RCB vs RR Highlights, IPL 2019 Match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Full cricket score: Match called off due to rain; RCB knocked out

Matches having ‘No Result’ in IPL:

Delhi v PWI, Delhi, 2011
RCB v CSK, Bangalore, 2012
RCB v RR, Bangalore, 2015
RCB v Delhi, Bangalore, 2015
RCB v RR, Bangalore, 2019*

RCB become the first team to get eliminated from IPL-2019.

Confirmation: Match called off due to rain and RCB have been knocked out of IPL 2019

It has started raining again! Covers come back and the players have left the pitch. Looks like we will have no more live action. Players are greeting each other.

Yuzvendra Chahal becomes the first bowler to take 50 IPL wickets at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

OUT! SV Samson c Negi b Chahal 28 (13)

The ball was spinning away from Samson as he tried going over cover-point but could only edge it to point. Catch taken by Negi.

After 3 overs,Rajasthan Royals 40/0 ( Sanju Samson (W) 28 , Liam Livingstone 11)

Khejroliya’s first ball is dragged from outside off to long on for a six by Samson. Couple of singles and then a dot ball. Samson smashes the full pitched ball straight for a six and gets a four on last ball with a edge past keeper. 23 needed in 2 overs.

FOUR! Full, outside off as Samson throws his bat on it and the thick outside edge runs down past the keeper

SIX! Samson is a beauty! Slower ball, full pitched and Samson climbs on it to smash that straight down the ground without any movement

SIX! Kulwant Khejroliya’s first ball is smashed over long on for a six by Samson. What a shot. What power.

After 2 overs,Rajasthan Royals 22/0 ( Sanju Samson (W) 11 , Liam Livingstone 11)

Saini’s length ball first up was pulled to cow corner for a four by Livingstone. Next ball was a bit short as it was slapped over straight boundary for a six. But good comeback after that as two singles and two dot balls follow. RR need 41 more.

DROPPED! Tough chance! Klaasen almost pulled off a stunner at cover as Livingstone slashed the full toss but he couldn’t grab it despite the dive

SIX! What power! Saini pulled his length back a little as Livingstone opened the front leg for a straight slap and that went over boundary ropes

FOUR! Livingstone gets a boundary. Picked the length early, cleared his front leg to club that to cow corner

After 1 overs,Rajasthan Royals 10/0 ( Sanju Samson (W) 10 , Liam Livingstone 0)

Good over from Umesh! 10 runs but four dot balls. Samson got a six with a short arm pull as he smashed the length ball over the fence. Flicked the ball from his pads to backward square leg for a four.

FOUR! Poor delivery! Umesh bowled on Samson’s pads as he flicked it to backward square leg fence for a boundary

SIX! Huge! Massive! Samson gets off the mark with a six! Length ball at waist-height as Samson plays a short arm pull to put it beyond the fence

Time for chase!

Sanju Samson, Liam Livingstone to start. Umesh Yadav to bowl first over for RCB.

RCB innings:

First nine balls : 35 runs, 0 wicket lost
Next 21 balls : 27 runs, 7 wickets lost

After 5 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 62/7 ( Umesh Yadav 0 , Navdeep Saini 0)

RR need 63 to win!

RR have made a good comeback in this rain-hit match! Just eight off it. Oshane Tomas started with a no ball but free-hit went for a single only. Two wickets fell. Klaasen edged his shot to cover while Negi edged his pull shot to keeper. Negi also got a four as a top-edge ran to third man fence.

OUT! P Negi c Samson b Thomas 4 (3)

Wicket! One more for RR! Length ball and Negi wanted to swipe it to cow corner as he edged that to the keeper

Shreyas Gopal is the first bowler to dismiss Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in a same IPL match on three difference occasions.

FOUR! Much-needed boundary as the top-edge off Negi’s bat flew over the keeper to give RCB a four through third man area

OUT! H Klaasen c Livingstone b Thomas 6 (7)

Klaasen wanted to go big downtown but he sliced it as the leading edge went to point. Catch taken and he has to leave.

After 4 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 55/5 ( Heinrich Klaasen 5 , Pawan Negi 0)

RCB lose another wicket but that hardly matters! Parthiv got a four first as top-edge off his pull shot flew over to fine leg fence. He tried scooping a full pitched delivery but that went straight to short fine leg. Nine off the over.

