Gujarat Titans (GT) are set to take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a crucial encounter in match 67 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Although Chennai Super Kings is eliminated, they have the opportunity to disrupt GT's plans by defeating them in their last league match, thereby keeping the race for the top two spots open among the four qualified teams. This is also the last game of CSK in this season, whether it will be MS Dhoni's final appearance remains uncertain. Only time will tell.
At the toss, both captains are present at the center. Gill, the skipper of GT flips the coin, and it lands in the favour of CSK. MS Dhoni opts to bat first under the scorching heat, likely a tactical decision aimed at keeping their bowlers fresh to bowl in comparatively cooler conditions later in the day. The crowd erupts in a huge roar, despite it being an away match for CSK.
Here's what the captains said at the toss:
MS Dhoni
We will bat first. It looks nice and hard, will remain the same. It's quite hot, looks like a good track. It's surviving. Every year is a new challenge. It needs a lot of maintainance. Didn't trouble me enough when I was playing international cricket. Chennai is very nice, this is different heat, on the slower side. We are last in the table, we will still remain last, if win or lose. Need to enjoy our cricket. We have one change. Hooda is back. They are a good side, they play authentic cricket. Need to bowl tight lines.
Shubman Gill:
Feels exciting to have that challenge, it's going to be an exciting series against England for us. In the last match we were in the game till the 16th or 17th over. We were looking to bowl first today. Looks a good wicket to bat on, it won't change much. We have one change, Gerald Coetzee comes in for Kagiso Rabada.
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Playing XI for both teams
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Gerald Coetzee, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Prasidh Krishna
Impact Subs: Sai Sudharsan, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma
Chennai Super Kings
Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, , Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact Subs: Matheesha Pathirana, Vijay Shankar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ravichandran Ashwin
