Rs 14.20 crore player dropped! CSK make major changes for GT clash

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the flip and opted to tract against Gujarat Titans successful the IPL 2026 clash astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad connected Thursday. In the must-win clash and last group-stage lucifer for CSK, Ruturaj made 2 large changes to his playing XI against Gujarat Titans.Ruturaj included Gurjapneet Singh successful spot of Akeal Hosein and brought successful Matthew Short for Prashant Veer. Veer, who was bought by CSK for a whopping Rs 14.20 crore astatine the IPL 2026 auction, was dropped for the important clash.

"We're gonna vessel first. Obviously determination is immoderate gait and bounce successful the transportation and we privation to exploit it aboriginal on. So that's the lone crushed we are bowling first. (What is the squad combination?) We've got a mates of changes.

Obviously, according to the conditions, Akeal misses retired unfortunately. And Gurjapneet comes in. And we got Matt Short playing successful spot of Prashant Veer," Ruturaj said."(How person you regrouped for this important clash?) Well, it is astir keeping it elemental and trusting the process. I deliberation adjacent the past crippled we gave a bully combat and evidently didn't get the effect that we wanted, but it is each astir coming up and turning up and getting that W astatine the extremity of the day.

But obviously, determination are a batch of things that unfold and we privation to marque definite that we support it truly elemental and crook it up today," helium added.On the different hand, Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill made conscionable 1 change, bringing successful Prasidh Krishna successful spot of Sai Kishore. Gujarat Titans person already qualified for the playoffs.

"We wanted to vessel archetypal too, but not overmuch owed here. We person 1 change. Prasidh comes successful spot of Sai Kishore.

Hopefully we support our strength with the ball. The occupation is not done and hopefully 3 bully games from here," Shubman said.Playing XIs:Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Matthew Short, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet SinghGujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Mohammed SirajGujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Phillips, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar KushagraChennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Kartik Sharma, Macneil Noronha, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldip Yadav, Aman Khan