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Rajasthan Royals paid the price for their shoddy show during the business end as a washout of their final IPL league game against table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders in Guwahati on Sunday pushed them to third place behind Sunrisers Hyderabad. Tonight's Stars! IPL 2024 last league game of the season washed out. Right then, we have had 70 group games in the 2024 Indian T20 League and now the caravan heads to Ahmedabad for the first two playoff games. Also, a good gesture from the Rajasthan players as they come out to applaud the crowd by taking a lap of the ground and the crowd certainly deserves that. Anyway, first up, it will be Kolkata taking on Hyderabad on Tuesday, 21 May in Qualifier 1 and the stakes will be very high as the winner will get a direct entry into the Grand Finale whereas the loser will have to play another game. That game will begin at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT) but as usual, you can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Till then, take care and goodbye! The rain has played spoilsport, once again, leaving the match abandoned. It's a disappointing conclusion to the final game of the group stages, but such is the unpredictability of the weather. Rajasthan find themselves in a sombre state, forced to settle for a solitary point, which leaves them at the third spot on the points table. Their slightly lower net run rate compared to Hyderabad, who clinched victory earlier this evening, pushes them down the ladder. With four consecutive losses in their recent games and now this washout, Rajasthan's confidence might take a hit as they now gear for the Eliminator where they face Bengaluru, a team riding a wave of red-hot form with six consecutive wins under their belt. Conversely, Kolkata's luck too has taken a similar turn with two consecutive games falling victim to the bad weather. Nevertheless, they remain a side brimming with confidence and will now focus on the highly-anticipated clash against Hyderabad in Qualifier 1, promising an electrifying showdown for fans. KKR vs RR Live Score - JUST IN - The game has been abandoned. Handshakes all around as RR finish third on points table. So it will KKR v SRH in Qualifier 1 and RR will be up against RCB in the Eliminator. UPDATE 10.50 pm IST (5.20 pm GMT) - The dreadful news we were hoping to avoid is here. The umpires have a prolonged chat with the officials and the conversation ends with the umpires shaking hands with the ground staff. Sanju Samson is out in the middle followed by Shreyas Iyer and the umpires convey the news to both skippers who shake hands. THE MATCH HAS BEEN ABANDONED! Spare a thought for the ground staff who did a remarkable job of getting the ground ready but it just wasn't meant to be and we do now know that Kolkata will be facing Hyderabad who snatched 2nd place from Rajasthan due to a better net run rate in Qualifier 1 whereas Rajasthan will have to face a resurgent Bengaluru side in the Eliminator game. KKR vs RR Live Score - The cut-off time for a 5-overs-a-side game is 10:56 pm IST. KKR vs RR Live Score - The match officials can be seen with their umbrellas, walking over the covers and having a chat. The groundsmen and the fans await. KKR vs RR Live Score - Well, well, well! The rain has returned and the covers are coming back on. UPDATE 10.39 pm IST (5.09 pm GMT) - Uh, oh! The rain is back out of nowhere! What a shame for everyone involved and it looks like rain will have the telling say in this game after all. The covers are coming back on and it is now heavy rain by any means but the damage was already done early on. Well, a few minutes later and it is definitely getting heavier now and we should have the official word soon. Impact Players nominated by Kolkata - Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford. Kolkata (Playing XI) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy. Subscribe to our newsletter and get all the stories that matter delivered to your inbox Invalid id. Please enter again Impact Players nominated by Rajasthan - Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira. Rajasthan (Playing XI) - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (C/WK), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger. The Rajasthan skipper, Sanju Samson says they would have liked to bowl first as well and informs that the pitch this time has more moisture. Ends by saying that they might have a last minute change with Nandre Burger coming in. 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, the skipper of Kolkata says they will bowl first since it is now a 7-over game and they don't know how the pitch will play. Concludes that Anukul Roy plays this game. It's a seven over game, we will get a fair idea of how it plays. Anukul Roy comes in. Toss news! Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer wins toss, opts to bowl vs RR in a 7-overs-a-side game in Guwahati. TOSS - Kolkata win the toss and Shreyas Iyer decides to BOWL first and informs right away that it is a 7 overs-a-side game. Official news is that it will start at 10.45 pm IST (5.15 pm GMT). Update - Toss coming up.... KKR vs RR Live Score - No update yet! Deep Dasgupta, Gautam Gambhir and Chandrakant Pandit having a chat as the supersoppers continue to work in full force. No update from the officials yet! Players can be seen warming up. KKR vs RR Live Score - Update - There will be an inspection at 10:25 pm IST. KKR vs RR Live Score - More good news! The cover of the pitch is now being removed. Groudsmen working in full tilt and believe a game is still possible. The umpires also having a chat with the officials. KKR vs RR Live Score - Some good news! The rain has reduced to a drizzle and the covers are swiftly coming off now. There is still chance of a game in Guwahati. A few Royals plays can also be seen on the ground. The super-sopper working in full flow. The pitch however remains covered! KKR vs RR Live Score - Still raining heavily