IPL Final 2023 Highlights: Jadeja finishes in style, 5th title for Chennai

Indian Premier League Highlights, CSK vs GT Final: 10 to win from the last two balls, Jadeja hit a six and four to finish it in style. Sudharsan scored 96, Titans reached 214. DLS target 171 in 15

Ravindra Jadeja of Chennai Super Kings celebrating win during the Final of the Tata Indian Premier League between the Chennai Super Kings and the Gujarat Titans held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on the 29th May 2023 Photo by: Sportzpics

IPL Final Highlights, CSK vs GT

It was supposed to be the greatest finals of all time and even though it went on from 28th to 30th May, there was rain, storms, super soppers doing rounds, one inning getting completed, the other innings asking even the sponge towels to come out to soak the pitch.

Sai Sudharsan hit his best score of 96 in just 47 balls to take Gujarat Titans to 214/4 in 20 overs. He was helped by Wriddhiman Saha too who hit a fifty. Then came the rain and the CSK innings' was stopped after just three balls being bowled in the first over.

Rains and storms relented, the match began at 12:10 am on Tuesday, 30th May 2023 and Chennai needed 171 to win from 15 overs. Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad started off magnificently, adding 74 in just 39 balls.

Shivam Dube did not hit the balls the way it was expected of him. It built pressure on Conway and Rahane who got out as well. However, Dube got going in the 12th over and hit back-to-back sixes off Rashid Khan. In the next over, Rayudu hit two sixes and a four and made the match easier in the 13th over by Mohit Sharam.

Later on, Mohit came back and picked Rayud and Dhoni on back-to-back balls to send the match into a frenzy once again. It came down to 13 from the last over and in the first four balls, it was just three runs and Mohit Sharma seemed like winning it for the Titans. However, Jadeja hit a four and a six off the last two balls to win the match and the fifth title for Chennai Super Kings.

CSK vs GT, IPL 2023 Final Toss

The toss has taken place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and MS Dhoni, the captain of Chennai Super Kings has won it against Hardik Pandya, the skipper of Gujarat Titans. Dhonis has decided to bowl first.

CSK predicted playing 11

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Impact Substitute Options: Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh

GT predicted playing 11

Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami

Impact Substitute Options: Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, Josh Little, Sai Sudharsan, Abhinav Manohar

CSK vs GT Final, IPL 2023 Live Streaming and Broadcast

The Final match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023, can be live-streamed on the Jio Cinema app across IOS and Android platforms on phones, tablets, smart TVs and laptops. The match can also be viewed on the TV channels on the Star Sports Network.

CSK vs GT Final, IPL 2023 Highlights: Catch all the updates from the match between the Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, taking place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad here

2:11 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: How the story panned out

1:38 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Jadeja wins the last ball thriller, Chennai are champions

A dot ball on the first one and it was yorker

A single on the second ball and it is a yorker too

Single again, yorker again and it is now down to 11 from three balls

And a yorker once again and now 10 needed in 2 balls

Six!! This is huge. Mohit missed the yorker by just a whisker and now it is 4 needed in 1 ball

Hardik feeds something to Mohit as he is in the run-up and he bowls a ball full length and outside leg Jadeja just guides it for four past the short fine leg and Chennai wins the last ball thriller and their fifth title.

1:29 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: 13 needed in last 6 balls

1:22 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Two wickets in two balls, Chennai need 21 in 12 balls

1:18 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Classic Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu has shown his class eventually as he has hit a four and a six back to back and now the target has come down to 28 off just 16 balls. And just as I say that he has hit Mohit Sharma for yet another sixer and now the target is down to 22 off 15 balls.

1:13 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Finally Dube gets going, 38 needed in 18

Shivam Dube has finally got going as he has hit back-to-back sixes and brought the target down to 38 from the remaining 18 balls which is not considered tough in these situations.

1:09 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rahane gone, Mohit Sharma gets him

12:59 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Noor Ahmad with a brilliant spell

Noor Ahmad has bowled a brilliant spell, going for only 17 runs in the 18 balls that he has bowled. This is game-changing in nature if we add the two wickets he has taken.

12:52 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Rahane hits back to back sixes

12:47 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Noor gets Conway too

The scoreboard pressure was showing on the face of Conway as he tried to encash the extra ball from Noor Ahmad and played the short ball towards the offside and it went straight to mid-off where Mohit Sharma took an easy catch.

12:44 AM

IPL Final Live Score, CSK vs GT: Afghan Jalebi gets Gaikwad

Noor Ahmad bowled a googly and Gaikwad, looking to get quick runs, has played it in the air and has been taken at short third-man by Rashid Khan. Two Afghans have combined to get Gaikwad.

12:41 AM