GT vs CSK: IPL 2023 Match preview, Possible lineups, Pitch report, and Dream XI team prediction

The wait is over as the World's best & most followed cricket league is returning on Sunday, 31st March & will continue till 28th May. The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to start with a lavish opening & a blockbuster clash of GT vs CSK at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The defending Champions, Gujarat Titans would like to kick off their campaign with a win while Chennai would like to give a heartwarming tribute to their legend MS Dhoni with the 5th title. Here is our full match preview of the opener of the IPL 2023 season. Read the possible lineups & the dream XI predictions in our fantasy sports segment.

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GT vs CSK:

Match Details

Match: 1
Date: 31/03/2023
Time: 7.30 pm IST
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium
Where to Watch: Star Sports, Jio Cinema

Venue Details | Pitch Report

The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad hosted two games last season. The previous T20I game at this venue was played on February 1 between India and New Zealand. Shubman Gill scored his maiden century in that game, and India scored 234 runs. The pitch here will likely provide extensive assistance to the batters. The average first innings score in the last five T20 games at this venue has been 173 runs. The team winning the toss will likely decide to bowl.

GT vs CSK | Head to Head

• Matches Played: 2
• CSK won: 0
• GT won: 2

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GT vs CSK:

GT vs CSK | Team News

Gujarat Titans

The Titans, under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, made their debut last season and won the tournament. They defeated Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets after chasing the target of 131 runs in 18.1 overs at the Narendra Modi Stadium only. They released a total of six players before the auction this year. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Lockie Ferguson were transferred to Kolkata Knight Riders. They made some smart moves at the auction table and were the only team with a 100% success rate. The Ahmedabad-based franchise made bids for seven players and managed to pick each one of them.

Chennai Super Kings

CSK finished in the second last place in the points table last season. This was their worst performance in the tournament so far. They released a total of eight players before going into the auction this year, including the likes of Adam Milne, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, and Robin Uthappa. Uthappa and Bravo took retirement from IPL. Bravo has been appointed as the bowling coach of CSK. They bought a total of eight players in the auction, including English Test skipper Ben Stokes. This will be Stokes' third IPL team after Rising Pune Supergiant and Rajasthan Royals. He will likely play a key role for the team with both bat and ball this season.

GT vs CSK:

GT vs CSK | Possible Lineups

Gujarat Titans:

• A Manohar
• Shubman Gill
• Kane Williamson
• H Pandya (C)
• R Tewatia
• M Wade (Wk)
• Rashid Khan
• Shivam Mavi
• Alzarri Joseph
• M Shami
• Yash Dayal

GT | Squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma

Chennai Super Kings:

• Devon Conway
• A Rayudu
• R Gaikwad
• M Ali,
• Ben Stokes
• S Dubey
• R Jadeja
• Dwaine Pretorius
• MS Dhoni (C) (Wk)
• D Chahar
• Simarjeet Singh

CSK | Squad: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.

GT vs CSK:

GT vs CSK | Dream XI Team Prediction