In 9 out of 12 finals since 2011, the side winning Qualifier 1 has gone on to win the final as well.
IPL 2023
Chennai vs Gujarat for IPL title: No.5 or No. 2?
This will be the 10th IPL final for MS Dhoni's CSK, and the second for Hardik Pandya's GT © BCCI
Numbers matter. But if confidence, pressure and other sporting buzzwords were indeed irrelevant, cricket would've been played by robots.
Chennai Super Kings have resisted letting the situation get to them in the past. Players who were a part of the setup have claimed that the feeling of playing a final was never really felt in the team. Yet, a day ahead of the 2023 final, Stephen Fleming, who has been a part of 11 IPL finals, doesn't deny that there is 'a bit of nervousness'. It's what makes the players perform at their best, according to him.
On the other hand, Vikram Solanki, GT's Director of Cricket, put up a more relaxed front - of being confident in what the team has achieved in its brief past, as well as giving the due to CSK who have done it many times over.
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