RCB vs GT Bengaluru weather updates, IPL 2023: Match starts after rain delay; Royal Challengers Bangalore Playoffs qualification hang in balance

RCB vs GT IPL 2023: Here are the weather updates as Royal Challengers Bangalore takes on Gujarat Titans on Sunday in Bengaluru, which has received rainfall over the last couple of days.

Published : May 21, 2023 13:16 IST , CHENNAI - 6 MINS READ

Will rain affect RCB’s Playoffs chances in Bengaluru on Sunday?
Will rain affect RCB’s Playoffs chances in Bengaluru on Sunday? | Photo Credit: AFP
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Will rain affect RCB’s Playoffs chances in Bengaluru on Sunday? | Photo Credit: AFP

Rain could play spoilsport at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday as Royal Challengers Bangalore faces Gujarat Titans in their last IPL 2023 league match, with Playoffs qualification on the line.

With GT, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants securing qualification, RCB requires to win its final match and reach 16 points to deny Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals the last spot. With MI (14 points) featuring in the first match at the Wankhede Stadium in the afternoon, RCB (14 points) will have the advantage of playing last.

However, persistent rains in the city over the last two days is threatening RCB’s chance of grabbing full points. In case of a washout, RCB will reach 15 points and may cede the No. 4 spot to MI if it manages to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. If both, MI and RCB, lose their respective matches, RR will qualify as the last team in the Playoffs.

8:00 PM IST

Rain delays start. Sudarshan says: The drizzle is back. But guess it’s not intense enough to thwart the start of the match again.

TOSS UPDATE

The toss will be held at 7:45 PM IST and the match will start at 8 PM.

7:35PM IST

Sudarshan: The players are out practising and so is the super sopper.

7:22PM IST: Rain relents

Our correspondent, N Sudarshan from the venue: “The covers are coming off. The drizzle has almost stopped.”

7:12PM IST - Some good news
6:56PM IST - Toss delayed
6:53PM IST
Rain covers are deployed prior to the start of the match.
Rain covers are deployed prior to the start of the match. | Photo Credit: SPORTZPICS
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Rain covers are deployed prior to the start of the match. | Photo Credit: SPORTZPICS

6:45PM IST

‘Bucketing down in Bengaluru’

Here is how the weather forecast looks in Bengaluru today, according to Accuweather.com:

RCB vs GT Bengaluru hourly weather today
⦿ 5:00 PM IST - 30 degrees Celsius - Thunderstorms - 51% chance of rain
⦿ 6:00 PM IST - 28 degrees Celsius - Cloudy - 43% chance of rain
⦿ 7:00 PM IST - 27 degrees Celsius - Thunderstorms - 65% chance of rain
⦿ 8:00 PM IST - 25 degrees Celsius - Cloudy - 49% chance of rain
⦿ 9:00 PM IST - 24 degrees Celsius - Thunderstorms - 65% chance of rain
⦿ 10:00 PM IST - 24 degrees Celsius - Mostly Cloudy - 40% chance of rain
5:30PM IST

Rains continue to lash Bengaluru

4:00PM IST

Hailstorm in Bengaluru!

3:45PM IST

Rain hits Bengaluru: Dark clouds and rain have begun to hover around the city.

RCB vs GT IPL 2023 squads

Royal Challengers Bangalore  Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav.

Gujarat Titans Squad: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel, Josh Little.

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