• Not enough Miller time for Gujarat Titans

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    David Miller couldn’t rescue the Gujarat Titans in their IPL match against the Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday.

    Needing 207 to win, the Titans were never in the chase after they lost captain Shubman Gill early on and finished well short on 143-8 to lose by 63 runs.

    Miller, batting at No 5, scored 21 off 16 balls (three fours) before being dismissed in the 12th over of the run chase.

    Super Kings seam bowlers Mustafizur Rahman, Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande took two wickets each.

    Earlier, New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra hit an explosive 46 off 20 balls while captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also hit 46 as Chennai posted 206-6.

    Shivam Dube top-scored with his 51 off 23 deliveries to boost the total after Ravindra and Gaikwad gave the team a quick start in their opening stand of 62.

    Old warhorse MS Dhoni shocked his fans ahead of the T20 tournament when he passed on the Chennai captaincy to Gaikwad after he had led the team to their fifth IPL title last year.

    Gaikwad, who led the team to a win over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL opener last week, survived an early reprieve on one and made use of the spill.

    The left-handed Ravindra remained defiant and clubbed three sixes and six fours.

    Gujarat’s Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan denied Ravindra his fifty as the leg-spinner had the batsman stumped while Gaikwad fell caught behind off Australia’s Spencer Johnson.

    Dube reached his fifty in 22 balls before he fell in the 19th over to Rashid, who took two wickets but leaked 49 runs.

    © Agence France-Presse

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