Indian T20 League 2024: Chennai vs Gujarat, Match 7 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Chennai (CHE) will be taking on Gujarat (GUJ) in the seventh match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Tuesday (March 26) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Both the teams met in the final of the last season. However, the equation has changed for both teams this year. Hardik Pandya has moved to Mumbai after captaining Gujarat for two years and has been replaced by Shubman Gill. Ruturaj Gaikwad has taken the baton from MS Dhoni and had a successful start to his captaincy stint.

Chennai took on Bengaluru in the season opener, where Bengaluru elected to bat after winning the toss. They scored 173 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Mustafizur Rahman was the pick of the bowlers for Chennai. He picked four wickets for 29 runs on his debut for Chennai. Rachin Ravindra emerged as the highest run-scorer for Chennai and made 37 runs off 15 deliveries. Chennai reached the target of 174 runs in 18.4 overs with six wickets in hand. Mustafizur won the Player of the Match award.

Gujarat faced Mumbai in their first game of the season, where Mumbai won the toss and elected to bowl. Gujarat scored 168 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Sai Sudharsan made 45 runs off 39 deliveries and was the highest scorer for the team. Mumbai could make only 162 runs for the loss of nine wickets at the end of the 20th over. Gujarat won the match by six runs and Sai won the Player of the Match award.

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Chennai vs Gujarat Head to Head

Both teams have faced each other on five occasions in the tournament. Chennai have won two matches, while Gujarat have been victorious in three games. Chennai have won the last two matches against Gujarat, including the final of the last season.

CHE vs GUJ Probable Playing XIs

Chennai:

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi , MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande

Gujarat:

Shubman Gill (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Spencer Johnson

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MA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report

The batters are again likely to find it easy to score runs at the MA Chidambaram in Chennai as we saw in the first gae between Chennai and Bengaluru. The average first innings total in the last 10 T20 matches here has been 170 runs. The average wickets lost per inning in the last 10 matches has been seven.

Nine out of the 10 wickets that fell in the first game was taken by pacers. However, both spinners and pacers are likely find an equal help from the surface. The teams batting first and second have won equal number of matches in the last 10 matches.

Chennai vs Gujarat, Match 7: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

Chennai vs Gujarat Key Player Battles

Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Gujarat’s bowlers

Gaikwad has made four half-centuries against Gujarat in five matches and has amassed a total of 304 runs. In the first match between Chennai and Gujarat, Gaikwad won the Player of the Match award last season.

Gaikwad has a strike rate of 158 against Rashid Khan. He has scored 21 runs off 15 deliveries against Sai Kishore and 31 runs off 16 deliveries against Rahul Tewatia. 

Ajinkya Rahane vs Gujarat’s bowlers

Rahane has donned a different role ever since joining Chennai’s camp last season. He scored 326 runs in 14 games last year at a strike rate of 172.49 and played a crucial role as Chennai lifted the cup.

Rahane has made 21 runs off 13 deliveries against Rashid Khan and 32 runs off 11 deliveries against Umesh Yadav.

Shubman Gill vs Chennai’s bowlers

Gill has made 340 runs against Chennai at a strike rate of 131.78 in 13 outings. Deepak Chahar has dismissed Gill on three occasions in T20s but has conceded 71 runs off 52 deliveries. Gill has collected 23 runs against Maheesh Theekshana off 13 deliveries.

He has made 52 runs off 31 deliveries against Tushar Deshpande and 59 runs off 43 deliveries against Ravindra Jadeja. Gill has scored 23 runs off 20 deliveries against Mustafizur Rahman.

David Miller vs Chennai’s Bowlers

Miller is the most experienced player in Gujarat’s middle order and has a huge role this season. He has a strong record against Chennai and has scored 368 runs in 14 innings at an average of 36.80 and a strike rate of 140.45.

Miller has scored 28 runs against Deepak Chahar off 16 deliveries and has been dismissed only once. He has scored 49 runs off 31 deliveries and 17 runs off 10 deliveries against the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Maheesh Theekshana, respectively.

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