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It was a very dramatic end to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finally lifting the trophy after beating Gujarat Titans (GT) in the final. It was Ravindra Jadeja’s 10 runs in the last two balls — a six and a four — that sealed a fifth title for CSK.
After the match, there were many videos of families of the victorious team celebrating which have now surfaced online. One video is that of Jadeja and his wife Rivaba Jadeja, who rushed onto the field to meet her husband and touched his feet in reverence.
This video has been shared by multiple people, especially on Twitter. The clip shows Rivaba walking towards Jadeja, who is slowly opening his arms to embrace her. However, she soon changes her gesture to bend down and touch his feet.
About the IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Final:
Young and uncapped batter Sai Sudharsan led the charge in the first innings as GT set CSK an imposing target of 215 in the IPL 2023 final. His innings finished at 96 runs off just 47 balls, at a strike rate of 204.25 with 8 fours and 6 sixes to his name. He failed to complete his century after being caught LBW by CSK pacer Matheesha Pathirana.
Sudharsan stepped up to the occasion after the early wicket of the in-form Shubman Gill, who is also the current Orange Cap holder as well. After the bright start that openers Wriddhiman Saha and Gill gave GT, hitting 62 runs in the Powerplay.
Gill managed 39 off 20 balls, but his wicket via a brilliant stumping by MS Dhoni, gave way to Sudharsan.
After a long rain interruption, the match restarted at 12:10 with a revised target of 171 in 15 overs. CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway made the most of the conditions with an opening wicket partnership of 74 runs before Gaikwad was caught by Rashid Khan off Noor Ahmad's bowling, scoring 26 runs in 16 balls.
Conway was the main aggressor and managed 47 off 25 balls before Noor struck again as the New Zealander holed the ball straight to Mohit Sharma. Then coming to the party was Shivam Dube (32* off 21) and Ajinkya Rahane (27 off 13). The duo had a very important partnership of 39 runs from 23 balls which took CSK closer to the target.
After Rahane's wicket, Ambati Rayudu (19 off 8) took over as MS Dhoni was caught out for a Golden Duck. Many thought it was game over for CSK but Sir Ravindra Jadeja (15 off 6) had other plans. He hit a six and a four in the final two balls of the match to seal Chennai Super Kings' fifth IPL trophy.
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