Gujarat Titans (GT) pacer Mohammed Shami completed his 100 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during the ongoing Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2023 tournament opener in Ahmedabad on Friday.  Shami, making his 94th appearance in the tournament, snared CSK opener Devon Conway to get to the milestone.

It was a full-length delivery from Shami that came in sharply and Conway wanted to drive it but missed it completely.

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The ball went on to crack the gap between bat and pad and rattled the stumps. The right-arm pacer has been bowling with an average of 29.19 and with an economy rate of 8.52 in IPL. It was during the last IPL when Gujarat Titans roped in Shami for a whopping amount of 6.25 crores. He ended the last season by picking 20 wickets. 

Earlier, Gujarat’s Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl against Chennai Super Kings. Chennai included Rajvardhan Hangargekar in their playing XI and gave him a chance to debut in the cash-rich league.

Playing XI’s:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Squads:

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ben Stokes, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Akash Singh.

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, Kona Bharat (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammed Shami, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharshan, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mathew Wade, Odean Smith, Urvil Patel, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller (not available in first 2 games), Josh Little (first match not available), Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Odean Smith, Noor Ahmed, Alzarri Joseph.