The 2024 Indian Premier League season is set for its final match, with Shreyas Iyer's Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Pat Cummins' Sunrisers Hyderabad at the iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. While fans eagerly anticipate this thrilling showdown, a recent cyclone advisory from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has added an element of suspense.
According to a weather agency forecast, Cyclone Remal is expected to land on May 26 in Bangladesh and a few locations in India. Although West Bengal is predicted to be the hardest hit by the storm, other states close to the Bay of Bengal may also see abrupt and notable changes in weather.
The fans are concerned that the rain forecast could have an impact on the IPL 2024 championship, just as it did the year prior when the rain forced the CSK vs. GT final to a reserve day.
What would happen if the IPL 2024 Final between KKR and SRH gets rained out?
In the event of rain during the IPL 2024 finals, the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) technique will be applied to decrease the game. The IPL organisers will move the match to Monday, the reserve day, if it gets totally rained out.
Furthermore, the points table will be used to determine the IPL 2024 winner even in the event that the rain cancels the reserve day. In that scenario, the trophy will be raised by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who are dazzling at the top of the points table.
The two teams that drastically altered their lineups for the IPL 2024 and had good outcomes are KKR and SRH. Heinrich Klassen took the game to record-breaking totals in the middle order, while Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma gave Hyderabad some of their best starts. Kolkata achieved great success by elevating Sunil Narine to the top of the order and maintaining players like Andre Russell and Rinku Singh in the middle order.
Shreyas Iyer, an out-of-favour Indian batter who was removed from the BCCI's annual contracts list in February, acknowledged that he was having trouble with injury after the ODI World Cup in November of last year, but no one seemed to be paying attention to him before he captained his country in his second Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) final.
