Hyderabad metro will run till 1 am tonight for final IPL between CSK and Mumbai Indians. The Hyderabad metro timings will get extended till 1 am tonight as the city is hosting the final round of the Indian Premier League or IPL. At previous occasions when the city hosted the IPL, the Hyderabad metro ran till 11:45 PM, but if there's heavy rush for today's cricket match, the timings will get extended till 1 am, an official from Hyderabad Metro said. Heavy security has been arranged at metro stations close to the stadium as more footfall is expected. Special command and control centres will monitor the CCTV footage around the stadium. MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings and Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians, two most successful teams in IPL, will fight for supremacy in the final to be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The match will begin at 7:30 PM. For three-time champions Chennai Super Kings, who have entered their eighth final, it has been another remarkable season after last year when they made a triumphant return having served a two-year suspension. Whatever the outcome may be, the final in Hyderabad will add another memorable chapter to their longtime rivalry.<doc-sep>The pitch for the IPL final between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians could force both the teams to come out of their comfort zones. Both CSK and MI have banked on their spinners in the season so far but the 22 yards for the IPL final at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad might not be the ideal track for the slower bowlers. Click Here for Live Score and Updates - IPL Final MI vs CSK Live Score Historically, Hyderabad has been a venue that suits the medium pacers more. The fast bowlers have taken 52 wickets compared to only 27 by the spinners. The record of SRH’s left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed – 12 wickets in 4 matches at this venue – also indicates the nature of the pitch. The man responsible for preparing the strip for IPL final, BCCI curator YL Chandrasekhar Rao, however, promises a sporting wicket for the title clash between MI and CSK. “I want to succeed once again and we are working on the wicket and also the ground to meet the best of the standards. It’s going to be a good wicket. We already have two wickets ready and the third one is being readied,” Rao told TOI ahead of the IPL 2019 final. Reacting on the eve of the final, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma said both teams need to assess the conditions quickly. “It (Hyderabad) is a neutral venue. Both teams have played here so they are very much aware of the conditions. It is not going to be a major factor. Important will be to assess the pitch as quickly as we can, see what the ideal score will be if we bat first,” Rohit said. In the previous match against CSK in Chepauk, Mumbai brought in Jayant Yadav in place of Mitchell McClenaghan and this move worked like a charm on the spinning track. However, the surface at Hyderabad might tempt MI to bring the Kiwi pacer back. Venue Insights Hyderabad has hosted only one IPL final till date that was only a couple of years ago between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017. In the low-scoring thriller, MI got the better of RPS by just 1 run and went on to lift the IPL title for the third time. Highest team total: 231/2 by Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2019 Highest individual score: 126 by David Warner for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs KKR, 2017 Best bowling figures: 6/12 by Alzarri Joseph (Mumbai Indians) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2019.<doc-sep>Additionally, independent SHE Teams have been formed to keep those harassing women in check, while separate teams have been put together to supervise vendors. Hyderabad: A total of 2,850 police personnel, including two anti-terror Octopus units, will be deployed in and around the Uppal stadium during the IPL T-20 cricket final match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, which is to be held in the city on Sunday. A joint command and control room have been established opposite the G6 box of the stadium to monitor 300 closed circuit cameras installed at various locations in and around the stadium, including vehicle checkpoints and parking lots. Bomb detection teams will continuously conduct anti-sabotage checks till the end of the match. In view of the presence of a large number of spectators, the number of ambulances available for emergency medical services has been increased from three to eight. The number of fire engines has been increased from four to five. Additionally, independent SHE Teams have been formed to keep those harassing women in check, while separate teams have been put together to supervise vendors. Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh M. Bagawat said, “Effective bandobast arrangements have been made in coordination with various wings like the Armed Reserve special parties, the rope team inside the stadium and play-area squads. He said bomb detection teams, special operations teams, SHE Teams, mounted police, Vajra and tear gas parties, Octopus were in place. Armed Reserve police had been deployed as well as CCS teams. Four platoons of the TS Special Police would provide armed guard at all entry and check points. Besides, the traffic and the law and order police would be present in large numbers, Mr Bhagwat said. Parking Those holding entry passes from outer Gates 1 and 2 to enter from Ramanthapur (LG godown/ Modern Bakery) and park vehicles in Parking A & B inside the stadium. If this is full, they may head towards Gate 11 via Gate 1 and park their vehicles in Lot B at the NSL parking space. Special-needs ticket-holders to arrive from Ramanthapur Road, enter the stadium through outer Gate 3 (service entry) after parking vehicles in Parking B. Pass-holders for entry through gates G4 to G10 to arrive from Habsiguda-Uppal main road (via Ek Minar) and park vehicles in either the GenPact parking area or the Ramanthapur Church ground or in Sakthi Soaps’ general parking place. Traffic curbs Heavy vehicles approaching from LB Nagar and Warangal will not be allowed towards Habsiguda during the match. They will be diverted as per the instructions provided by the traffic police. Heavy goods vehicles travelling between Uppal crossroads from ECIL, Kushaiguda, Cherlapally will be diverted via Mallapur Bridge, Chengicherla crossroads (Warangal route), and LB Nagar junctions. Online blackmarketing leaves fans disappointed A day before Sunday’s IPL final match between the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad, tickets were being blatantly blackmarketed online. A Facebook page called ‘Spread the word’ advertised the sale of tickets and demanded Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,500 more per ticket. Cricket fan Rajesh Vamsharaj, who interacted with a blackmarketer, said, “I was offered three tickets on the ground floor and three on the south terrace. While the actual cost of each ticket is Rs 2,500, he was selling it at Rs 4,500.” Mr Vamsharaj said he had reported the phone number to the cyber crime police. Tickets for the ground floor (east) next to the boundary line were being sold for `5,000 against the actual cost of Rs 2,000. Meanwhile, Events-Now, a private company authorised by the BCCI (Board for Cricket Control in India), sold the third lot of e-tickets on Saturday. The tickets were quickly sold out, leaving hundreds of cricket fans disappointed. “It looks like a mammoth fraud. Eight of us were trying to book tickets for nearly one and a half hours, from 2.02 pm till 3.30 pm. We couldn’t buy a single ticket. We had to network and reach out to the stadium and HCA employees and finally we managed to buy few tickets,” said Mr Samuel Sudhakar. Another cricket fan, Mr S. Ravi, said, “Even in the initial few minutes of online booking, the website of EventsNow stated ‘requested number of seats are not available, please select another category or stand’. This was the same for all categories.”<doc-sep>Highlights of tonight's Indian Premier League final between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians from Hyderabad. What a night of cricket that was. In the end, Mumbai edged past Chennai to clinch the IPL 2019 title. That would be all from our side. I am starving... need to go grab a bite. You guys have a great night. Thanks for joining us tonight. This is Ayan Acharya signing off. Adios MI vs CSK: Malinga starts off with a yorker. Watto gets a single. Eight off five. Watto gets a two. Five off three. Oh Dear! Watson is run-out with four off two balls. TWO OFF ONE BALL. Malinga vs Thakur. Malinga gets Thakur out lbw. What a finish. What a finish to a pulsating contest. Dear Lord! Record title nO. 4 for Mumbai. MI vs CSK: Bumrah to bowl out. Make or break over. Bumrah, you beauty, gets rid of Bravo. In comes Ravindra Jadeja. Jaddu gets off the mark with a quick brace, and another couple makes it 13 off 7. Nine off six required. A costly lapse in attention from de Kock gives CSK four byes. MI vs CSK: Bravo dismisses a near-yorker for a fabulous six. Watson brings up a second fifty in as many games with two back-to-back fours. And another four and a single to end the over. 20 off it. Bumrah is back for his third. DROPPED! Watson has been dropped for the third time this innings! Just four off the over. Chennai needs 38 runs in 18 balls. Krunal to bowl the 18th over. Watson, you beauty. He launches Krunal over deep extra cover for six before going straight down the ground for another maximum. Three in three. WHAT A HIT! Watson is running away with the match. 