Shot of the Day - Shivam Dube's monstrous hits light up Chepauk- CSK vs GT IPL 2024

Defending Champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) once again flexed their batting muscles in their second fixture of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday, March 26 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side posted a massive total of 206/6 in their allotted 20 overs with Shivam Dube once again top-scoring with 51 (23).

The southpaw continued from where he left off in the opening game of the season and put on another scintillating display of powerful hitting clobbering two fours and five gigantic sixes in his innings. The southpaw started off his innings with a maximum straight down the ground against R Sai Kishore in the 11^th over. He further flicked him for a gigantic six on the very next ball of the over launching the ball way over deep square leg.

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Notably, Dube was the top scorer in Chennai’s opening game of the season against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as his knock of 34* (28) helped CSK chase down 174 in 18.4 overs and win the match by six wickets.

Coming back to CSK vs GT clash, Chennai got off to a great start with openers Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra adding 62 runs for the first wicket off 32 balls. Ravindra once again looked at his aggressive best scoring 46 (20) with the help of six fours and three sixes. On the other hand, Gaikwad scored 46 (36) with the help of five fours and six.

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Following their dismissals, Dube continued the momentum in the middle overs and the innings was finished with some quick cameos from Sameer Rizvi. The 20-year-old started his IPL career in style smashing Rashid Khan for a maximum over deep square leg and later came down the track to clobber the wrist spinner over long off.  Rizvi got dismissed for 14 (6) while Ravindra Jadeja also played a helping hand of 7 (3) to propel CSK’s total to 206/6 after 20 overs.