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In the Indian Premier League today, the final match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans on Reserve Day. It rained in Ahmedabad on Sunday as well, due to which the match could not be played. Due to this, the match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium at 7.30 pm today. The Chennai team will play the final for the 10th time. Out of which the team has won the title 4 times. At the same time, Gujarat has reached the final for the second consecutive year. Let us tell you that the Gujarat team had become the champion last year as well.
If the match is canceled today due to rain, then the team topping the league will be declared the winner. At the end of the IPL league, Gujarat Titans were at the top while Chennai Super Kings team was at the second position. In such a situation, if the final of IPL does not happen today, then Gujarat will be the winner and will capture this title for the second time in a row. According to the weather of the previous season, in case of no final even on the reserve day, it was said to declare the team at the top of the league as the winner.
Last year, 2 new teams from Lucknow and Gujarat were added in the IPL season. Both teams made it to the playoffs, but Gujarat surprised everyone by winning the title. This time also the team had entered the tournament with almost the same players. Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat will be under pressure to defend the title. The team has played a total of 16 matches this season, out of which it has won 11 and lost 5. The team had lost 4 matches in the league stage. But after the defeat against Chennai in Qualifier-1, the team defeated Mumbai in Qualifier-2 to make it to the finals.
At the same time, Chennai Super Kings, captained by Dhoni, is one of the most successful teams of the tournament. The team has won the most titles in the tournament after Mumbai. The team has reached the playoffs in 12 out of 14 seasons and is making it to the finals for the 10th time. Chennai has won 9 and lost 5 out of 15 matches played so far this season. At the same time, a match was canceled due to rain. The team defeated Gujarat in Qualifier-1 and made it to the finals.
If we talk about head to head here, then total matches have been played between the teams till now, out of which Gujarat has won thrice and Chennai once. The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium gives a lot of help to the batsmen. There will be a completely different atmosphere from the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. If there is pace and bounce for the fast bowlers, then the outfield will also be fast. Spin bowlers have a lot of trouble on this pitch. A total of 8 matches have been played at this ground this season, out of which Gujarat have won 5 and lost 3. Here the team batting first has won 5 times while the team batting 3 times has won.
Team Possible Playing XI
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (Wicketkeeper), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma and Joshua Little.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dubey, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mahesh Teekshana and Tushar Deshpande.