20 off the over. CSK 131/4 after 18 overs. MI vs CSK: Hardik Pandya into the attack. MS Dhoni is run out. HUGE MOMENT in the match. Ishan Kishan catches Dhoni JUST short of the crease and Chennai have lost their talismanic skipper. Only three off the over and a huge wicket of MS. Dwayne Bravo is the new man in. Rahul to bowl out. Rahul drops Watson: second life. Just three off the over. McClenaghan is back. Three from the over. CSK 88/4 after 15 overs. MI vs CSK: Rahul Chahar traps Raina in front. He reviews but replays show the ball hitting the stumps. Rayudu is the new man in. Two runs and a wicket off the over. Bumrah is back for his second. Mumbai applying pressure on Chennai. Can Watson continue in the same vein? Rayudu is caught behind, and Bumrah strikes. Chahar and Bumrah strikes in two overs has brought Mumbai back into the game. All eyes on Dhoni now as he joins Watson in the middle. Rahul to continue. Watto ruins an excellent over with a four off the last ball. Six off it. CSK 79/3 after 12 overs. Chennai needs 71 runs in 48 balls. MI vs CSK: McClenaghan back into the attack. Two singles to start the over, and a wide. Nothing going MI's way, at the moment: the latter being the operative phrase. Raina has been given out caught behind but he reviews and survives! Good call, that. Raina gets a single and gets off strike. Four off the over. Rahul Chahar has been introduced into the attack. Watto misses out on a short ball. Just three off the over. McClenaghan is back for his third. Watson seems to be in the zone tonight; hits a half volley down the ground for four. Watson has been dropped; Malinga the culprit. 10 off the over. CSK 70/1 after 9 overs. MI vs CSK: Krunal to continue. TAKE THAT! Du Plessis hits one over the long-on fence for his first six of the night, and follows it up with a fierce cut for four. Krunal gets Du Plessis; he is stumped. Big wicket. 14 runs and a wicket off it. Bumrah into the attack. Raina is the new man in. Five off the over so far. A dot to end the over. Malinga to continue. Watto gets a boundary, was in the air for a while but he's safe. He goes one better... errr two better this time with a six. Runs coming thick and fast off Malinga. He brings up the team fifty with yet another strike to the third-man boundary for four. 15 off the over. CSK 53/1 after 6 overs. MI vs CSK: Shot. Du Plessis gets off the mark with a glorious cover drive. He gets off strike with a single next ball. Watson takes a brace to end the over. Seven coming off it. Krunal Pandya to share the new ball. Watto gets into the act, scythes one through the covers for four. Five coming from it. Malinga into the attack. Du Plessis gets a single. Good over from Slinga Malinga so far. Watson hares towards the end for a risky single, and nearly gets run out. Five runs (Total); Four overthrows... CSK 19/0 after 3 overs. Out come Faf Du Plessis and Shane Watson. Will it be a walk in the park or will Mumbai pose a real change? McClenaghan to start with the new ball. ======================================= MI vs CSK: Bravo to bowl out. Pollard turns down a single off the first ball. He's farming the strike and understandably so. Drama in the middle. Pollard is unhappy with an umpire's call and makes his dissent known. Umpires have a chat and all's fine. McClenaghan is run out next ball, Pollard retains strike and carves one through the covers for four, and follows it up with another four. Chennai needs 150 to win and lift a record fourth IPL title. MI vs CSK: Chahar to bowl out. Hardik smashes a short ball for four. GONE! Hardik's been given out lbw, and it's Chahar who gets the marauder out. Hardik has reviewed but replays show the ball hitting the stumps. That's OUT! And another one bites the dust; this time it's Deepak's cousin Rahul, who has holed out and Mumbai are seven down. McClenaghan joins Pollard.<doc-sep>
IPL final: 500 traffic police personnel to be deployed in Hyderabad The police have also requested the Hyderabad Metro to consider operating late night service. news IPL With the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12, the city traffic police are deploying a massive force of 500 personnel to keep the traffic moving. The traffic police will be deploying 300 traffic personnel in and around Ramanthapur, Habsiguda, Nagole, and Kachiguda routes from where the crowd is expected to move towards the stadium. The traffic at LG Godown from Ramanthapur road and at Ek minar from Habsiguda towards the stadium will be restricted. An additional 200 personnel will be deployed to ensure the safety of commuters, said traffic police. The police have also requested the Hyderabad Metro to consider operating late night service. Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the final match, which will be played at the stadium at Uppal at 7:30pm. The Rachakonda traffic police under whose jurisdiction the match will be taking place, have made arrangements for vehicle parking and pedestrian movement. â€śSince there will be a lot of people, we will be deploying about 500 cops for crowd management, while making sure that all the rules are being followed by the public outside the stadium, at parking areas, and also on all the routes leading to Uppal stadium,â€ť said M Kashi Vishwanath, Uppal traffic inspector to Times of India. The security in and around the stadium is also being beefed up. Special command and control centres have been set up to monitor CCTV footages. SHE teams and special party teams will also be making the rounds. The Rachakonda Police have also made arrangements for 10 parking spaces for the match goers. In the 2017 IPL final held at Hyderabad, the city had witnessed a severe shortage of parking spaces, and some could not even make it to the stadium. This time around, additional parking space has been made available at Genpact, DSL Mall and other locations around the stadium. Police have warned that vehicles being parked on the road and in non-designated spots will be towed away.