First-time champions will be crowned on Tuesday however way the IPL final goes between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With both teams in the final after more than a decade, a drought will end for one of the them tonight.
IPL has only seen one previous instance, in the last 15 years, where two teams looking to end their title droughts have met in the summit clash.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!After Rajasthan Royals and Deccan Chargers won the first two IPL editions, in 2008 and 2009, respectively, since 2010 there has been just one final where teams have been on the cusp of first-time glory.
The last and only instance of it was in 2016 when RCB met Sunrisers Hyderabad. Then, SRH triumphed by 8 runs to lift their first IPL title under the captaincy of David Warner.
On Tuesday, one of Rajat Patidar and Shreyas Iyer would have led their respective franchises to triumph.
RCB cemented their place in the IPL final after finishing second in the league stage and winning Qualifier 1. This is their third IPL final, having reached this far in 2009 and 2016.
PBKS, meanwhile, finished top of the standings in the league stage and after being beaten by RCB in the playoffs, came through Qualifier 2 against Mumbai Indians. They've been to the title match just once (2014).
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