Languishing at seventh and eighth respectively on the points table, both Rajasthan and Bangalore have performed well below their pedigree. While Bangalore (8 points from 12 games) are out of the competition - barring miracles and plenty of them - Rajasthan (10 points from 12 games) have a faint chance of qualifying if they win their last two games. Even then they will have to rely on Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals defeat their respective opponents to make it through.
RCB Out of Playoff Contention as Rain Curtails Five Over a Side Game
Royal Challengers Bangalore were knocked out of contention for the IPL 2019 playoffs after incessant rain in Bengaluru forced their crucial tie against Rajasthan Royals to first be shortened and then abandoned on Tuesday (April 30).
Rain delayed the start of the match and it was only at 11:26 PM IST that the ground was good enough to host a five-overs-a-side affair.
After being put in to bat and having to wait hours as the rain refused to relent, RCB were able to put up 62-7 in their five overs.
Varun Aaron’s first over went for 23 runs. Virat Kohli started proceedings with back to back sixes before taking a single and getting AB de Villiers on strike.
de Villiers got two boundaries of his own and the home fans, who had to wait nearly 3 and a half hours to watch the game, were clearly salivating at the prospect of another Kohli-AB special.
Shreyas Gopal came on to bowl the second over and was greeted with a six and a four by Kohli. But Gopal had removed both these batsmen when the two teams met earlier this season and that is exactly what happened again.
A ball tossed up nicely saw Kohli go for another big shot but the lack of pace meant he only found Liam Livingstone at long-on.
de Villiers departed next, attempting a slog off another ball that was temptingly tossed up but only managed to splice it up and Riyan Parag collected a simple catch at extra cover.
On a hat-trick, the youngster once again looped one up towards Marcus Stoinis who whacked it but found Steve Smith at mid-off.
The hat-trick turned the game on its head. RCB looked on course to possibly reach the 100-run mark thanks to their start but they lost regular wickets thereafter and their innings ended without much flourish.
Shreyas Gopal has 18 wickets in the IPL this season after his three-wicket haul on Tuesday against Royal Challengers Bangalore, which puts him second in the race for the purple cap. The Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner lit up the 5-over contest with a sensational hat-trick by dismissing Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis off successive deliveries
Gopal's hat-trick makes it the fourth hat-trick by a Rajasthan Royals player in the IPL. Earlier Ajit Chandila, Pravin Tambe and Shane Watson had taken hat-tricks for the Royals in the tournament.
It's also only the second hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL after Yuvraj Singh's hat-trick in the 2009 season.
In reply, RR managed 41-1 in 3.2 overs and the match was nicely poised as they needed 22 more runs in 10 balls and had just lost Sanju Samson – who was striking the ball well – thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal.
However, another downpour saw the match instantly called off as there was no reserve time left
Varun Aaron’s first over went for 23 runs. Virat Kohli started proceedings with back to back sixes before taking a single and getting AB de Villiers on strike.
de Villiers got two boundaries of his own and the home fans, who had to wait nearly 3 and a half hours to watch the game, were clearly salivating at the prospect of another Kohli-AB special.
Shreyas Gopal came on to bowl the second over and was greeted with a six and a four by Kohli. But Gopal had removed both these batsmen when the two teams met earlier this season and that is exactly what happened again.
A ball tossed up nicely saw Kohli go for another big shot but the lack of pace meant he only found Liam Livingstone at long-on.
de Villiers departed next, attempting a slog off another ball that was temptingly tossed up but only managed to splice it up and Riyan Parag collected a simple catch at extra cover.
On a hat-trick, the youngster once again looped one up towards Marcus Stoinis who whacked it but found Steve Smith at mid-off.
The hat-trick turned the game on its head. RCB looked on course to possibly reach the 100-run mark thanks to their start but they lost regular wickets thereafter and their innings ended without much flourish.
Shreyas Gopal has 18 wickets in the IPL this season after his three-wicket haul on Tuesday against Royal Challengers Bangalore, which puts him second in the race for the purple cap. The Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner lit up the 5-over contest with a sensational hat-trick by dismissing Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis off successive deliveries
Gopal's hat-trick makes it the fourth hat-trick by a Rajasthan Royals player in the IPL. Earlier Ajit Chandila, Pravin Tambe and Shane Watson had taken hat-tricks for the Royals in the tournament.
It's also only the second hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL after Yuvraj Singh's hat-trick in the 2009 season.
In reply, RR managed 41-1 in 3.2 overs and the match was nicely poised as they needed 22 more runs in 10 balls and had just lost Sanju Samson – who was striking the ball well – thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal.
However, another downpour saw the match instantly called off as there was no reserve time left
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