IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The last match may have been a washout but it was consequential nonetheless. The final will be played on Sunday, May 26. The league stage has had its ebbs and flows and at the end of it all, we have KKR, SRH, RR and RCB in the playoffs. A lot of big moments have come in this league stage, a lot more to come of course. Do join us for the ride.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR and SRH will play in Qualifier 1 on May 21. Rajasthan Royals, who slipped to No. 3 earlier this evening, will face RCB in the Eliminator on May 22

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer did Connor McGregor's Billionaire Strut as he walked out. He knew what was coming and sure enough, the two captains shook hands with each other and then the officials. The league stage ends with a washout, Rajasthan Royals finish third and Sunrisers Hyderabad are second.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Ian Bishop says in the commentary box that the cut off time for a five-over contest is 10.56pm. There is a long chat between the officials with the curator and the ground staff on the covers in the middle. And soon, the two captains are called out as well. This could be it now.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Less than five minutes before the start of the slugfest, down come the water works and in rush the groundstaff dragging the covers.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: That toss was over in a jiffy, not too many questions and answers.

RR 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

KKR 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

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Here are the rules for the slug fest. Four bowlers can bowl 2, 2, 2 and 1 over each. Each side will have seven overs each.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR have won the toss and opted to bowl first. The match will start at 10.45pm.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well no time to list out any of the playing conditions because here is the toss!

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The umpires have had a word with the captains Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson. Meanwhile Kumar Sangakkara could be seen having a word with the officials. Players are warming up now. A part of the outfield is still wet but the super sopper is working overtime.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well this is quite incredible, the officials seem determined to have a match even if it really does turn out to be a five-over hit out. Pitch inspection to take place at 10.25pm.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: In any normal circumstances, the captains would have shook hands by now but not in the IPL. A few officials had walked out to the field, umbrellas in hand to protect themselves from the persistent rain and then extraordinarily, the square covers come off.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well it looks like RR would have to take the longer route to the final. The rain is absolutely pelting down and we are nearing in on 10pm. This now looks like a wait for the inevitable w

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders are top of the table with 19 points in 13 matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad have jumped up to second after their victory over the Punjab Kings with 17 points in 14 games. Rajasthan Royals are third with 16 points in 13 games and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are fourth with 14 points in 14 games.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The cut-off time for a five-over shootout is 10.56pm. There are more puddles forming on the covers and some of that water is also leaking onto the grass in the inner square. This game looks high unlikely.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The story of this playoff race has to be RCB. They won just one of their first seven matches, a period in which they seemed to have made a meal of combinations in every single department. And then, they won one. They added another win to that, then another, and then another and soon, they came to their final league match against CSK with five consecutive wins in the bag and a real chance at snatching the final playoff spot away from their opponents for the day. They did it yesterday, ensuring that CSK not just lose the match, but do so by over 18 runs and thus ensured that they finish fourth.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: And this time with a side dish of lightening, thank you very much.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: No drizzles or mizzles or any other kind of izzles. It really is dry out there. The ground staff have swung into action to remove those puddles that have collected on the covers.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well the super soppers have stopped for now but the rain hasn't. The DJ has also gone quiet. We have started losing overs. All pretty gloomy now.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Some of the covers were taken off but it was only to take off the puddles that had formed on them. The super soppers are on, draining the outfield.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: If this game is washed out, there could be quite a few RR fans wondering what if and they could square down on that one thrilling game in Hyderabad on May 2. SRH scored 201/3 batting first and RR got off to a disastrous start in the chase as Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson both fell for ducks. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag resurrected the chase with a partnership of 134 runs in just 78 balls.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The rain is here properly and all the additional covers are on. It will be a big surprise if overs are not reduced in this match.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well it isn't looking too good at the moment. The rain has, in fact, become heavier now. The covers are firmly on. We might not have toss any time soon here.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: A slight drizzle still hanging over the ground but it is the kind that won't force anyone to open umbrellas or find cover.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: SRH have beaten PBKS by four wickets and as it stands, they move to second and RR go down to third. RR have to win today to seal second place. This match is not a dead rubber.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The sudden appearance of the showers has its first victim of the night. Toss has been delayed due to the rain.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The covers have been brought on to cover the pitch.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Square boundaries 61-62m pretty much equidistant. The straight one is 73m," says Anjum Chopra. Matthew Hayden opines, "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."

