Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 70th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

The RR players are doing a lap of honour to the fans despite a drizzle. Riyan Parag throws a glove to the fans. Groundstaff then gather around Parag for a photo. That's curtains then on the league stage for this season. The playoffs kick-off on Tuesday. KKR will lock horns against SRH first up before RR take on RCB. Should be humdingers. We will see you all on Tuesday. Take care!

22:51 Local Time, 17:21 GMT: Groundstaff tried their best to steal a game but the weather stumped everyone with a very late shower. So it will KKR v SRH for Qualifier 1 and RR v RCB for the Eliminator. RR lose out on the second spot due to net run rate.

22:49 Local Time, 17:19 GMT: 7 more minutes for cut-off time and the rain hasn't stopped yet. Umpires shaking hands with groundstaff and that could be the sign that this is over. Sanju Samson coming down from the dressing room, Shreyas joins them now and does a funny walk with a smile to entertain the crowd. Both captains being briefed now and both exchange hugs. Game officially called off.

22:42 Local Time, 17:12 GMT: Rain is quite steady. Both teams watch helplessly at the skies. The umps in a conversation with the groundstaff. Must be about time needed to clear the covers and get the outfield game ready. But this almost looks impossible now.

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford

Oh dear! Just as they tried to quickly sneak a 7-over game the rain returns and the covers are back. So are the umbrellas. Was a 10:45 start, so we should ideally have 11 more minutes of cut-off time for a 5-over contest

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sanju Samson: Would have bowled first too. Last pitch was a lot drier, this one has a bit more moisture so we wanted to bowl as well. We made last minute changes. I think Nandre Burger might come in and rest is the same.

Shreyas Iyer: It's a seven over game, we will get a fair idea of how it plays. Anukul Roy comes in.

22:30 Local Time, 17:00 GMT: Good news. The inspection is done and the toss is going to get underway now.

22:24 Local Time, 16:54 GMT: "One of the supersoppers is dedicatedly operating between midon-midoff arc at the media end. That's where two visible damp spots are," informs Pratyush.

22:15 Local Time, 16:45 GMT: Pitch inspection due in 10 minutes. The outfield still seems to be wet but let's be optimstic for things to change with the super soppers working overtime.

22:11 Local Time, 16:41 GMT: The pitch covers are being removed now. The groudsmen certainly still believe that we can have a game. A lot of the crowd do as well, most have stayed back and cheered excitedly when the pitch cover was being removed.

22:07 Local Time, 16:37 GMT: The rain seems to have completely stopped now but the outfield has taken a beating. Patches square of the wicket are soaked and it will take a lot of effort from the super soppers to dry out the field in time. The pitch still remains under covers.

22:03 Local Time, 16:33 GMT: "Some good news. The rain has reduced to a drizzle and the covers are being peeled off the square. A few RR players including Ashwin are out on the field," pings Pratyush. So there's still a chance that we can get some cricket.