So the CSK train continues along at home in a winning way. On that note we wind up our coverage for tonight. Tomorrow we will be back with more IPL action. Do join us then. Until then, sleep tight and cuddle well. See you tomorrow.

Shivam Dube | Player of the Match: This franchise is different from all others. This franchise is giving me the freedom and I also want to win some matches for them. I worked in that way as well - it is helping me, I know they are going to bowl short balls and I'm ready for that. They want me to go on a higher strike-rate and I want to do that.

Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK captain: Definitely today's game was perfect - batting, bowling and fielding, and against a team like Gujarat we needed to come up with a performance like this. In Chennai we are not sure how the wicket will be, we need to do well irrespective of batting or bowling first. Here if we have wickets in hand at the end it helps. Personally felt, Rachin batted brilliantly in the powerplay and took the game away. From there we were always ahead. [on Dube] In terms of confidence, the management and Mahi bhai worked with him personally, his confidence is very high. He knows his roles very well. Definitely he is a big plus for us. I'm impressed with the fielding as well. Maybe one or two youngsters we have extra this year and great effort from Jinks, even in the last game he was running from one end to the other. Fielding is a big tick for us. 

Deepak Chahar: Since the time I have been playing, I have been bowling 3 overs in the powerplay, used to it, just trying to bowl as well as possible with the new rules around. Earlier, if you bowled a bouncer in the first 2-3 balls, batters were always ready for a full length ball, but this new rule with two bouncers allowed, it helps the pacers. There's bounce always, but there's not much dew around at the moment. The ball grips and bounce at the moment. I got to look at Mahi (MSD) bhai and at Ruturaj - both these days.

Shubman Gill | GT captain: They outplayed us when we were batting, their execution was spot on. We backed ourselves to get a decent score in the powerplay and once we didn’t, we were always playing catch-up. It was unfortunate for us. In T20 you can always talk about 10-15 runs here or there, end of the day it’s about how much they got. On this wicket, we were expecting to chase 190-200. I think it’s a great learning for the bowlers. I think it’s better to have this kind of game early on in the tournament rather than in the middle or late. We always expected to chase 190-200, it was a really good wicket. Felt like we let ourselves down while batting. (On captaincy) Lot of new learnings, new experiences and different things. It’s exciting to captain a team like Gujarat Titans, we’ve made it to the finals in the last couple of years so very exciting.

Biggest defeats for Titans by runs
63 runs vs CSK Chennai 2024
27 runs vs MI Mumbai WS 2023
15 runs vs CSK Chennai 2023

23:27 Local Time, 17:57 GMT, 23:27 IST: Easy win for CSK. The chase never got going once Gill fell early and it was a stroll in the park for the home side after that. Sai Sudharsan after a start just couldn't hit the ball to the boundary and CSK just tightened the noose around him.

Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, no run, full and wide outside off, Umesh Yadav swings and misses, two in two for CSK

Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, SIX, slower ball full and in the slot on off, Umesh Yadav swings it well, and it goes over wide long-on for a biggie

Pathirana to Spencer Johnson, 1 run, slower ball off-cutter on a length on off, heaved wide of mid-wicket

Pathirana to Spencer Johnson, no run, close to the tramline

Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, 1 run, slower ball off-cutter outside off, cut to deep backward point

Pathirana to Umesh Yadav, no run, fizzy short of length delivery outside off, Umesh Yadav cuts and misses

Mustafizur to Spencer Johnson, no run

Mustafizur to Spencer Johnson, FOUR, to deep extra cover