Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The 70th and final league match of IPL 2024 was to be held between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in Guwahati but the match had to be canceled without a single ball being played due to continuous rain. After a long wait, only the toss was possible, in which KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first but soon after that, rain came and then the match was cancelled. Due to the cancellation of this match, both the teams got one point each but Rajasthan Royals suffered a loss and the team missed the second place.

Rajasthan Royals suffered loss due to cancellation of match due to rain

There was light rain in Guwahati before the start of the match, due to which the toss, which was scheduled to be held at 7 pm, got delayed and the wait was more than three hours. After a long wait, when the toss took place, a match of 7-7 overs was scheduled but then immediately rain came and the match had to be cancelled.

Due to the cancellation of this match, both Kolkata and Rajasthan have got one point each. KKR was certain to remain in first place regardless of the outcome of the match and now the team has finished the league stage in first place with 20 points. At the same time, Rajasthan had a chance to go to second place with 18 points by winning, but due to getting one point, it could only get 17 points and Hyderabad also has the same number of points. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad has a better net run rate. For this reason, he occupied the second position and Rajasthan Royals had to be satisfied with the third position.

It is noteworthy that Rajasthan Royals had won 8 out of the first 9 matches and it seemed that the team would easily capture the first place but from here the poor performance of the team started. Sanju Samson's team suffered four consecutive defeats and today's match was cancelled. In this way, the team's hopes of finishing the league stage in the top 2 got a big blow and now it will have to play the eliminator match. Rajasthan will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator. This match between the two teams is to be played on 22 May.