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KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 final to be washed out? IMD’s latest Cyclone Remal warning may leave fans worried
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The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is near its end as Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders face Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on May 26. The two teams triumphed over multiple challenges to reach the league’s final game and look to write their names in the history books. But, the IPL 2024 final is clouded by the warnings of upcoming Cyclone Remal, and like last year, rain can play a spoilsport on the day of the final.
As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a low-pressure system has formed over the Bay of Bengal and it can result into a severe cyclonic storm, which is expected to make landfall in Bangladesh and parts of India on May 26. Although, Chennai is not directly in the current path of the cyclone, it can still result in sudden rains in the Tamil Nadu capital.
The private weather forecasting service provider Accuweather said that Chennai has 10% chances of rain on Saturday, and the chances will reduce to 4% on Sunday, the day of the final.
What will happen if the IPL 2024 final is washed out?
If rain still makes its way into the IPL 2024 finals, the game will be reduced as per the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method. If the game is completely washed out, the IPL organisers will push it for the reserve day.
Moreover, even if the reserve day is washed out in the rains, then the winner of the IPL 2024 will be decided based on the points table. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), which is shining on the top of the points table will pray for such opportunity.
KKR and SRH are the two teams that made drastic changes to their teams in IPL 2024 and earned favourable results. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma provided some of strongest starts to Hyderabad, while Heinrich Klassen in the middle order took the game to record high totals. Promoting Sunil Narine to the top of the order and keeping the likes of Rinku Singh and Andre Russel in the middle order worked wonders for Kolkata.
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Published: 25 May 2024, 04:10 PM IST
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