The century partnership of Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan gave a great start to Gujarat Titans, both of them made a partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket. After this Jos Buttler scored unbeaten 57 runs. Batting first, GT scored 229 runs, in reply Chennai Super Kings got bundled out for 140 runs. Gujarat won the match by a huge margin of 89 runs.

600 plus runs for the third time

Shubman Gill became the first batsman to complete 600 runs in the ongoing season of IPL, although after him Sai Sudarshan also touched this figure. This was Gill’s sixth half-century this season. He has come second in the race for the Orange Cap, with 616 runs in 13 matches.

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This is the third time in IPL history that Shubman Gill has scored more than 600 runs. In this matter he equaled giants like David Warner and Chris Gayle. Ahead of him are Rahul and Virat Kohli. Gill had scored 890 runs in 2023 and 650 runs in 2025.

Shubman Gill completes 6000 T20 runs

Shubhman Gill scored 64 runs in 37 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 7 fours. In this innings he also completed his 6000 T20 runs. Gill has touched this figure in 185 innings. Virat Kohli touched it in 184 innings and Rahul in 166 innings.

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There was also a century partnership between Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. This is the 10th time that these two have made a century partnership. This pair also equaled the records of De Villiers and Virat Kohli.

GT stakes strong claim for top-2

After registering a big win of 89 runs over Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans’ chances of remaining in the top-2 have increased. RCB is in first place with 18 points in 13 matches. GT has played all 14 matches of its league stage, with a net run rate of +0.695 and 18 points, Shubman Gill and team are at second place in the table. Sunrisers Hyderabad can also reach 18 points by winning the final match, but then the net run rate will decide who will be in the top-2 and in such a situation, Gujarat’s net run rate is still good.

Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first. It is very important for Chennai to win this match by a big margin, for this CSK has made two major changes in its playing eleven. Chennai has brought back Matthew Short, while Akil Hussain has been dropped. On the other hand, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna has returned in place of Sai Kishore in the Gujarat team.

Chennai Super Kings have given batting all-rounder Matthew Short a chance for the first time since April 18. Short’s strike rate in T20 International cricket is more than 150. Captain Gaikwad said that due to circumstances, Akil Hosein was made to sit out.

Chennai’s playing eleven: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjapaneet Singh.

Gujarat’s playing eleven: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed Siraj.

In the history of IPL, the team batting first and chasing first at Narendra Modi Stadium has got equal success. Let us tell you that the target of 204 runs has also been chased on this ground, hence Gujarat will have to score a big score while batting first. Chennai and Gujarat have won against each other twice each at Narendra Modi Stadium.

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The 66th match of the IPL 2026 season is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans. Gujarat has already reached the playoffs, but for Chennai it is a do or die match. If CSK wants to keep its playoff hopes alive, it will not accept anything less than a win over Gujarat. This match is being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. If Chennai wants to win, then know how many runs it will have to restrict Gujarat to.

How much score will Chennai chase easily?

In the history of IPL, the biggest score at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is in the name of Punjab Kings, who scored 243 runs in 2025. The biggest run chase on this ground is also in the name of Punjab Kings, who successfully chased the target of 204 runs against Mumbai Indians in the 2025 season. Apart from this, Kolkata Knight Riders have also achieved the target of 204 runs here.

The problem for Chennai Super Kings is that they have never been able to touch the 200-run mark in the second innings at the Narendra Modi Stadium. In such a situation, it is important that CSK bowlers limit Gujarat to a score of less than 200. However, Chennai’s biggest score here in the first innings is 230 runs.

Difficulty in front of CSK

Batting in the second innings at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Chennai Super Kings’ biggest win came against Gujarat Titans in the final of the 2023 season. In that match, Gujarat batted first and scored 214 runs. But Chennai won that rain-affected match by 5 wickets through DLS method. History shows that the Chennai team is often seen struggling to score big scores here.

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Shubman Gill has created history by completing 6000 runs in T20 cricket. He made the record of being the third fastest Indian to complete six thousand runs in T20. Gill achieved this feat in the match against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. Let us tell you that Gill has also scored more than 4 thousand runs in the Indian Premier League.

Shubman Gill crossed the mark of 6 thousand runs in T20 when he scored 36 runs in the match against Chennai Super Kings. Only Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are ahead of Gill in terms of completing the fastest 6000 runs in T20.

Missed breaking Virat Kohli’s record

Shubman Gill is at third place in terms of scoring 6000 runs in T20 by playing the least number of innings. This Indian record is in the name of KL Rahul, who had completed 6 thousand T20 runs in only 166 innings. At the second place is Virat Kohli, who achieved this position in the 184th inning of his T20 career. Whereas Shubhman Gill has completed 6000 runs after playing 185 innings.

Fastest to 6000 runs in T20 (Indian batsman)

In his T20 career of 188 matches, Shubman Gill has scored more than 6000 runs so far and has also scored 6 centuries and 38 fifties. The Indian record for scoring most runs in total T20 career is in the name of Virat Kohli, who has scored 14,085 runs so far.

