In the final of the 2023 Indian Premier League, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings won the tournament by beating Gujarat Titans by five wickets. The opening batter of CSK Devon Conway described the win in the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans as the most highlighted victory of his entire career. The left-handed batter played a crucial role in the second half of the match ensuring that CSK remained competitive and had a chance to secure their fifth IPL championship.
After the revised target of 171, Devon Conway’s aggressive approach proved vital for Chennai Super Kings when Ruturaj Gaikwad struggled to find boundaries. Conway’s attacking cricket enabled CSK to reach a score of 52/0 during the four-over powerplay.
While talking after the match, Conway said,”It was a long time to wait, very nervous but Rutu (Gaikwad) and I plotted how we’ll go about it. Personally, is the greatest win in my career. IPL final doesn’t get bigger than that. Lot of credit to Mike Hussey, the fellow left-handed player. Nice to be in his shoes.”
In this match, Chennai needed 10 runs from the last two balls and Ravindra Jadeja hit it for a six and then a four to win the trophy. Jadeja scored 15 runs in six balls and took the team home.
While batting first Gujarat Titans hung 214 runs on the board at the loss of four wickets. For GT, Sai Sudarshan scored 96 runs while Wriddhiman Saha got 54 runs.
But, the rain interrupted again and eventually, CSK got a revised target of 171 runs in 15 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad(26) and Devon Conway (47) added 74 runs for the first wicket. Rahane scored 27 runs from 13 balls while Shivam Dube also got 32 runs in 21 balls. Rayudu played an important cameo and got 19 runs in just 8 balls.
For Gujarat Titans, Mohit Sharma got three wickets and Noor Ahmad grabbed two wickets.
