It took a three and a half hours delay before Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals players could come to the ground for the action. However, the rain was back again after one hour to play the killjoy and call off the game. It was decided that both these will run a 5 overs dash with two overs of powerplay. Meanwhile, at the toss time, Rajasthan Royals skipper Steven Smith won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Subsequently, Virat Kohli scored two sixes off the first two balls to hit the ground running for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli and AB de Villiers gave a fine start as they got 23 runs from Varun Aaron’s first over. Thus, after all the rain and thunderstorm, it was time for Kohli and AB de Villiers exploits.
Five overs dash.
Kohli got another six and four of the first two balls of the second over which Shreyas Gopal bowled. However, the leg-spinner continued his penchant of hunting down the big batsman as he flummoxed Kohli with a goggly. Gopal once again accounted for AB de Villiers before he also got rid of Marcus Stoinis to complete his second IPL 2019 hat-trick.
However, the Rajasthan Royals kept losing wickets as no batsman could get going. Oshane Thomas scalped two wickets in the last over whereas Riyan Parag and Jaydev Unadkat took one wicket each.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals’ opener Sanju Samson was able to get 10 runs from the first over which was bowled by Umesh Yadav. Furthermore, the second over of Navdeep Saini produced 12 runs.
Sanju Samson welcomed Kulwant Khejroliya with a fine six over the mid-wicket delivery. However, rain once again made its appearance as the match was abandoned.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
RCB can still qualify for the play offs if they win 2 out of their remaining 1 match. #RCBvRR
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 30, 2019
RCB fans waiting for their team to win the IPL… #RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/e03fCbcK42
— Rashi (@rashi_kakkar) April 30, 2019
How about that, no presentation ceremony. I thought they would do one just to thank sponsors. #RCBvRR
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/Original_Namo/status/1123300509694042112
should come back for a super over in the morning #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 30, 2019
5 over game! Shouldn't you be allowed to change teams because it is really, a different cricket match now? Even do the toss again? The law says no but it is worth a thought.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 30, 2019
They should've called this off two hours ago. What a joke.
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) April 30, 2019
When there is such a big rain delay in a T20, or for that matter, an ODI, should they consider retaking the toss? After all, its a very different kind of game then
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) April 30, 2019
take that T10 #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 30, 2019
Rain curtailed game….if so much. Let’s have a re-toss or at the very least…allow the teams to change their XI. What’s say?? #RCBvRR #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 30, 2019
inspection soon to determine how many strategic timeouts will be possible tonight #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 30, 2019
Virat Kohli has now officially run out of fingers to signal how many tosses he has lost this season. #IPL2019
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 30, 2019
Hat-trick for Shreyas Gopal ???#RCBvRR #Hallabol #RR
— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) April 30, 2019
Shreyas Gopal now has two hat-tricks at the Chinnaswamy. The first was at the Irani Cup in 2013-14. One which reinforced his ability as a bowler. Until then, he was a reluctant spinner, who was just playing a holding role to a dominating pace attack of Vinay-Arvind-Mithun.
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) April 30, 2019
RCB tried their best to give everyone a chance to bat in a five-over game. #IPL2019
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) April 30, 2019
Ah ah lovely from Shreyas Gopal. Hattrick. @rajasthanroyals over the moon after the damaging first over.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 30, 2019
gopal will go home a happy man tonight. and once this game is over, he can actually go home. #RCBvRR
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 30, 2019
Shreyas Gopal might have become the first man to get Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers twice each in one IPL season! #RCBvRR
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) April 30, 2019