Seems like we are heading towards a washout. The intensity of the rain hasn't dropped. The chances of any play happening now look really thin. KKR vs RR Live Score - Lots of thunder and lightning around as the rain continues. The chances of a match getting bleaker, every passing minute. KKR vs RR Live Score - The wait continues... KKR vs RR Live Score - The cut-off time for a five-over RR vs KKR game is 10:56 PM IST. Toss needs to happen at least 15 minutes before that. KKR vs RR Live Score - Update - Proper downpour now! And the wait continues... The ground is fully covered once again. KKR vs RR Live Score - Oops! Rain has returned Bad news folks! It ahs started to rain again and its looking heavy. The covers are being quickly brought back on to the field. Poll Will Rajasthan Royals manage to finish in top two? KKR vs RR Live Score - Good news! The rain has stopped and the groundsmen have quickly swung into action. Rinku-Chahal Bromance! KKR vs RR Live Score - The wait continues... Just over an hour from when the first ball was supposed to be bowled. As the rain continues in Guwahati, we will start losing overs now. Covers unmoved as the wait continues. KKR vs RR Live Score - Still drizzling! The intensity of the rain has dropped quite a bit but its still drizzling out there. There are two supersoppers at work at the moment in the outfield. KKR vs RR Live Score - More bad news! Its pouring now in Guwahati and more covers are being rushed to the outfield. The entire playing area is likely to get covered now. KKR vs RR Live Score - The rain has gotten heavier now! Bad news! The square was covered and more covers are now being brought on as the rain gets heavier. No super sopper yet. KKR vs RR Live Score: Update - It's still raining in Guwahati (IPL experience) It's been absolutely mad, the atmosphere, the crowds. The kind of support we have been getting is amazing. For me spending a lot of time on the bench, being able to watch the cricket, I have learned so much and it's been an amazing experience. Hopefully we manage to get on a roll and get back to winning ways tonight. We had a great start and normally if you lose four in a row, then you might be struggling at the back end. But we have qualified and if we win tonight we are guaranteed a top-two. We are in a great position and hopefully we can get the ball rolling and get the confidence back. You always want to win every game you play. We are going out there tonight to win. We can't control what happens in the future, but we can kinda control what happens tonight - put in a good performance and then focus on the qualifiers. (Mood in the camp) I don't think you'd be able to tell that we've lost four in a row. Great spirit among the lads, everyone is really close and confident. We all have each others' backing. (On Riyan Parag) Very inspirational actually. I've followed his journey a little bit from afar. He's had a couple of tough years, he's had a lot of abuses and he's had a lot of people kind of hating on him. For him to be able to come out this year and show everyone actually how good he is, the performance, the pressure he was under ... to be able to do it, I think we are seeing a future star in the making. I am sure he'll play a lot for India. KKR vs RR Live Score - With Sunrisers Hyderabad winning against Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals have to win the final league game of the season to finish in the top two. KKR vs RR Live Score - Rain, rain, go away! JUST IN - Sunrisers Hyderabad (215/6) beat Punjab Kings (214/5) by 4 wickets, move to 2nd place in standings KKR vs RR Live Score - Update - Rain delays toss in Rajasthan Royals-Kolkata Knight Riders game in Guwahati Its drizzling at the moment and the groundsmen have covered the pitch. Just want to continue following the process. We have qualified already but we need to win one more. We want to focus on ourselves, not rely on other teams. Want to win today and get the momentum on our side after four defeats. We discussed that the set batters need to take the game deep and the bowlers should look to focus on every delivery, rather than thinking of completing four overs. The fielding unit have also been told to sharpen up, give their 100% and put in more effort. (On his performance) It has been a good season but I haven't got as many wickets as I'd have liked. I've been doing different roles for this team. When Burger was playing for us, I wasn't getting to bowl in the powerplay, but now I've been told to bowl in the powerplay. I've done well there and also at the death. I've been told to be prepared to be an all phase bowler. (On being reserve player for T20 World Cup) The prep for that hasn't started yet. I'm not part of the squad but since it is T20, anything could happen since everyone plays a lot of cricket. I'll keep preparing and try to rectify the mistakes there. During an IPL season, you don't get to practice that much because the games are back-to-back. We are at the centre. Square boundaries 61-62m pretty much equidistant. The straight one is 73m. We have got a cracking wicket here and I think it's a different looking wicket than the one we had last game. Last year RR got 199 on this pitch and DC couldn't chase it down. I would say batting first. It's really hard and has a better sheen to it. Better preparation (than last game) I feel. It's got a really nice covering of grass and the patches that don't have the grass you can see the sheen so the ball is going to slide on. Better wicket tonight for sure. KKR vs RR Live Score - KKR's middle order in focus As KKR will be keen to keep their rhythm intact, the onus will be on the likes of skipper Shreyas Iyer, finishing duo of Rinku Singh and Andre Russell to fire in unison. There is also some rain forecast as conditions are likely to be on the slower side and in the last match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings the ball seemed to stop. Form Guide!— rajasthanroyals (@rajasthanroyals)
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