2023 IPL Final: Gujarat Titans gear up for title defence against MS Dhoni's CSK
Virender Sehwag wants MI's Tilak Varma to work on 'weakness' during off season
Batting Weaknesses
Hardik Pandya and David Miller's form, despite the former scoring 325 runs in 15 matches so far, is a cause of concern for the title defenders as their failures have so far been shadowed by Gill's brilliance. Dhoni would be aware of this and planning to exploit this weak batting link as much as he could.
CSK''s lower middle order, on other hand, relies on Ambati Rayudu who hasn't been in best of the form and with 2-3 quick wickets, Titans can strangle CSK.
Bowling Strengths
Gujarat have least to worry about their bowling with top three wicket-takers of the season in Mohammed Shami (28), Rashid Khan (27) and Mohit Sharma (24) expected to bring their A game for the finale.
CSK's new-ball bowling has been of some worry barring Tushar Deshpande who has 21 wickets to his name but has been a bit expensive. The Sri Lankan Matheesha Pathirana, dubbed as baby Malinga, however, has been a bright spot in death overs for CSK.
The fourth and fifth bowling options for Pandya are Afghan Noor Ahmed and Irish Josh Little with the skipper himself able to bowl couple of decent over if need be.
For CSK, it'll be down to Jadeja to stem the flow of runs in the middle overs and Matheesha Pathirana in death, especially Gill who is looking in form which could spell doom for the Super Kings.
Players to watch for
CSK would be wary of Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar and Sai Sudharsan when bowling while Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma would be keeping them on toes while batting.
As for GT, Gaikwad, Conway, Rahane and Dube can spoil the party while Jadeja and Deshpande aim to pin down their batters.
GT Probable XI: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharsan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma
CSK Probable XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Deepak Chahar , Matheesha Pathirana
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 4:59 am