Miller and Rashid steer GT home with 3 wkts to spare
Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in an IPL match here on Sunday.
Invited to bat, CSK posted 169 for five, riding on Ruturaj Gaikwad's 48-ball 73 and Ambati Ruyudu's 46 off 31 balls.
In reply, David Miller smashed an unbeaten 51-ball 94, while stand-in skipper Rashid Khan slammed a 21-ball 40 as GT chased down the total with one ball to spare.
Earlier, Ruturaj Gaikwad finally found form with a 48-ball 73 before Gujarat Titans pulled things back to stop Chennai Super Kings at 169 for five in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
The Titans bowlers did exceedingly well in the last six overs, conceding only 45 after a 92-run third-wicket stand between Gaikwad and Ambati Rayudu (46 in 31 balls).
Invited to bat, Gaikwad, who notched up his maiden IPL fifty of the season, added 92 off just 56 balls with Rayadu, rallying after CSK were in a spot of bother at 32 for two in the sixth over.
Gaikwad's knock was studded with five fours and as many sixes as he anchored the innings. Rayadu hammered four boundaries and two sixes, playing second fiddle to Gaikwad, who was in his elements.
After a sedate start, Gaikwad, in search of vital runs after a prolonged run of poor scores, upped the ante in the fourth over. The 'local boy' flicked Yash Dayal (1-40) for his first maximum over the deep backward square region and then got a boundary off a top-edge.
Gaikwad flicked pacer Mohammed Shami (1-20) for a boundary and then launched into Alzarri Joseph (2-34), smashing him for another maximum over mid-wicket.
Gaikwad completed his fifty with a cheeky single. In the company of Rayudu, he launched into Dayal and hit him for two boundaries and a six in the 12th over.
BRIEF SCORES: CSK 169-5 in 20 overs (Gaikwad 73, Rayudu 46; Joseph 2-34) lost to GT 170-7 in 19.5 overs (Miller 94 not out, Rashid Khan 40; Maheesh Theekshana 2-24, Dwayne Bravo 3-23).