The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. Both the teams gained one point apiece and RCB will have to win all their matches from now on to reach the eliminators of the Indian Premier League.
Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad now has 9 points from 8 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore has 5 points from 8 matches.
The match was scheduled to commence from 8 PM at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru but couldn't begun still due to incessant showers.
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 35 runs in the tournament opener played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on 5th April. It is pretty even stevens between the two sides in the eleven IPL encounters played so far with RCB winning 4 while 6 victories going to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Cricket Score: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
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The match has been abandoned due to rain.
The match has still not begun due to incessant rain and the toss has also been delayed.
The probable XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
1 Virat Kohli (capt), 2 Chris Gayle, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Mandeep Singh, 5 Kedar Jadhav (wk), 6 Stuart Binny, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Samuel Badree, 9 Tymal Mills, 10 S Aravind, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad
1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Moises Henriques, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Deepak Hooda, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Siddarth Kaul, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar