Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2023, Final: Toss, Team News and Playing XIs

After an entertaining two months of thrilling encounters, we have arrived at the highly anticipated culmination of the IPL 2023 season. Today, the final match will witness a rematch of the 1st Quarterfinal, albeit in a different venue. Gujarat Titans and the Chennai Super Kings will lock horns in a battle for the prestigious 2023 Indian Premier League Trophy. Both teams possess a well-balanced lineup, setting the stage for an intense contest that could potentially go down to the wire. Anticipate a nail-biting finish and the unfolding of plenty of dramatic moments at the Narendra Modi Stadium, with the match scheduled to commence at 7:30 PM. Let’s take a closer look at some of the team news, toss and playing XIs.

Toss

Dhoni and Pandya hug each other as they meet ahead of the toss. Dhoni tosses the coin, Pandya calls heads and it falls as tails. A loud cheer in the crowd as MS Dhoni wins the toss and decides to bowls first. Out of the 4 matches played between these two side, CSK have only won 1 game while GT have won on 3 occasions.

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Pre Match Comments and Team News

Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans, Captain): Would’ve bowled first as well, but my heart wanted to bat so I don’t mind losing the toss. We spoke that it is something out of our control (about the weather). Whichever team plays better will have their hands on the trophy. I like keeping the boys cool, and they repay me. It’s a flat track (what he makes of the pitch?). Same team as as match for us.

MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings, Captain): We’ll bowl first with the rain forecast being around. Yesterday we were in the dressing room. As a cricketer you always want to play. It was the crowd that suffered the most. Hopefully we can entertain them. Pitch has been under cover for a long time, but throughout the tournament the pitch has behaved well over here. Quite happy it will be a 20-over game we’ll be playing. Serves justice to the tournament like this. Same team as last game, no changes for us as well.

CSK vs GT Playing XIs and Impact Players

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

Gujarat Titans Subs: Joshua Little, Srikar Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Odean Smith, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore.

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

Chennai Super Kings Subs: Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh.