All the excitement over the IPL (Indian Premier League) finally having a new winner on Tuesday will surely be dampened by the way the Qualifier Two match at Ahmedabad played itself out, spilling over till 1.30 am on Monday.

Tuesday’s final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), if it comes off at all, will also be staged at Gujarat’s mammoth Narendra Modi Stadium, the pride and joy of the government.

Sunday’s match in which PBKS pulled off a major upset over Mumbai Indians (MI), largely thanks to a barnstorming knock by their captain Shreyas Iyer (87 not out), was at risk of being abandoned without a ball being bowled........

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