Due to rain in the IPL, the final match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans could not be played on Sunday (May 28). Now this match will be held on Reserve Day today. Toss could not be done due to heavy rain in Ahmedabad. Chennai Super Kings will be on the field again for the fifth and Gujarat Titans for the second title. This time the spectators hope that the rain does not disturb the match.

The question in the minds of cricket fans is whether it will rain on the reserve day as well. It is expected to rain in Ahmedabad on Monday evening, but the weather will clear up during the match. Rain was not expected on Sunday, but everything turned out to be the opposite. Now it has to be seen whether the match gets completed due to rain on Monday or not.

What if it rains on Reserve Day?
If it rains on the reserve day, the umpires would like to have at least a five-over match. If this is also not possible then the Super Over will decide the champion. If there is a problem in conducting the Super Over, then the team with the better position of the two teams in the points table after the league round will become the champion. In such a situation, Gujarat Titans will become champions for the second time. She was first in the points table and Chennai Super Kings was second.

Fast bowlers will get help
Due to incessant rains in Ahmedabad, the weather has turned favorable for the fast bowlers. It is likely to remain cloudy on Monday as well. If this happens, then the fast bowlers of both teams will get a lot of help. Mohammed Shami of Gujarat and Deepak Chahar of Chennai are experts in taking advantage of such situations. Now it has to be seen which team's fast bowlers wreak havoc.

Competition between Dhoni and Hardik
This match is not just between two teams but between two players whose stature is very big. On one hand, there is the legendary captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who won the IPL four times, and on the other hand, there is the young captain Hardik Pandya who is following in his footsteps. An interesting contest is expected between the two players on the Reserve Day in Ahmedabad in front of over one lakh spectators.

Both teams will be face-to-face for the fifth time
Four matches have been played so far in the IPL between Chennai and Gujarat. This will be the fifth match between the two teams. Gujarat has won three out of four matches. At the same time, Chennai has won once. Last year, Hardik Pandya's team defeated Chennai in two matches. This time Hardik won in the inaugural match. Dhoni avenged this defeat in Qualifier-1. Chennai defeated Gujarat to make it to the finals.

Record of Chennai and Gujarat in the final
The Chennai team will play in the final match for a record 10th time. She has become champion four times so far. He has faced defeat in five finals. Talking about the last three final matches, Chennai managed to win twice (2018, 2021). At the same time, once (2019) he had to face defeat. On the other hand, this is only the second final for Gujarat. She was the champion last time.

The teams are as follows:
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c/wk), Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Bhagat Verma, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dubey, Rituraj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Mathisha Pathirana, Dwayne Pretorius, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rashid, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjit Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Mahish Teekshana.

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmed, Dasun Shanaka, Odion Smith, KS Bharath, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, and Mohit Sharma.

(pc amarujala)