Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are hosting Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match No. 37 of the 2026 Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, April 26.
The Super Kings have seen a resurgence in their season and return to the Chepauk on the back of a massive 103-run win against the arch-rival Mumbai Indians side. Sanju Samson notched up his second century of the season, and Akeal Hosein’s four-wicket haul helped bundle MI out for 104. They will be looking to get two points off the Titans to further their place for a late playoff bid.
The Titans are coming off a five-wicket loss to the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Sai Sudharsan scored a magnificent century as the Titans scored 205 but failed to defend it. They will be looking to get back to winning ways after two significant losses.
CSK vs GT: Toss Update
The Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field. Shubman Gill put emphasis on needing to win the small moments in games and control runs better in the middle overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad was happy to bat first due to the wicket being on the drier side and the Super Kings’ record while batting first in 2026.
CSK vs GT: Prasidh Krishna misses out, Arshad Khan comes in
Prasidh Krishna misses out on the Titans’ squad for their clash in Chennai. Arshad Khan takes his place. Prasidh is the leading wicket-taker for the Titans, with 12 wickets. The reason(s) why the skilled right-arm pacer missed out has not been specified.
Urvil Patel has come into the team in place of Sarfaraz Khan for the Super Kings and will be seen batting at number three.
CSK vs GT: What did the captains say?
Shubman Gill, GT captain,
“We’re gonna bowl first. It looks like a good wicket. On a wicket like this, it’s good to have a total on the board. (On the afternoon heat) Actually, not that bad. A good bit of breeze going on, so hopefully it wouldn’t be too tough on our bowlers. We’re doing a lot of the things right. It’s just about winning the small moments and I think in bowling when we’re leaking runs, we are leaking too many runs in that period of three to four overs. So it’s just about hitting that length ball consistently in the middle overs. And that’s what the talk has been about.
(More aggressive in the powerplay?) Honestly, if the wicket is nice,that is our talk. If the wicket is well, get 70-80 in the powerplay, get as many actually in the powerplay but it’s very important to assess the conditions and if the wicket is a 170-180 wicket, really you got to assess that as well because I think at the end of the day, it’s important to play the conditions rather than something that has not happened. One change, Arshad is coming back in the squad.”
Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK captain
“It’s a bit on the drier side and more often than not, it will remain the same, so we’re batting first really well and wouldn’t mind putting on the score again and defend it. The confidence is high looking at the margin of the runs that we won the last game. But again, this game starts fresh, starts from zero. We have to start assessing how the pitch is, bat accordingly, and then try and defend it. But obviously, confidence-wise, we are slightly getting better and better in terms of overall unit. It’s just that one or two areas where we need to click, we need to fire, and we’ll get better on from that.
(On his own form) I’ve been getting starts and not able to convert it. It’s very rare, to be honest, but it doesn’t quite happen that often. But as I said, as long as I’m getting starts and as long as someone else is doing the job and we are getting over the line, it’s fine. But whenever I feel, I’m there, I’m set, and I feel that today’s my day, and I’ll have to make sure I’ll make it count, and I’m confident with that. We just got one change, Urvil comes in, and we’ll play around with the impact player.”
Playing 11s
Gujarat Titans (GT):
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar
Impact Substitutes: Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh
Impact Substitutes: Sarfaraz Khan, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Veer, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Matthew Short
