GT aur CSK ke IPL 2026 records seven matches ke baad bilkul same hain: 3 wins aur 4 losses each. Regular season table mein CSK #5 par 6 points ke saath hai aur GT #7 par 6 points ke saath. CSK Mumbai Indians ke against 103-run win ke baad aa rahi hai, jabki GT do defeats ke baad aa rahi hai. ESPN ke mutabik GT is season har six ke liye average 18.3 balls le rahi hai, jo tournament ka worst rate hai.
Toss & Conditions
Match pitch no. 6 par khela jayega, jahan batting first karne wali teams ne is surface par last 5 IPL games mein se 3 jeete hain. ESPN kehta hai ki is afternoon match mein toss jeetke bat first karne ka case banta hai.
Head-to-Head
Last 3 H2Hs mein CSK 2-1 se lead karti hai, 63 runs se jeeti (26 Mar 2024) aur 83 runs se jeeti (25 May 2025), jabki GT 35 runs se jeeti (10 May 2024).
Gujarat Titans
GT IPL regular season mein #7 par 6 points ke saath hai, 3W-4L record aur NRR -0.790 ke saath, aur abhi playoff zone ke bahar hai. Unke last three results hain L vs RCB (lost by 5 wickets), L vs MI (lost by 99 runs), aur W vs KKR (won by 5 wickets).
Chennai Super Kings
CSK IPL regular season mein #5 par 6 points ke saath hai, 3W-4L record aur NRR +0.118 ke saath, aur abhi playoff zone mein hai. Unke last three results hain W vs MI (won by 103 runs), L vs SRH (lost by 10 runs), aur W vs KKR (won by 32 runs).
Playing XI
News & Facts
- MS Dhoni abhi bhi calf injury se recover kar rahe hain.
- Sanju Samson ne season ki shuruaat three single-digit scores se ki, phir apne last four games mein do hundreds aur 48 banaya.
- Noor Ahmad ne apne last three matches mein 6.50 ke economy rate par 5 wickets liye hain.
- GT is season six maarne ke liye average 18.3 balls le rahi hai, jo tournament ka worst rate hai; Punjab Kings aur Royal Challengers Bengaluru respectively har 7.6 aur 9.4 balls par ek six maarte hain.
- T20s mein, Akeal Hosein ne Shubman Gill ko 31 balls mein 29 runs par do baar dismiss kiya hai, aur Jason Holder ko 13 balls mein 2 runs par chaar baar dismiss kiya hai.
Key Stats
Prediction
Key Stats CSK ko 4-3 se favor karte hain, mainly better NRR (+0.12 vs -0.79), stronger last-3 winrate (66% vs 33%), aur better death economy (8.8 vs 11.0) ki wajah se, jabki GT Elo (1479 vs 1474) aur powerplay/middle economy mein edge rakhti hai. Model consensus split hai: ML GT ko 57% favor karta hai, but AI 1, AI 2, aur Math CSK ko favor karte hain (56%, 56%, 51%), aur model average CSK 52% vs GT 48% hai. Bookmakers GT ki taraf lean kar rahe hain 54% (1.79) vs CSK 46% (2.04), but data mein decisive factors CSK ki taraf jaate hain NRR aur recent winrate ki wajah se.
Gujarat Titans made light work of 159, beating Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets with 20 balls to spare as they cruised to 162/2 in 16.4 overs. The game swung hard in the first six overs of CSK’s innings: they slumped to 28/3 in the powerplay at 4.7 an over, putting immediate pressure on a line-up that never fully recovered. CSK did rally through the middle and late overs to reach 158/7, but GT’s chase was defined by a dominant 97-run stand between Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler that took the contest away before the death overs even arrived.
Pre-match numbers leaned slightly towards CSK on recent form (2 wins in their last 3 vs GT’s 1) and a projected edge at the death (expected death economy 8.81 vs GT’s 10.96), while GT held a narrow Elo advantage (1479 to 1474) and better powerplay/middle control. Reality flipped the script early: GT’s bowlers strangled CSK in the powerplay, forcing 3 wickets for just 28, and their top-end pace delivered value—Kagiso Rabada’s 3/25 at 6.2 an over and Mohammed Siraj’s 1/23 at 5.8 undercut CSK’s platform. CSK did win the death phase with 56/2 at 14.0 an over, but it was recovery rather than dominance.
Sudharsan was the match-winner, blasting 87 off 46 balls at a strike rate of 189 to turn a chase of 159 into a canter; he controlled the middle overs as GT scored 99/1 in that phase at 9.9 an over. Buttler’s 39 off 30 provided stability, and the 97-run partnership ensured GT never needed a high-risk finish (they took 8/1 in the brief death phase at 12.0). For CSK, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 74 off 60 (SR 123) and a best stand of 58 with Shivam Dube were the backbone of 158/7, but the slow start and early damage left too much for the bowlers to defend.









