As the dust settles on another frenetic season of Indian Premier League (IPL), the usual suspects - Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians - remain the last teams standing. Statistically, the two most successful sides (most number of matches won) in the tournament history, CSK and MI have pushed boundaries and unravelled newer dimensions of the T20 format with each passing encounter. The next chapter of this rivalry features a battle for the coveted IPL trophy, something these two sides have fought for twice before.

58 matches and 43 days after after the tournament opener, Mumbai Indians return to the grandest stage of Indian Cricket at the Eden Gardens, hoping to complete their remarkable turnaround - a run that has seen them upset the odds and become the first team to qualify for the final despite suffering losses in each of their first four games, including the opener in Kolkata.

Chennai Super Kings meanwhile, like only then can do, sauntered through the group stages and despite not being at their best, have found ways to win the matches that matter. Remarkably, they now find themselves in their sixth final in the tournament's eight-year history. However, since their win in 2011, they have lost two subsequent finals, including one against Mumbai Indians in 2013, and would dearly want to put one past their arch-rivals en route their third title.

Venue: Eden Gardens, KolkataDate: May 24, 2015Time: 20:00 ISTWeather: Humid with a ten percent chance of rain around 9 PM.

Team News:

Mumbai Indians

A bulk of MI's success in the second half of the tournament has been due to their opening combination in both bowling and batting. Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga have been at the heart of their revival and with key contributions coming in from all quarters, the team management will not want to tinker with their playing eleven. Besides, by winning their first qualifier, MI have given themselves two extra days of rest to tend to niggles or fatigue of any kind.

Probable XI:Parthiv Patel (wk), Lendl Simmons, Rohit Sharma (c), Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Jagdeesha Suchith, Mitchell McClenaghan, Vinay Kumar, Lasith Malinga.

Chennai Super Kings

Not known to chop and change their team composition even during the league stages, CSK are unlikely to make any 11th-hour changes despite facing a quick turnaround from their last game. MS Dhoni is comfortable playing three frontline spinners in R Ashwin, Pawan Negi and Ravindra Jadeja.