RCB vs KKR, IPL 2025: Match abandoned due to rain

The IPL restart ended on a damp note. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) came to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru with contrasting fortunes. RCB needed a win to seal their place in the playoffs, whereas KKR needed a win to stay in the race. However, rain had the final say in Bengaluru. RCB moved to the top of the table with 17 points, having played one extra game than Gujarat Titans (16 points). Defending champions KKR became the fourth team after Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to drop out of the playoffs race.

RCB vs KKR: 10:24 PM, Match called off

The match has been called off. RCB move to the top of thet table with 17 points. KKR become the fourth team after CSK, RR and SRH to drop out of the playoffs race

RCB vs KKR LIVE: 10:20 PM

The toss has to happen at 10:40 PM so that the match can be started at 10:56 PM. It's still raining in Bengaluru.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: 9:40 PM

We are 75 minutes away from 10:56 PM, the official cutoff time for a five-over game and the rain hasn't stopped yet. Things aren't looking great at the moment.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: 9:10 PM

It's still raining in Bengaluru. We have started to lose overs. The cutoff time for a five-over game is 10:56 PM. 

The game between RCB and PBKS on April 18 at the same venue started at 9:45 PM and it was a 14-overs per side affair. 

RCB vs KKR LIVE: List of washed out matches at the M Chinnaswamy

RCB's home turf has suffered the most no result encounters due to the weather over the years.

We take a look at the list of IPL matches that have been washed out at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. Click below:

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Rain getting heavier at the M Chinnaswamy

Today's clash between RCB and KKR will be a shortened game.

With less than 10 minutes to go for the 8:45 pm deadline for a full game, the rain in Bengaluru does not seem to be slowing down.

The ground staff are rushing to get the venue game ready with supersoppers as we have officially started to lose overs for today's match.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Middlesex interested in bagging Virat Kohli

Staying on the Virat Kohli theme, English domestic side Middlesex are interested in the 36-year-old for the County Championship (red ball) or the Metro Bank Cup (ODI).

Since Kohli is still contracted with the BCCI, he can't play the Hundred or the T20 Blast as Indian contracted players are barred from playing foreign T20 leagues.

Click the article below to read Middlesex's official position

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Will Virat Kohli get this ‘Test’ tribute?

Ahead of today's match in Bengaluru, a fan initiative went viral on social media that called on RCB fans to wear white shirts in honour of Virat Kohli's outstanding Test career.

The 36-year-old called time on his red-ball stint for India after announcing his retirement from the longest format of the game last week.

Despite the heavy rains, many fans have turned up to the stadium wearing Kohli's white Test jersey.

But will the star batsman have the opportunity to bask in the honour?

RCB vs KKR LIVE: When will we start losing overs due to rain?

The rain at the M Chinnaswamy has become heavier. It's 15 minutes past the official start time of the match, which is 7:30 pm.

Today's match will be a full 20 over an innings game as long as the game starts 8:45pm. After that, the match gets reduced.

For a rain-curtailed match to have a result, the game should be a five-over encounter, which must begin by 10:56 pm.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Why have KKR put on a poor defence of their title?

Defending an IPL title is no easy task.

Only Chennai Super Kings (2010, 2011) and Mumbai Indians (2019, 2020) have won back-to-back titles in the history of the tournament.

We explore why KKR have put up an abysmal title defence as they stare at an exit from IPL 2025. Read below:

RCB vs KKR LIVE: What will happen to RCB and KKR's playoff hopes?

With the toss delayed at the M Chinnaswamy stadium due to heavy rain, the weather may have the final say in the crucial game between RCB and KKR.

While the stadium has an excellent drainage system and chances of a match are high, the playoffs race will take a completely different route if no play is possible in Bengaluru.

Read our explainer below to see the different scenarios.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Toss delay

The toss has been delayed as the rain is pelting down at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, with the covers still on the pitch.

This is unsurprising as the forecast was always predicting heavy rains in the evening along with thunderstorms.

However, this hasn't deterred the RCB supporters, who have turned out in force despite the weather.

RCB vs KKR LIVE: Road ahead

Since placing second in 2016, RCB have failed to finish in the top two in the IPL standings.

However, this time around in IPL 2025, things are different as they are currently in second place and could break that record with just two more games.

The road is far more uncertain for KKR. In order to start an unusual net run-rate shootout and slip into the playoffs as the fourth-place club, they need more than just back-to-back victories to reach 15 points; the defending champions also need a complex series of other outcomes to go their way.

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