IPL'19 Final: A sporting wicket or rank turner- What is on offer?

In 2017 IPL final played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Mumbai Indians batting first posted a modest 129 for 8 and then won the match by 1 run restricting Rising Pune Supergiant to 128 for 6.

Hyderabad: As Chennai Super Kings defeated youthful Delhi Capitals on Friday and set the summit clash with Mumbai Indians, the most important question arises fans' mind is the quality of the pitch for the much-awaited clash.

CSK and MI will take on each other in IPL 2019 final on Sunday at Uppal.

The season opener between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore failed to impress fans as batsmen struggled to connect the ball at Chepauk's rank-turner. The match brought MA Chidambaram Stadium under the scanner after RCB were bundled out for mere 70 and CSK, in response, earned a seven-wicket win.

In 2017 IPL final played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Mumbai Indians batting first posted a modest 129 for 8 and then won the match by 1 run restricting Rising Pune Supergiant to 128 for 6.

Now, the question is what is in store for teams and fans on Sunday evening?

Will it be a high-scoring game or another below-par match?

It must be noted that the Uppal wicket has been good for batsmen this season. The opening game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals had produced 399 runs and the last home game for SRH against Kings XI Punjab saw 379 runs being scored.

The only match that witnessed the lowest run aggregate was SRH vs MI which produced 232 runs in total.

Three 200 plus totals have been posted this season at this ground with SRH getting all of those. The highest being 231 for two against RCB.

The same ground has also witnessed hosts SRH posting the lowest score of 96 against MI while chasing 137 for victory.

The curator of the final YL Chandrasekhar Rao, who is also the BCCI’s Co-opted Curator, is working hard to produce a sporting wicket for the final. “I want to succeed once again and we are working on the wicket and also the ground to meet the best of the standards,” he said.

Chandrasekhar, who bagged the Best Pitch award thrice in a row in 2014, 15 & 16 IPL seasons, and his men are working under the watchful eyes of Daljit Singh, BCCI’s chairman of curators.

“It’s going to be a good wicket. We already have two wickets ready and the third one is being readied. Daljit sir and I will decide on which wicket the final will be played on,” the 62-year-old Chandrasekhar said.