IPL 2026: In the 66th match of IPL 2026, Gujarat Titans (GT) performed brilliantly and defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 89 runs. This is GT’s biggest win in IPL history so far in terms of runs. Earlier in the same season, Gujarat Titans had won by 82 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The performance of the host team’s bowlers was excellent in this match. The batsmen of Chennai Super Kings easily succumbed to the balls of Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada and the entire team collapsed after scoring only 140 runs. Siraj took 3 wickets for 26 runs, while Rabada took 3 wickets for 32 runs. At the same time, Rashid Khan also did his magic and he took 3 wickets for 18 runs.
CSK had a very bad start while chasing the target of 230 runs. Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion on the very first ball without opening his account. At the same time, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad became the victim of Mohammad Siraj after scoring 16 runs in 7 balls. Matthew Short failed to take advantage of the good start and was out after scoring 24 runs in 14 balls.
Urvil Patel was out on zero, while Karthik Sharma was run out after scoring 19 runs in 15 balls. Dewald Brevis could score only 8 runs, while Anshul Kamboj contributed 19 runs. Shivam Dubey batted well from one end and played a strong inning of 47 runs in 17 balls, but he could not get support from the other batsmen from the other end. Shivam hit 4 fours and four sixes in this innings.
Earlier, Gujarat Titans scored 229 runs on the scoreboard after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. GT had a strong start and Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill together added 125 runs in 12.2 overs for the first wicket. Gill scored 64 runs in 37 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes, while Sudarshan scored 84 runs in 53 balls. At the same time, Jos Buttler scored unbeaten 57 runs facing just 27 balls. In this innings, Butler hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. With the defeat in this match, Chennai Super Kings is out of the race for the playoffs.
