NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bowl against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Both the teams fielded an unchanged playing XI. The highly-anticipated IPL title clash was pushed to the reserve day after relentless rains abandoned play on Sunday.
"We'll bowl first with the rain forecast being around. Yesterday we were in the dressing room. As a cricketer you always want to play. It was the crowd that suffered the most. Hopefully we can entertain them. Pitch has been under cover for a long time, but throughout the tournament the pitch has behaved well over here. Quite happy it will be a 20-over game we'll be playing. Serves justice to the tournament like this. Same team," Dhoni said after winning the toss.
"Would've bowled first as well, but my heart wanted to bat so I don't mind losing the toss. We spoke that it is something out of our control (weather). Whichever team plays better will have their hands on the trophy. I like keeping the boys cool, and they repay me. It's a flat track (what he makes of the pitch?). Same team," GT skipper Hardik Pandya said at the toss.
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