Will Gujarat Titans be able to save the title today in IPL 2023 or will Chennai become Super King again?

The decisive final match of the IPL 2023 season will be played today. Today, the defending champions Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings will clash in this tournament which will last for about two months. The final match will start at 7:30 PM at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Chennai entered the final by winning the first qualifier while Gujarat defeated Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-2 to enter the final. 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.

All eyes will be on these 5 players of Chennai Super Kings, they can change the result of the match anytime

This will happen for the first time in the history of IPL

It will be the first time in the history of IPL that both the teams playing the opening match of the season have entered the final of the season. This record became as soon as the Gujarat team entered the finals. The opening match of the 16th season of IPL was played between Chennai and Gujarat on March 31 in Ahmedabad. Gujarat won this match by 5 wickets. After this, there was a clash between Chennai and Gujarat in Qualifier-1 as well. Chennai won this match and entered the final.

Head to head record of Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans

Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans have played each other four times in the IPL so far. The total of four matches played between the two includes 3 league and 1 playoff match. Gujarat has won all three league matches while the Chennai team has managed to win one playoff match.

In IPL, Chennai won 4 times and Gujarat won once

Mumbai Indians hold the record for winning most titles in the IPL. Mumbai team has become champion 5 times. After Mumbai, under the captaincy of Dhoni, the Chennai team has become the champion 4 times. Besides, Hyderabad has won the title twice (Deccan Chargers 2009, Sunrisers Hyderabad 2016). Kolkata Knight Riders became champions twice under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. Apart from these three teams, Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans have won the title 1-1 times. The Gujarat team became champions as soon as they entered last year.

Ahmedabad's pitch and weather will be monitored

The Ahmedabad pitch helps the batsmen a lot. Fours and sixes rained in Qualifier-2 between Gujarat and Mumbai. With this, the fast bowlers on this pitch may get some help early on. The spinners may also get some help as the match progresses. Rain is likely to occur in Ahmedabad this evening. The weather department has predicted light to heavy rain in Ahmedabad.

Reserve Day is not held this year

In IPL 2022, a reserve day was kept for the final match. However, as per the playoff schedule announced by the BCCI this year, there is no reserve day for the IPL 2023 final. This year the winner of IPL 2023 will be decided on the match day itself.

If the match is canceled due to rain, this team will be the winner

If one team bowls all its 20 overs in the first innings, the other team also has to bowl five overs to decide the match under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. If the match is washed out by rain after the other team has played five overs, the Duckworth-Lewis rule will be used to decide the winner. If for any reason both or either team cannot play five overs and the rain stops after the cut-off time, decisions will be made as per the rules. According to these rules, both the teams will play a super over and the super over will decide which team will become the champion. If the Super Over is also difficult and there is no decision in the match, then the team will be declared the winner based on the points of the league round. If this happens then Gujarat is at the top with 20 points for this the Gujarat Titans team can become champions.