IPL 2023 Final Live: Chennai win the toss against Gujarat, Dhoni says, we will bowl first given the possibility of rain

Ahmedabad, Dated 29-May-2023, Monday

Today, the toss has been thrown between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, in which Dhoni has won the toss and decided to field first. This match is played today on reserve-day. The match could not be played in Ahmedabad yesterday due to heavy rain and it was decided to play the match today on reserve day. It is to be mentioned that, for the first time in the history of IPL, the match will be played on a reserve-day. If Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings team wins today's match, they will win the IPL trophy for the fifth time and equalize with Mumbai Indians. While the Gujarat team hopes to win the title for the second year in a row. So MS Dhoni will create a big record today by playing the 250th match of his IPL career. Dhoni will become the first player to play the most matches in an IPL career.

Live Update:

• Dhoni said during the toss that, considering the possibility of rain, we will bowl first. Yesterday we were in the dressing room. As a cricketer you always want to play. The biggest problem has been the crowd... Hopefully, we will entertain them... The pitch has been covered for a long time, but the pitch here has performed well throughout the tournament. We are very happy that we will play 20 overs.

• Against Gujarat, Chennai won the toss and elected to field first

• There is good news for cricket vaccines. As the weather in Ahmedabad is clear now, it seems that the toss will be raised at 7.00 and the match can start at 7.30.

Dhoni will play the 250th match of his IPL career today

With this, an amazing record has been created in the history of IPL which has not happened till date. This record relates to the opening match and final of the league this season. Dhoni has played 249 IPL matches so far in his career. While in this list, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is at the second number with 243 matches.

CSK will play in the 10th final under Dhoni's captaincy

Chennai Super King has played the final 9 times under Dhoni's captaincy so far in IPL. In which the team won 4 title matches and lost 5 title matches. Today, the final match will be held for the 10th time under the captaincy of CSK Dhoni. If Chennai wins this match then Mumbai will equal Mumbai Indians record for most 5 wins. Chennai has won 4 trophies so far.