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Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction & Betting Tips - Indian Premier League
by Devesh Jaganath in Cricket Predictions
The world's best T20 Franchise cricket tournament, the Indian Premier League 2023, is set to get underway this week, and all eyes will be on the defending champions, the Gujarat Titans, when they welcome the Chennai Super Kings to the Narendra Modi Stadium for the tournament opener on Friday. The Titans shocked the world in last year's tournament by lifting the title in their first year of appearing in the IPL. Over the course of the group stages in that tournament, the Titans had a record of 10 wins and four losses, finishing on top of the table. Led by Hardik Pandya, the Titans defeated the Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets to become only the second side ever to win the tournament at the first time of asking. These two sides met twice last year, with the Titans coming out on top in both matches en route to their title win. The Titans have a solid top order with the likes of Kane Williamson and Shubman Gill, while the skipper and David Miller will look to provide the firepower toward the back end of the innings. While the hosts will be confident, they will know that CSK is reinvigorated with a few new faces and will not be an easy opening hurdle to overcome.
The four-time champions, the Chennai Super Kings, will be hoping to put their woes from last year behind them in this tournament and return to the top of the pile, where they’ve become accustomed to being since this competition began in 2008. CSK finished second-to-bottom in the IPL 2022 with a dismal record of just 4 wins and a whopping ten losses in their 14 group-stage matches. This year, though, CSK has released as many as eight players, including the likes of Robin Uthappa and Dwayne Bravo, though the latter will join the side as the bowling coach for the foreseeable future. In an attempt to bolster the squad, the men in yellow brought in seven new players in the IPL auction, the most notable among them being Ben Stokes, who became the third most expensive player in IPL history at INR 1 crore. The Englishman will provide a major lift to the side with the bat and ball in hand and will be looking to support the legendary MS Dhoni in what’s shaping up to be a destructive middle order for the visitors.
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Gujarat Titans - Chennai Super Kings Key Points
- David Miller averaged 68.71 runs in his 16 innings in IPL 2022
- Hardik Pandya scored four half-centuries in IPL 2022
- Shubman Gill scored four half-centuries in IPL 2022
- Gujarat Titans made 14 half-centuries in their 16 matches in IPL 2022
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Our Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction
As is the case in most tournament openers, it’s unclear what sort of form the sides will be in, making it difficult to choose a confident winner. This becomes all the more difficult when looking at the odds, with the hosts priced at 1.8 on average to win while the visitors are priced at 1.9. While the Titans are the marginal favourites, CSK, with new blood, is an unknown entity, and this match will likely give us some insight into what to expect from the men in yellow in this tournament. However, with the likes of Miller, Pandya, Gill, and Saha at the top of the order for the Titans, we fancy at least one of them to go on to score a half-century. Therefore, our Gujarat Titans v Chennai Super Kings prediction is for the hosts to score a fifty in the match.
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