On the eve of the Finals of Pepsi IPL 2013, the coach of the Chennai Super Kings team, Stephen Fleming said to media persons in Kolkata that the players and the support staff of the team were distressed by the allegations and news reports concerning the franchise and the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He also added that neither the players nor the support staff of the team have any knowledge of betting and spot fixing.

A day after its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested in connection with the raging spot fixing scam in Indian cricket, CSK issued a handwritten unsigned statement which was read out to the media by coach Stephen Fleming at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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The statement referred to the franchise‘s record of having made it to the play-offs in all six seasons of the IPL and said the team has played every match to the “best of our ability”.

“The players and support staff are distressed by the allegations and news reports concerning the CSK franchise and the IPL. We have played every match to the best of our ability and are very proud of our record of having appeared in the play-off in all six seasons of the IPL. The players and support staff have no direct knowledge of either the betting or the separate spot fixing allegations,” the statement said.

“As difficult as it is, all our focus is now on preparing for the IPL final tomorrow,” it added.

Tomorrow in the all important final, Chennai Super Kings take on Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the match is expected to start at 8:00 IST.

Will Chennai be able to handle this pressure and win this final ?