Indian Premier League 2023: Life has come full circle in the Indian Premier League 2023. Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, who played in the tournament opener are set to take on each other in the summit clash, on Sunday, May 28.
Gujarat Titans walked to a comfortable victory at Ahmedabad in the first league game of the season. Barring Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK did not have a lot of positives from their season opener. Pacer Tushar Deshpande leaked 51 runs in 3.2 overs, and Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway and Shivam Dube struggled to get up to match pace.
However, 69 games and three playoffs later, CSK have transformed themselves into a formidable side in the IPL 2023. They are not frail bug in a cocoon any longer. The metamorphosis, which took about three games to finally set in, has found heroes that nobody expected.
Indian Premier League 2023: Ajinkya Rahane has come out all guns blazing, striking at close to 200 in the tournament. Shivam Dube is now a feared persona who has the ability to bring out a prime Yuvraj Singh when needed. A relentless Tushar Deshpande, who still goes for close to 10 RPO, but has picked up 21 wickets in the season, and of course, who could forget the two Sinhalese – Matheesha Mathirana and Maheesh Theekshana, two of CSK’s top 5 wicket takers this season. The closest team to that personality are Gujarat Titans. Two years into its existence, GT are a machine, a well-oiled machine for that matter. They have one of the best batters of the modern generation in the opening spot. The greatest T20 leg-spinner in the history of the game and an up-and-coming captain, who has risen from incredible lows, not once, but twice in his care
