CSK crash out in humiliation as GT hand them their biggest defeat in IPL history

NEW DELHI: Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings crashed retired of IPL 2026 successful disastrous manner connected Thursday aft suffering the biggest decision successful their history, arsenic Gujarat Titans stormed to a crushing 89-run triumph astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.The emphatic triumph not lone helped Gujarat Titans motion disconnected their league-stage run successful benignant but besides consolidated their 2nd spot successful the points array with 18 points from 14 games heading into the IPL 2026 playoffs. They are conscionable down table-toppers and defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who besides person 18 points but boast a superior nett tally complaint and a crippled successful hand.

For CSK, however, the decision officially ended their playoff hopes and capped a disappointing run with their heaviest nonaccomplishment ever successful the IPL.

Biggest decision margins for CSK successful IPL

The 89-run borderline besides became the biggest triumph successful Gujarat Titans’ IPL history.

Biggest triumph margins for Gujarat Titans

GT proceed dominance up of playoffsLed brilliantly by skipper Shubman Gill, GT erstwhile again showcased wherefore they person emerged arsenic 1 of the strongest teams of IPL 2026.Their apical bid wholly dismantled the CSK bowling onslaught aft being enactment successful to bat archetypal by Ruturaj Gaikwad.Gill blasted a 37-ball 64, hammering 7 fours and 3 sixes, portion Sai Sudharsan continued his sensational play with a classy 84 disconnected 53 balls.

The brace added 125 runs for the opening wicket and raced to 100 wrong 10 overs.After Gill’s dismissal, Jos Buttler took implicit power of the innings with an unbeaten 57 disconnected conscionable 27 balls. Buttler and Sudharsan stitched unneurotic different brutal concern arsenic GT piled up 229/4.The full proved acold beyond CSK’s reach.Siraj destroys CSK chaseThe pursuit ne'er got going arsenic Mohammed Siraj ripped done the apical bid successful a fiery opening spell.Siraj dismissed Sanju Samson for a first-ball duck earlier removing Gaikwad and Urvil Patel successful speedy succession to permission CSK reeling astatine 29/3.Kagiso Rabada past joined the enactment by dismissing Matthew Short arsenic CSK’s innings wholly collapsed nether scoreboard pressure.Only Shivam Dube showed immoderate absorption with a quickfire 47 disconnected 17 balls, but the harm had already been done. Rashid Khan cleaned up the little bid arsenic CSK were bowled retired for 140 successful conscionable 14 overs.Siraj, who finished with 3/26, said his absorption during the powerplay was to physique pressure.“Ball is coming retired nicely. While bowling successful the powerplay, my precedence is to physique pressure,” helium said aft the match.Gill called it an “important win” up of the playoffs.“Happy to spell successful with the momentum we have,” the GT skipper said.The decision surpassed CSK’s erstwhile biggest IPL nonaccomplishment — a 60-run decision against Mumbai Indians successful 2013 — arsenic their IPL 2026 run ended successful record-breaking disappointment.