RR vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders match abandoned due to rain

Sanju Samson is walking out and so is Shreyas Iyer. Both captains have shook hands and the match is finally over. Rajasthan will stay at no. three and will play Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the eliminator while Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first qualifier. 

Hold on, hold on. The rain is back guys. The covers are coming on, yet again. 

Shreyas Iyer won the toss and KKR will bowl first. 

10:30 - toss

10:45 - start

Seven overs a side 

Two overs powerplay 

Bowling split - three bowlers can bowl two overs and one can bowl one

Okay, so there will be an inspection at 10:25 PM. The pitch has been uncovered. 

Groundsmen have come on now much to the joy of the crowd here. The umpires are having an inspection as well. It is still drizzling though.

No change in the conditions. Can expect handshake soon. 

10:56 PM IST is the cut-off time for a minimum of 5-over game. 

Almost game over. With a below-par drainage in Guwahati, doesn’t look like we are going to have a game tonight. Fans have vacated the lower stands as there is water accumulating on the chairs as well.

-Santadeep Dey from Guwahati.

The groundstaffs have covered the pitch once more. It’s raining. AGAIN! Things don’t look good. It’s heavier than ever. They are hurriedly trying to cover the entire playing area again. 

Some good news folks! The covers are coming off the pitch. The rain’s gone, updates Santadeep Dey. 

A few groundsmen are inspecting some wet areas around the practice pitches and outfield now. 

Some checks being performed on the Spyder cam, which has been covered in a black plastic bag. Only the pitch and run-ups are under cover now. The ever so light drizzle persists. 

-Santadeep Dey from Guwahati.

Santadeep Dey pings again - They have started pulling the square covers away. Two soppers have jumped into action. 

There are little puddles forming on the covers, which have been laid across the field. The heavy downpour has relented and we are back to a slight drizzle.

The drizzle has translated into a heavy, heavy downpour now. There is around an hour to go though before we start losing overs. 

-Santadeep Dey from Guwahati.

Now you can also see an occasional flash of lightning light up the backdrop and as I type this, the drizzle has gotten heavier. This can’t be good. The stadium speakers are being covered in polythene bags now. 

-Santadeep Dey from Guwahati.

It’s still the same. The drizzle has persisted. But it’s so slight that the people don’t even have their umbrellas out yet. This may turn out to be a very frustrating wait. 

-Santadeep Dey from Guwahati.

Okay, so now that SRH has beaten PBKS comfortably, it has leapfrogged Rajasthan Royals and sits second in the points table, provisionally. RR will have to beat KKR if it wants to finish in second. 

Our reporter Santadeep Dey, who is present at the venue, has informed us that the toss has been delayed due to rain. 

WICKETKEEPERS

Sanju Samson 

BATTERS

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer 

ALL-ROUNDERS

Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (C) Riyan Parag (vc) 

BOWLERS

Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy 

Team Composition: RR 5:6 KKR | Credits Left: 7

Bat 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.

Bowl 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.

Impact Player options: Vaibhav Arora/Rinku Singh, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, KS Bharat

Bat 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen.

Bowl 1st: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma.

Impact Player options: Sandeep Sharma/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nandre Burger, Navdeep Saini, Rovman Powell, Abid Mushtaq.

Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj. 

Kolkata Knight Riders

Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain. 

Which TV channel will broadcast Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2024 match?

The IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2024 match online?

The IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the last league game of the Indian Premier League 2024 played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday.

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