GT vs CSK Match 37 Scorecard IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans Crush CSK by 8 Wickets at Chepauk

Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in IPL 2026 Match 37 on April 26, 2026 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. CSK posted 158/7 in 20 overs. GT chased it in 16.4 overs with 162/2, winning with 20 balls to spare. Kagiso Rabada claimed 3/25 and won the Player of the Match award. Sai Sudharsan scored a brilliant 87 off 46 balls with 7 sixes to seal GT’s dominant victory in this Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match.

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Match Info: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 37

The Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings Match 37 was played on a dry Chepauk surface in front of 31,506 fans. GT won the toss and elected to bowl- a decision that set the tone for everything that followed.

Detail	Info
Match	37th Match, IPL 2026
Date	April 26, 2026 (Sunday)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Toss	Gujarat Titans won, elected to bowl
Result	GT won by 8 wickets (20 balls remaining)
Player of the Match	Kagiso Rabada (3/25)
Attendance	31,506

Why GT’s Toss Decision Changed Everything

Shubman Gill‘s call to bowl first went against the conventional Chepauk wisdom- most captains bat first on this surface. But GT had a specific plan. Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj were unleashed in tandem through the powerplay, denying CSK any early momentum. The toss decision alone did not win the match, but it created the conditions for GT’s bowlers to execute.

Key Match Numbers at a Glance

Before diving into the full Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard, here are the numbers that define exactly what happened on the night.

Stat	Number
CSK powerplay score	28/3
Consecutive balls without a CSK boundary	31 (Overs 3.5–9.1)
Sudharsan–Buttler partnership	97 runs off 60 balls
Sudharsan sixes vs CSK team sixes	7 vs 6
Balls remaining when GT won	20
Rashid Khan’s introduction over	15th- latest in 146 IPL innings
CSK team fifty- arrived in over	12th- slowest of IPL 2026

CSK Batting Scorecard: 158/7 in 20 Overs

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CSK’s innings was derailed in a single seven-delivery window between overs 3.3 and 4.4, during which three wickets fell for just five runs. The Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard reflects a middle order that was never able to fully recover from that collapse.

CSK Batting

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ruturaj Gaikwad (c)	Not Out	74	60	3	3	123.3
Sanju Samson (wk)	c Buttler b Rabada	11	15	2	0	73.3
Urvil Patel	b Rabada	4	6	0	0	66.7
Sarfaraz Khan*	c – b Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
Dewald Brevis	c – b Arshad Khan	9	12	1	0	75.0
Shivam Dube	c – b Arshad Khan	22	17	1	1	129.4
Kartik Sharma	b Siraj	12	11	1	0	109.1
Jamie Overton	Not Out	15	9	1	1	166.7
Extras	—	11	—	—	—	—

Sarfaraz Khan was brought in as CSK’s Impact Player substitution after 3.6 overs, replacing Urvil Patel.

GT Bowling vs CSK

Bowler	O	R	W	Economy
Kagiso Rabada	4	25	3	6.25
Mohammed Siraj	4	28	1	7.00
Jason Holder	4	29	0	7.25
Arshad Khan	4	43	2	10.75
Rashid Khan	1	21	0	21.00
Manav Suthar	3	12	1	4.00

Phase-Wise Run Rate: CSK Innings

Phase	Overs	Runs/Wickets	Run Rate
Powerplay	1–6	28/3	4.67
Middle Overs	7–15	68/2	7.56
Death	16–20	62/2	12.40

CSK’s powerplay score of 28/3 was the third-lowest six-over total in IPL 2026 at the time. The death-over acceleration from Gaikwad, Overton and Dube was impressive, but could not compensate for what was lost in the first six overs.

Fall of Wickets: CSK Innings {fall-of-wickets}

The fall-of-wickets sequence in this Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match tells the story more clearly than any narrative can.

Wicket	Score	Over	Batter Dismissed
1st	21/1	3.3	Sanju Samson
2nd	25/2	4.0	Urvil Patel
3rd	26/3	4.4	Sarfaraz Khan (Impact Player- Golden Duck)
4th	37/4	8.2	Dewald Brevis
5th	96/5	15.3	Shivam Dube
6th	130/6	18.1	Kartik Sharma
7th	149/7	19.3	—

Three wickets in seven deliveries– that is the sequence that ended CSK’s hopes of posting a match-winning total. The Impact Player substitution of Sarfaraz Khan, forced upon CSK by the early collapse, returned a golden duck. That decision burned CSK’s most valuable tactical card at the worst possible moment.

GT Chase Scorecard: 162/2 in 16.4 Overs

GT’s chase of the Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard target was built on clarity of intent. Sudharsan and Gill put on 57 in the powerplay alone, laying a foundation that removed any possibility of a CSK comeback.

