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The Chennai Tremendous Kings are dealing with the Gujarat Titans within the 62nd match of the IPL 2022 hosted by the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The defending champions have already been knocked out of the playoff race, whereas the newbies turned the primary staff to qualify for the playoff by successful 9 video games and bagging 18 factors to face on high of the leaderboard.

Amidst all the joy, the gamers of the 2 groups are carrying black armbands in reminiscence of the late Australian legend Andrew Symonds. One of many best cricketers within the historical past of the sport, Symonds handed away late on Saturday evening in a tragic automobile crash. The 2-time World Cup winner, who was survived by his spouse and two youngsters, breathed his final on the age of 46, and the cricketing fraternity was taken again by the shock.

He was one of many best all-rounders that the Australian staff had ever witnessed. He was a key participant for the staff in all of the departments and wreaked havoc on the sphere together with his batting abilities throughout his enjoying days.

Symonds made his debut within the yr 1998, and shortly turned a daily within the staff owing to his abilities as an all-rounder. All through his profession, he featured in 26 Check matches, 198 ODIs, and 14 T20Is thereby scalping 165 wickets and knocking 6887 worldwide runs. He was a serious part of Australia’s world cup successful arrange in 2003 and 2007.

CSK make 4 adjustments whereas GT go unchanged

Coming again to the sport, the Titans are in a successful kind, and thus are enjoying with the identical mixture eyeing one other victory. Chennai, however, have made 4 adjustments to the aspect. Matheesha Pathirana, the Sri Lankan who made his entry into the squad because the substitute of the injured Adam Milne, made his debut for the four-time champions.

Prashant Solanki is one other teenager who acquired his IPL cap from the Yellow Military. Other than the 2 debutants, Mitchell Santner and N Jagadeesan have been roped in for the sport as Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, and Maheesh Theekshana have been rested.

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