Talking about all the batsmen in the world, Chris Gayle was the fastest to complete 6 thousand runs. Gayle had achieved this position in just 162 innings. Babar Azam is also above all Indian batsmen in this matter, because he had completed 6000 runs in 165 innings.

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Shubman Gill Sixes Double Hundred: Gujarat Titans captain Shubhman Gill has completed a special ‘double’ century in the 66th match of IPL 2026 against Chennai Super Kings. Gill did this amazing thing by hitting a long six. Actually, Gill completed 200 sixes in his T20 career. Gujarat captain completed his fifty by hitting a six. With this he touched the figure of 200 sixes.

6000 T20 runs also completed

With this, Gill also completed 6000 runs in T20 cricket. He did this feat in 185 innings. With this, Gill became the 7th fastest batsman in the world to touch the figure of 6000 runs in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli is one place above him in the list. Kohli had done this feat in 184 innings.

Fastest 6 thousand runs in T20 cricket (in terms of innings)

162 innings – Chris Gayle
In 165 innings – Babar Azam
In 166 innings – KL Rahul
In 180 innings – Shaun Marsh
180 innings – Devon Conway
In 184 innings – Virat Kohli
In 185 innings -Shubman Gill

Crossed the mark of 600 runs in the season

Gill crossed the 600-run mark in the current IPL season. He became the first batsman to cross this figure. Let us tell you that this is the second consecutive IPL season when Gill has scored more than 600 consecutive runs. In the last IPL of 2025, Gill had scored 650 runs.

Gujarat has qualified for the playoffs

It is noteworthy that Gujarat Titans has qualified for the playoffs. The team is currently at second position with 16 points. Gujarat is on the field against Chennai for the last match. By winning this match, the team would obviously like to reach 18 points. On the other hand, if Chennai has to face defeat in the match, then the team will be directly eliminated. Now it will be interesting to see which team wins the match.

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Batting first, Gujarat Titans have scored 229 runs. This is a do or die match for Chennai Super Kings. If CSK wants to keep its playoff hopes alive, it will have to win at any cost. For Gujarat, Sai Sudarshan and captain Shubman Gill both scored half-centuries. Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings was again beaten badly, giving away 56 runs.

If Chennai Super Kings want to keep their playoff hopes alive by winning this match, they will have to make their biggest run chase in the IPL. Let us tell you that Chennai has never chased the target of 210 runs in IPL. At the same time, a target bigger than 205 has never been chased in the IPL in Ahmedabad.

CSK will have to do the biggest run chase

The most successful run chase of Chennai Super Kings in the history of the Indian Premier League is 208 runs, which they achieved against Lucknow Super Giants this season. Apart from this, in 2012 CSK had achieved the target of 208 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. This means that if Chennai scores 230 runs, it will not only be its biggest run chase in IPL, but will also be the biggest successful run chase at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Anshul Kamboj was beaten again

Anshul Kamboj may be the highest wicket-taker for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. But they have been getting beaten continuously for the last five matches. In the last five matches, Anshul Kamboj has been able to take only 4 wickets and conceded 261 runs. Against Gujarat Titans he gave 56 runs in 4 overs. Spencer Johnson and Noor Ahmed were also beaten badly.

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IPL 2026 GT vs CSK, Chennai Super Kings Eliminated: Gujarat Titans won the last match of the league stage by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 89 runs. Chennai, which lost, was eliminated from the race for the playoffs. This was Chennai’s biggest defeat in the history of the tournament in terms of runs. In the 66th match of IPL 2026 played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, batting first, put 229 runs on the board for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Then while chasing, Chennai was all out for 140 runs in just 13.4 overs.

Sai Sudarshan, captain Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan made important contributions in helping Gujarat win. Sudarshan played the biggest innings for the team that came to bat first, scoring 84 runs in 53 balls by hitting 7 fours and 4 sixes.

Apart from this, Shubhman Gill scored 64 runs in 37 balls and Butler scored 57 runs in 27 balls. Then while bowling, Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid took maximum 3-3 wickets for the team.

Chennai batsmen got frustrated in the chase

While chasing, Chennai batsmen looked completely flustered. Shivam Dubey played the biggest innings for the team and scored 47 runs in 17 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, no other batsman could even cross the 25-run mark.

Apart from Dubey, Matthew Short scored 24 runs for the team, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 16 runs, Karthik Sharma scored 19 runs, Dewald Brevis scored 08 runs, Noor Ahmed scored 01 runs and Mukesh Chaudhary scored 02* runs. Apart from this, Sanju Samson, Urvil Patel and Spencer Johnson returned to the pavilion without opening their account.

Battle left among 4 teams for playoff

After Chennai is eliminated, there is a fight left between 4 teams for the playoffs. These teams include Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. Now it will be interesting to see which team can qualify for the last slot.

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Today is a do or die match for Chennai Super Kings. CSK needs a win against Gujarat Titans at any cost to keep alive its hopes of qualifying for the playoffs, but just winning will not suffice. Know the equation of Chennai reaching the playoffs.

