Kagiso Rabada claimed two early wickets for the Gujarat Titans which saw the Chennai Super Kings splutter to 28 for three after being asked to bat first in their Tata IPL match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday afternoon.
Rabada removed the in-form Sanju Samson (11) with a fast leg-cutter which flew off the edge to ‘keeper Jos Buttler and followed up with a short ball to Urvil Patel (4) which the batsman mistimed to Jason Holder at mid on.
When Sarfaraz Khan spliced his first ball from Mohammad Siraj to Buttler the Super Kings were in deep trouble at 26 for three in front of a stunned home crowd. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (12) and Dewald Brevis (1) have significant rebuilding work to do.
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wkt), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar
Impact subs: Rahul Tewatia, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nishant Sindhu
Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wkt), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh
Impact subs: Sarfaraz Khan, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Veer, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Matthew Short