Credit: BCCI/IPL

Credit: BCCI/IPL

Gujarat Titans (GT) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai. Gujarat Titans have dominated the IPL 2023 points table by winning 10 out of 14 matches while Chennai Super Kings have won eight out of 14 games (NR-1) this season.

This game will be an exciting contest to watch out for, as Gujarat have been the most consistent side in the IPL 2023, while Chennai will have a home advantage. The last time these two sides faced each other in the inaugural game of this IPL 2023 edition, GT defeated CSK by five wickets at Ahmedabad.

Numbers and Stats ahead of GT vs CSK game:

1 - Ravindra Jadeja needs one more wicket to complete the milestone of picking 150 wickets in the IPL.

Most wickets by a spinner in IPL:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 187
Piyush Chawla - 177
Amit Mishra - 173
Ravichandran Ashwin - 171
Sunil Narine - 163
Harbhajan Singh - 150
Ravindra Jadeja - 149 

2 -
Hardik Pandya needs two more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 150 wickets in T20 cricket.

2 - Ravindra Jadeja needs two more sixes to complete the milestone of smashing 100 sixes in the IPL.

Most sixes by an Indian left-handed batsman in IPL:
Suresh Raina - 203
Yuvraj Singh - 149
Shikhar Dhawan - 148
Nitish Rana - 131
Rishabh Pant - 129
Ishan Kishan - 103
Ravindra Jadeja - 98 

3 -
GT have won three out of three games against CSK in the IPL.

GT vs CSK in IPL:
- GT won by 3 wickets in Pune, 2022
- GT won by 7 wickets in Mumbai-WS, 2022
- GT won by 5 wickets in Ahmedabad, 2023 

7 - CSK will be playing qualifier-1 of the IPL 2023 for the seventh time overall

CSK in Qualifier-1 of IPL:
2011: CSK beat RCB by 6 wickets
2013: CSK beat MI by 48 runs
2015: MI beat CSK by 25 runs
2018: CSK beat SRH by 2 wickets
2019: MI beat CSK by 6 wickets
2021: CSK beat DC by 4 wickets

8 - Ambati Rayudu needs eight more runs to complete 6000 runs in T20 cricket.

Most runs by an Indian batsman in T20 cricket:
Virat Kohli - 11965
Rohit Sharma - 11016
Shikhar Dhawan - 9645
Suresh Raina - 8654
Robin Uthappa - 7272
MS Dhoni - 7270
Dinesh Karthik - 7081
KL Rahul - 7066
Manish Pandey - 6810
Suryakumar Yadav - 6409
Gautam Gambhir - 6402
Ambati Rayudu - 5992
Sanju Samson - 5979
Ajinkya Rahane - 5922 

24 -
Rashid Khan has taken 24 wickets in the IPL 2023.

Most wickets by a spinner in a single IPL season:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 27 in 2022
Wanindu Hasaranga - 26 in 2022
Imran Tahir - 26 in 2019
Sunil Narine - 24 in 2012
Harbhajan Singh - 24 in 2013
Rashid Khan - 24 in 2023 

44 -
MS Dhoni needs 44 more runs to complete 5000 runs for CSK in T20 cricket.

Most runs for CSK in T20s:
Suresh Raina - 5529
MS Dhoni - 4956
Faf du Plessis - 2932