GT Batting

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sai Sudharsan	c Brevis b Hosein	87	46	4	7	189.1
Shubman Gill (c)	st Samson b Ahmad	33	23	1	3	143.5
Jos Buttler (wk)	Not Out	39	30	4	1	130.0
Washington Sundar	Not Out	1	1	0	0	100.0
Extras	—	2	—	—	—	—

GT Key Partnerships

Partnership	Batters	Runs	Balls	Run Rate
1st Wicket	Sudharsan & Gill	57	38	9.0
2nd Wicket	Sudharsan & Buttler	97	60	9.7
3rd Wicket	Butler & Washington	8*	6	8.0

The second-wicket partnership of 97 between Sudharsan and Buttler was the decisive passage of the entire match. Scored off 60 balls with aggression but no recklessness, it gave CSK’s bowlers no way back in.

CSK Bowling in Chase

Bowler	O	R	W	Economy
Noor Ahmad	4	29	1	7.25
Akeal Hosein	3.4	46	1	12.55
Gurjapneet Singh	3	36	0	12.00
Jamie Overton	2	28	0	14.00
Anshul Kamboj	3	16	0	5.33
Shivam Dube	1	7	0	7.00

Phase-Wise Run Rate: GT Chase

Phase	Overs	Runs/Wickets	Run Rate
Powerplay	1–6	58/1	9.67
Middle Overs	7–15	76/1	8.44
Death (partial)	16–16.4	28/0	16.8

GT scored 58/1 in the powerplay vs CSK’s 28/3- a 30-run gap with two fewer wickets lost in the same six overs. That differential made the rest of the chase a formality.

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Match Timeline: Over-by-Over Turning Points

Every scorecard tells you what happened. The timeline of this Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match tells you when it was decided.

Over 3.3– Rabada removes Samson (11). CSK 21/1.
Over 4.0– Rabada gets Urvil Patel (4). CSK 25/2.
Over 4.4– Impact Player Sarfaraz Khan dismissed for a golden duck. CSK 26/3. The match effectively decided inside five overs.
Overs 5–9– No boundary for 31 consecutive balls. CSK in survival mode.
Over 8.2– Arshad Khan removes Brevis (9). CSK 37/4.
Over 11.6– CSK reached fifty- the slowest team fifty of IPL 2026.
Over 15.3– Dube dismissed for 22. CSK 96/5.
Over 18.1– Kartik Sharma out. CSK 130/6.
Over 20– CSK finished 158/7. Target set: 159.
GT Powerplay– Sudharsan 24 (15) + Gill 33 (23). GT 58/1 after 6 overs.
Over 6.2– Gill stumped for 33. GT 58/1.
Overs 7–16– Sudharsan-Buttler added 97 off 60 balls.
Over 16.2– Sudharsan dismissed for 87. GT 155/2.
Over 16.4– Buttler hits the winning boundary. GT won by 8 wickets with 20 balls to spare.

Records and Milestones

This Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match became one of the most statistically loaded games of IPL 2026.

• Sanju Samson reached 5,000 IPL runs– completed in 3,555 balls, the third-fastest to the landmark
• Ruturaj Gaikwad hit his 100th IPL six during his innings of 74
• Shivam Dube crossed 2,000 IPL career runs
• CSK’s 43/2 after 10 overs was the second-lowest 10-over total at Chepauk in IPL history 
• Sai Sudharsan’s 7 sixes exceeded CSK’s total team sixes (6) across their entire 20-over innings
• Rashid Khan’s introduction in the 15th over was the latest he had been introduced in 146 IPL innings
• Gaikwad’s fifty off 49 balls was the joint fourth-slowest for a CSK batter in IPL history
• Kagiso Rabada led IPL 2026 powerplay wicket-takers with 9 powerplay wickets at this stage of the tournament

Sai Sudharsan: The Chennai Boy Dismantling His Own Hometown

Sai Sudharsan is from Chennai. He played at Chepauk. And he scored 87 off 46 balls with 7 sixes– more sixes than CSK’s entire team- in front of 31,506 fans who came to cheer against him.

Sudharsan’s Recent IPL 2026 Form

Match	Opponent	Score	Balls	SR
Previous match	vs RCB	100	58	172.4
This match	vs CSK	87	46	189.1
Earlier	vs SRH	73	44	165.9
Earlier	vs RR	61	44	138.6

Sudharsan became the first batter to cross 500 runs in IPL 2026, and has now achieved 500+ runs in three consecutive IPL seasons- equalling a feat previously held only by Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.

What Made Sudharsan’s Innings Different

Most big IPL knocks come from batters who go hard from ball one. Sudharsan’s knock was different. He scored 24 off his first 15 balls- controlled, then scored 63 off his next 31 balls- explosive. He read the conditions, started within himself, and shifted gears only after the partnership was established. That is not instinct. That is batting intelligence at the highest level.

Kagiso Rabada: The Match-Winner in Four Overs

Rabada’s final figures- 3/25 in 4 overs– do not capture the full extent of his impact in this Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match. All three wickets came inside the first five overs. By the time he finished his spell, CSK were 26/3 and their powerplay was over before it started.