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match will be played today (21 May) at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will start at 7:30 pm. Talking about head to head, both the teams have faced each other 9 times so far, out of which 5 matches have been won by GT and 4 by CSK.

The equation of CSK reaching the playoffs

If Chennai Super Kings beats Gujarat Titans today, they will have 14 points. Currently CSK has 12 points in 13 matches and the net run rate is minus (0.016). After this, Chennai needs Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders to lose their last matches. If this happens then CSK, DC and RR will have 14 points each, PBKS and KKR will have 13 points each. That means Punjab and Kolkata will be out.

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Then the net run rate will decide who will go to the playoffs among CSK, DC and RR. Currently, Chennai’s net run rate (-0.016) is better than Delhi’s (-0.871), but not Rajasthan’s (0.083). Therefore, Chennai’s victory and according to him the results of other matches will not be enough.

For this reason, Chennai Super Kings will have to register a big win over Gujarat Titans, so that if the matter gets stuck on net run rate, then they can remain ahead. They will have to do a better net run rate than Rajasthan and pray that Delhi also does not win against Kolkata by a big margin.

If Chennai Super Kings loses today, then only 4 teams (PBKS, RR, KKR and DC) will be left for the remaining 1 spot in the playoffs.

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Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network channels. Live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.

The 66th match of IPL 2026 will be played today between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. This match is do or die for CSK, because if the team does not win with a good net run rate then it will be out of the race for the playoffs. This match is also important for GT, although the team captained by Shubman Gill has qualified for the playoffs but now their eyes will be on finishing the league stage by staying in the top-2. Read the pitch report of today’s match, who will get more advantage among the batsmen and bowlers.

So far 6 matches have been played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in IPL 2026. More than 200 runs were scored in the first match, but after that in 5 matches no team could touch the figure of 200. In the last match played here, the entire team of Sunrisers Hyderabad was limited to 86 runs. Gujarat Titans have won 4 out of 6 matches played in this stadium of Ahmedabad. There will be many challenges in front of Chennai Super Kings today, the biggest challenge in which will be to do well in front of Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj. If Chennai’s top batsmen (Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad) do not lose wickets on the balls of Siraj-Rabada, then there will be pressure on GT.

GT vs CSK match pitch report

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match will be played on pitch number-7 of Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. Only one match was played on this pitch this year, in which 200 plus runs were scored in both the innings. This was the first match of this season, in which Rajasthan had scored 210 runs and Gujarat could only score 204 runs. Today’s pitch will be helpful for the batsmen.

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Of course, the team batting first won that match, but today the captain who won the toss would like to bowl first. Batting may be easier in the second innings here. Spinners are going to get a lot of benefit on the pitch, in such a situation the role of Rashid Khan who has played 6 matches on this ground this year will be special.

Chennai Super Kings spinners Akil Hussain and Noor Ahmed can benefit from the pitch, so it would not be surprising if Rituraj Gaikwad brings these two bowlers to bowl early.

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IPL record of Narendra Modi Stadium

50 IPL matches have been played in Ahmedabad. The team that bats first 25 times and chases runs the same number of times wins. The highest individual score here is in the name of Shubman Gill, he had scored 129 runs against MI on this ground in 2023. Mohit Sharma has the best spell in his name, who took 5 wickets for 10 runs in the same match of 2023.

The average score of the first innings at Narendra Modi Stadium is 177 runs. The highest team total here is 243 runs, which was made by Punjab Kings against Gujarat last year. The most successful run chase is of 204, which GT achieved against Delhi last year.

Chennai Super Kings IPL 2026 Playoff Scenario: The 66th league match of IPL 2026 will be played today (21 May) between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. For CSK, this match will be a ‘do or die’ match for the playoffs. As soon as the team loses the match, it will be eliminated from the playoff race. So let us know what the Chennai equation says.

Chennai, captained by Rituraj Gaikwad, who has played 13 matches, has 12 points. The team is at 7th position in the table.

CSK out of playoffs after losing against Gujarat

Chennai Super Kings will be eliminated from the playoff race as soon as they lose the match against Gujarat. With defeat, the team will be left with only 12 points. It will be impossible to qualify with so many points, because Rajasthan Royals already have 14 points and Punjab Kings already have 13 points. Rajasthan is at fourth position and Punjab is at fifth position. In this way, Chennai will be directly eliminated if it loses the match.

Chennai’s path will be difficult even with victory

Even with victory, Chennai Super Kings will have to depend on the results of other teams. The team will have to improve its net run rate with victory. Apart from this, the team needs Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders to face defeat in their last league match. In this way, even after victory, Chennai will have to depend on the results of others.

2 consecutive defeats made it difficult

It is noteworthy that Chennai had to face consecutive defeats in the last 2 matches. The team lost one match against Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets and the other against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. By winning both the matches, CSK could have reached 18 points. With 18 points, the team’s qualification would have been confirmed. Now it will be interesting to see whether Chennai is able to enter the playoffs.

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The key to the playoffs is in the hands of only one team, everyone including Chennai-Punjab will be out! This equation will surprise you