Chennai Super Kings will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of IPL cricket at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai tomorrow. The match will start at 7 PM.
Two time champion Chennai Super Kings, who are gunning for their third IPL crown, take on 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad five days after their first play-off game at the same neutral venue. Hyderabad had finished the league stage at the top of the 8-team table, while Chennai was second.
These two southern rivals met at the bull-ring on May 22 in Qualifier 1 in which the 2010 and 2011 Champions Kings, just managed to ward off their rivals by 2 wickets. It enabled the Super Kings to enter their seventh final in nine attempts directly, while dumping their Hyderabad rivals to their third successive defeat in head-to-head contests this season.
Sunrisers booked their final berth after knocking out two-time former champions Kolkata Knight Riders by 14 runs in Qualifier 2 last night.