Rabada’s Over-by-Over Breakdown

Over	Runs	Wickets	Key Event
1st (Over 2)	10	0	Samson hits two boundaries
2nd (Over 4)	8	2	Samson and Urvil Patel dismissed
3rd (Over 4.4)	Impact carry-over	1	Sarfaraz Khan- golden duck
Final spell	7	0	Economy bowling, pressure sustained

Rabada led IPL 2026 powerplay wicket-takers at this stage of the tournament, accumulating 9 powerplay wickets across the first half of the season.

GT vs CSK Head-to-Head Record {head-to-head}

Before this Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match, the head-to-head record was evenly poised at 4–4.

Stat	Before Match 37	After Match 37
Total matches	8	9
GT wins	4	5
CSK wins	4	4
Matches at Chepauk	2	3
GT wins at Chepauk	0	1

Last Five Head-to-Head Results

Season	Winner	Margin	Venue
IPL 2026 Match 37	Gujarat Titans	8 wickets	Chennai
IPL 2024 Match 32	Gujarat Titans	35 runs	Ahmedabad
IPL 2024 Match 11	Chennai Super Kings	63 runs	Chennai
IPL 2023 Final	Chennai Super Kings	5 wkts (DLS)	Ahmedabad
IPL 2023 Qualifier 1	Chennai Super Kings	15 runs	Chennai

This was GT’s first-ever IPL win at MA Chidambaram Stadium against CSK, ending a two-match losing streak at the venue and shifting the all-time head-to-head lead to GT for the first time.

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk: Venue Stats & Pitch Behaviour {Chepauk}

Understanding the venue adds important context to the Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard and CSK’s total of 158.

Chepauk IPL Record

Metric	Stat
IPL matches hosted	93+
Wins batting first	53
Wins chasing	41
Average first innings score	~165
Average second innings score	~152
Highest team total	246/5- CSK vs RR
Highest successful chase	210/5- PBKS vs CSK
Lowest team total	70- RCB vs CSK

What the Pitch Did in This Match

Chepauk traditionally supports teams batting first– the surface grips and slows as the match progresses, typically making chasing harder. CSK’s 158 was 7 runs below the venue average, which means GT chased a below-par target on a surface that should have favoured the team defending. The fact that GT chased it in 16.4 overs tells you how thoroughly Rabada dismantled CSK’s batting in the first innings.

IPL 2026 Points Table: Where This Result Leaves Both Teams {Points-table}

The Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard result had direct playoff implications. GT gained two points and significantly improved their net run rate. CSK dropped one place.

IPL 2026 Points Table (As of May 14, 2026)

Pos	Team	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	12	8	4	16	+1.053
2	Gujarat Titans	12	8	4	16	+0.551
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	7	5	14	+0.331
4	Punjab Kings	11	6	4	13	+0.428
5	Chennai Super Kings	11	6	5	12	+0.185
6	Rajasthan Royals	11	6	5	12	+0.082
7	Delhi Capitals	12	5	7	10	-0.993
8	Kolkata Knight Riders	11	4	6	9	-0.198
9	Mumbai Indians	11	3	8	6	-0.585
10	Lucknow Super Giants	11	3	8	6	-0.907

GT sit 2nd with 16 points and NRR +0.551- firmly in playoff contention. CSK are 5th with 12 points. Both teams are still in the race for the top four, but CSK cannot afford another defeat of this margin. Playoffs begin May 26, with the final at Ahmedabad on May 31.

Tactical Deep-Dive: Three Decisions That Decided This Match {Analysis}

The Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings match scorecard numbers are the outcome. These are the decisions that produced them.

Decision 1- GT Held Rashid Khan Back

Rashid Khan bowled only one over and was introduced as late as the 15th over- the latest in 146 IPL innings. This data suggests GT planned a pace-heavy powerplay attack because Rabada and Siraj were generating movement. By the time Rashid came on, the match was already shaped. Rashid’s 1-over figures of 0/21 suggest this may not have been the original plan, but GT’s pacers had already rendered his spell largely academic.

Decision 2- CSK’s Impact Player Call Backfired Completely

Deploying an Impact Player after just 3.6 overs- before the powerplay was even finished- is an admission of crisis, not a tactical masterstroke. CSK activated Sarfaraz Khan in response to a 3-wicket collapse. He scored zero. Burning your Impact Player card for zero runs means you enter the second half of the innings with one fewer option than a standard eleven would carry.

Decision 3- Gaikwad’s 74 Was Structurally Necessary but Tactically Insufficient

Gaikwad batted through the innings and finished 74 not out off 60 balls. He also played 30 dot balls- the joint second-highest by any batter in a single IPL innings in 2026. With the top order gone by over 5, he had no choice but to anchor. That anchoring saved CSK from a below-140 total, but it could not correct a run-rate deficit created before most of the team had even reached the crease.

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