IPL 2024 – Match 59, GT vs CSK: Matheesha Pathirana Misses Out, Mitchell Santner to be Retained? Chennai Super Kings Strongest Probable Playing 11 vs Gujarat Titans

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Original Content: IPL 2024 – Match 59, GT vs CSK: Matheesha Pathirana Misses Out, Mitchell Santner to be Retained? Chennai Super Kings Strongest Probable Playing 11 vs Gujarat Titans

Matheesha Pathirana

Match 59 of IPL 2024 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on May 10th, Friday.

Chennai Super Kings are in the top 4 of the points table and they are in contention to qualify for the playoffs. CSK currently have 6 wins from 11 matches.

Gujarat Titans is eliminated. They have just 4 wins from 11 matches and they lost their last match against RCB by 4 wickets.

Mitchell Santner to Retain his Place in the 11:

Santner, who got an opportunity in the last match, will retain his place in the XI. With the bat, Santner scored 11 runs off 11 deliveries but with the ball, he was really impressive.

Santner was given the ball in the powerplay, giving away just 10 runs in 3 overs and picking up the crucial wicket of Shashank Singh.

Matheesha Pathirana Unavailability:

Matheesha Pathirana has flown back to Sri Lanka due to his injury and he is unlikely to be available for the remaining season. Pathirana picked up 13 wickets in 6 matches for CSK this year.

Matheesha Pathirana
Matheesha Pathirana | Source: BCCI/IPL

Mustafizur Rahman has also gone back to Bangladesh for national duty and he won’t be available for the remaining matches of CSK.

Simarjeet Singh Shines for CSK:

Simarjeet was CSK’s impact player in the last match, leaving a positive impact for his team by picking 2 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs. CSK picked him over Mukesh Chowdhary and RS Hangargekar.

Simarjeet Singh
Simarjeet Singh | Source: X.com

One of the main pacers of CSK, Deepak Chahar, is suffering from an injury and he is unlikely to return for the remaining matches.

Chennai Super Kings Probable XI vs Gujarat Titans:

Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Richard Gleeson, Tushar Deshpande

Impact Player – Simarjeet Singh.

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