The forecast indicates partly cloudy weather in Ahmedabad during the match, with temperatures around 31°C, humidity at 60%, wind speeds of 19 km/hr, and a 15% chance of precipitation.
Both teams will be keeping an eye on the skies, particularly after the significant delays in the Qualifier 2 match between PBKS and Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday. That game started more than two hours late, but new rules allow matches to begin 120 minutes behind schedule without cutting overs.
For the final, however, there is an added safety net. If rain disrupts the start or finish of the game on Tuesday, a reserve day is set for June 4. Should the match still be unable to conclude due to weather or other related issues on Wednesday, PBKS will be declared champions since they finished higher on the points table (P1) compared to RCB (P2).
Both teams accumulated 19 points in the league stage, but PBKS had a superior net run rate (NRR) of +0.372, compared to Bengaluru’s +0.301, giving them an advantage in the event of a washout on either day.
Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Yash Dayal.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod (wk), Josh Inglis (wk), Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Kyle Jamieson.
