Dewald Brevis, Noor Ahmad show help CSK thrash GT, dent hopes of…
GH News May 25, 2025 10:06 PM

New Delhi: In an important match of IPL 2025 Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Gujarat Titans (GT) by 83 runs. The heroes of Chennais victory were their batsmen who batted brilliantly and scored a huge score of 230 runs while the bowlers also performed brilliantly and bundled out Gujarat for 147 runs.
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and batted first and got off to a great start. Opener Ayush Mathre played a quick innings of 34 runs (3 fours 2 sixes) in 17 balls. At the same time his partner Devon Conway scored 52 runs which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. The pair of these two gave the team a strong start.
Fiery batting by Urvil and Brevis
Urvil Patel also batted brilliantly in the middle order of the team and scored 37 runs in just 19 balls. After this Dewald Brevis batted in a fiery style and scored 57 runs in 23 balls. Brevis hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in his innings and contributed a lot in taking the teams score to 230.
Gujarats bowling was very ordinary. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna did take two wickets but he proved to be expensive. Rashid Khan Sai Kishore and Shahrukh Khan also got one wicket each but they could not stop the aggression of Chennai batsmen. Chennai scored 230 runs by losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Gujarats team which came out to chase the target had a very bad start. Captain Shubman Gill was out after scoring just 13 runs. Jos Buttler (5 runs) and Sherfane Rutherford (0) also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Sai Sudarshan did raise some hopes by scoring 41 runs but he was also dismissed by Jadeja.
Noor Ahmed and Jadejas deadly bowling
For Chennai Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets for just 17 runs in 3 overs. Noor Ahmed also destroyed Gujarats batting by taking 2 wickets in 4 overs. Anshul Kamboj also took 3 wickets and destroyed Gujarats middle order.
Playoff claim strengthened with victory
Gujarats entire team was all out for just 147 runs in 18.3 overs. Chennai Super Kings not only gained two important points by winning this match by 83 runs but also strengthened the net run rate. This victory has taken them one step closer to the playoffs. The teams performance under Captain Dhonis captaincy was excellent and the fans celebrated this victory a lot.