscored GT. It was too little, too late.
How to watch
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Recent form
Gujarat Titans came into this match on a difficult run. Of their previous five fixtures in the 2024 season, they had won only one, with losses to Royal Challengers Bangalore (twice) and Delhi Capitals (twice) surrounding a win over Punjab Kings. The pressure of a poor recent sequence may have sharpened their performance on the day.
Chennai Super Kings' form was similarly patchy. They had also won one and lost two of their last three going into this match, with a win over Punjab Kings and a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad offset by defeats to Lucknow Super Giants in consecutive fixtures. Neither side arrived in convincing form, which made GT's comprehensive 35-run victory the more notable result. Both teams' playoff prospects in the 2024 IPL season remained live, and a win of this magnitude gave GT a healthier net run rate heading into their remaining fixtures.
