RCB team in action in IPL 2025.© BCCI
A match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders will resume the Premier League 2025 Indian on Saturday. The edition was suspended for a week due to growing military tensions between India and Pakistan. As normality is restored, the event is ready to entertain the crowd, all starting with a formidable confrontation. It will be a crucial confrontation, especially for KKR, which is on the verge of elimination. They really need a victory to keep their thin hopes to go to the playoffs. However, the threat of rain is looming on the game. What if the rain plays spport? Well, in this case, the two teams will each share a point. Although it helps because RCB, it will eliminate the KKR.
According to Accuweather, Bengaluru, the city where the game will take place, was to receive a thunderstorm from 5:00 p.m. while 58% of the city was to be covered by the rain at that time, it decreases to 51% at 6 hours. 7 p.m., the time to launch planned for the game has a probability of 71% which reduces to 69%, 49% and 34% over the next three hours.
How could rain in the RCB vs KKR game affect the IPL 2025 eliminatory race?
KKR has 11 points to his credit after playing 12 games in the League. They still have two games and even a victory in both may not be sufficient for them to occur in the playoffs. This means that if the rain washes its game against RCB and the teams share points, it will be finished for KKR.
On the other hand, an abandoned game will not hurt RCB, because the team already has 16 points on his credit on 11 games. In such a scenario, this will bring them to 17 points with two other games in the league stage.
In addition to the RCB, the Gujarat titans (16 points of 11 matches), the kings of Punjab (16 points of 11 games) and the Mumbai Indians (14 points of 12 games) are the teams which are serious affirmation for the playoffs. Lucknow’s Super Giants’ path (10 points in 11 games) is difficult but not impossible.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings are the sides which are officially eliminated from the IPL 2025.
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