The rain forced a washing in the restart of the IPL on Saturday with the holders of Kolkata Knight Riders eliminated the race of the dams while they each shared a point with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The T20 tournament resumed the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Benglauru, but the relentless rain kept the players out of the field and the match was finally abandoned without a bullet being turned upside down. Kolkata with six defeats and five victories stop at the dam race.
Bengaluru with eight victories exceeds the table at 10 teams and are almost through the playoffs. But the crowd of Bengaluru came back disappointed because many fans of Virat Kohli appeared in white jerseys to pay tribute to the star drummer after his test retirement.
Kohli earlier this week joined the captain of India Rohit Sharma when he left the five -day format.
Kohli, 36, announced the news on Monday and made his first appearance on the field since the announcement with his IPL Bengaluru team.
In the stands, a multitude of Kohli fans carrying his white test jersey with number 18 on the back.
The IPL was interrupted last week due to a fatal conflict between India and Pakistan and the officials decided to resume the tournament after a cease-fire.
Some foreign players, including Australia Mitchell Starc, could not return because of the revised IPL calendar, which comes up against the international calendar.
England player Jos Buttler will miss the playoffs if his team Gujarat Titans progresses while England welcomes the Antilles in a series of white balls from May 29.
The Capitals of Delhi de Starc were playing in Dharamsala when their match with Punjab Kings was abandoned on May 8 because of what the officials said that defects in the promenade.
Dharamsala is less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Jammu, where explosions were reported a few hours earlier the same day.
The playoffs start on May 29 with the first qualifier and the last scheduled for June 3.
Kolkata joined Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals to get out of the dam race.
The Suryakumar Yadav of the Mumbai Indians continues to hold the orange cap with 510 points in 12 games, while the stimulator of Gujarat Titans Prasidh Krishna has the purple cap with 20 counters of 11 games.
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