The IPL 2023 season 16 will start off on Friday, Walk 31 as reigning champs Gujarat Titans (GT) will clash with the four-time champions Chennai Super Lords (CSK) at Narendra Modi Arena in Ahmedabad. The challenge vows to be a mouth-watering one as Gujarat will hope to begin their title protection on a high while Chennai will be anxious to start off very strong this season after a gathering stage exit in 2022. With the competition being named MS Dhoni's last season, CSK will be anxious to give a triumphant goodbye to the second-best chief throughout the entire existence of IPL (as far as prizes won). Then again, having offered areas of strength for a with their stunning exhibition in the debut season, Gujarat will have the extra included pressure their shoulders to imitate their effective trip this year too. Pitch Report: Out of the ten T20I matches played at the scene, six have been won by groups batting first. The typical first-innings score at the setting is 160 while the most elevated absolute recorded is 234/4 by India against New Zealand. Narendra Modi Arena is definitely not a cheerful hunting ground for the pursuing groups as the most elevated all out pursued at the scene in T20Is is 166. Thus the chief winning the throw will hope to bat first and post an immense all out on the board. Top Performance : Likely best hitter Shubman Gill: The 23-year-old has been in eminent type of late, having scored hundreds across each of the three organizations in 2022. He as of late scored the most noteworthy individual score by an Indian player in T20Is as he played a sparkling innings of 126* off 63 balls against New Zealand. Gill will hope to proceed with his structure in IPL too and get his competition looking romping so far against CSK. Likely best bowler Deepak Chahar: The right-arm seamer missed the whole 2022 season because of a physical issue and will be anxious to arrange a decided rebound in the forthcoming season. Chahar will hope to discover a few swing with the new ball and pick vital wickets for his side in the powerplay. Gujarat Titans Key Players : Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Alzarri Joseph Chennai Super Kings Key Players : Devon Conway, Ben Stokes, Deepak Chahar Probable XI Gujarat Titans : Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (C), Matthew Wade, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami Chennai Super Kings : Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh/Rajvardhan Hangargekar