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: These two sides have faced each other 28 times in the IPL and won exactly 14 matches each.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Tom Kohler-Cadmore had taken the opening slot left behind by England's T20 captain Jos Buttler in their defeat to RR. He had scored only 18 in 23 balls but RR are sure to give him another chance today.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Whisper it softly but SRH seem to be making a mockery of this chase. We might just have a match of consequence in Guwahati. Travis Head fell for a golden duck to Arshdeep Singh but Abhishek Sharma has scored 53 in 23 balls. Rahul Tripathi scored 33 in 18 balls before falling to Harshal Patel in the fifth over. SRH are 110/2 in 9 overs, need 105 to win from 66 balls.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine's belligerent 109 off 56 balls had helped KKR put up a score of 223/6 in 20 overs. For much of RR's chase, it looked like KKR had the match in the bag. That was until Riyan Parag smashed 34 runs in 14 balls of the middle overs in a 50-run stand with Jos Buttler that came in 22 balls. RR then suffered a bit of a collapse but were resurrected by a 57-run stand between Buttler and Powell off just 27 balls for the seventh wicket. Buttler kept smashing them as RR lost wickets and eventually stayed unbeaten oin 107 off 60 balls as his side won it off the last ball of the match.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rovman Powell has contrasting records against his compatriot Andre Russell and T&T spinner Narine. Powell has been dismissed six times by Narine for 51 runs off 73 balls, but attacked Russell for 23 off just 12 balls and no dismissals.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: It was an absolute thriller, and KKR snatched a win from a seemingly impossible position.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Well there is a very real chance of this match becoming a dead rubber folks. Punjab Kings have set Sunrisers Hyderabad a target of 215 to chase after finishing their innings on 214/5. Opener Prabhsimran Singh top scored with 71 in 45 balls while his partner at the top of the order Atharva Taide scored 46 in 27 balls. Rilee Rossouw scored 49 in 24 while Jitesh Sharma, captain of the side in place of Sam Curran and Shikhar Dhawan, smashed a four and two sixes to finish off the innings and stay unbeaten on 32 off 15. Remember, if SRH lose this match, RR finish second in the league table regardless of what happens today in Guwahati.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The first and only game thus far at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati was earlier this week when RR hosted PBKS. RR crumbled to 145 for 9 and lost by five wickets. It had hosted three matches last IPL, and the average first-innings score since then is just 180. The temperature will range from 24 degrees to 31 degrees Celsius with lots of humidity and some rain and scattered thunderstorms expected in the evening.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Narine has a terrific record against the RR spinners: 94 off 39 against Ashwin and 49 off 20 while facing Chahal.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: RR captain Sanju Samson has contrasting records against Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy. He has scored 66 runs off 82 balls with three wickets against Narine but smashed 39 off 23 without any dismissals against Varun Chakravarthy.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt's sheer belligerence at the top of the order along with Sunil Narine has been central to KKR's success this season. However, you won't see him today as he has left the IPL along with the rest of his England teammates. Rahmanullah Gurbaz should be a straight swap for him.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer has had a good season as captain but not so much with the bat. Iyer's strike-rate (135.36), boundary% (17.9) and balls/maximum (21.2) lies significantly behind the other frontline batters in the side.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rajasthan Royals were looking nigh invincible for much of this season. That is until it became all but clear, and later mathematically clear, that they have sealed a place in the playoffs.

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Sakib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar

IPL 2024, RR vs KKR Live Score, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Shimron Hetmyer, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey, Kunal Singh Rathore, Navdeep Saini

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of match No. 70 of IPL 2024 where Rajasthan Royals host Kolkata Knight Riders at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Stay tuned for more updates!

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