OUT! PA Patel c Thomas b Unadkat 8 (5)

Parthiv went for a cheeky shot but lost his wicket! Moved across to scoop the full delivery past the wicket but managed to just flick it to short fine leg

Hat-tricks for RR in IPL:

Ajit Chandila v PWI, Jaipur, 2012
Pravin Tambe v KKR, Ahmedabad, 2014
Shane Watson v SRH, Ahmedabad, 2014
Shreyas Gopal v RCB, Bangalore, 2019*

FOUR! Another top-edge and another four. Unadkat took the pace off and Parthiv went early with his pull shot as the edge flew behind the wicket

After 3 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 45/4 ( Heinrich Klaasen 4 , Parthiv Patel (W) 0)

Gurkeerat got RCB a four as his top-edge off sweep shot ran to fine leg fence but dragged his shot next ball from long on to cow corner as it was taken in deep. 10 off it.

OUT! Gurkeerat Singh c Lomror b Parag 6 (3)

Went for a slog down long on but mistimed his shot to drag it to cow corner as his catch is taken

FOUR! Gurkeerat top-edges his sweep shot that goes over the keeper and to fine leg fence for another boundary

After 2 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 35/3 ( Heinrich Klaasen 0 , )

Gopal gets Kohli and ABD out once again. This time goes a step further and completes hat-trick. Kohli got out after he was caught in deep trying to clear long on fence. ABD top-edged his slap over cover for a catch to Parag and Stoinis played his shot off legspin straightto mid off fielder.

Shreays Gopal has picked up nine wickets from three matches at an average of 5.55 against RCB in IPL. He got three in one over today.

OUT! HAT-TRICK FOR GOPAL!

M Stoinis c Smith b Gopal 0 (1)

Hat-trick for Gopal! After dismissing Kohli and ABD, gets the wicket of Stoinis. He hit the leg-break straight into the hands of the mid off fielder.

OUT! RCB LOSE ABD!

AB de Villiers c Parag b Gopal 10

Another tossed up delivery and ABD got out trying to go big. Went for a slap over cover but poor timing led to a slice over cover and a catch.

OUT! V Kohli c Livingstone b Gopal 25 (7)

Kohli gets out going for another maximum! Tossed up by Gopal, in the slot as Kohli went downtown but didn’t get it off the middle and Livingstone took the catch at long-on

FOUR! Kohli drills the full delivery with all his power down to long off boundary. RCB off to a great start

SIX! Shreyas Gopal into attack. Kohli picks the googly well to slam it straight over long on for a big six

After 1 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 23/0 ( Virat Kohli (C) 13 , AB de Villiers 10)

Crowd waited for long for live action and Kohli gave them the perfect start! Sliced the overpitched delivery first ball over deep extra cover for a six. Slammed that next ball over third man for a six with the help of a top-edge. ABD also got a four as outside edge off his bat as he went for a cover drive ran to third man fence. One more boundary as ABD picks the ball from slot to long on fence. 23 in first over.

FOUR! Full pitched and in the slot for ABD as he slammed that over the circle for one bounce four for long on

FOUR! The ball was outside off as ABD went for a drive but the outside edge ran between the keeper and short third man

AB de Villiers has scored seven fifty-plus scores out of 10 innings at Bangalore since 2018 in IPL.

Only Suresh Raina (609 runs) has scored more runs against RR in IPL than AB de Villiers (571 runs).

AB de Villiers needs to score 20 more runs to become the second batsman after Virat Kohli to complete 2,000 T20 runs at Bangalore.

SIX! Kohli moved across to create room and threw his bat on the short ball as the top-edge flew over third man

SIX! What a start to the match! Crowd is ecstatic. Overpitched ball driven over deep extra cover for a maximum

Alright, finally time for the match to start!

Virat Kohli will open with AB de Villiers in this rain-hit match. No Parthiv Patel at top. Varun Aaron to bowl first over.

Revised playing conditions:

Five-overs-a-side match

Powerplay: 2 overs

1 over per bowler

10 minutes innings break

Update: We will have a game tonight! Five overs a side match to start at 11.26 PM.

Start time 11.26 PM. It will be a 5 overs a side game #RCBvRR

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Decision awaited! 

The umps are back on the pitch.

Come on, gentlemen, give us a game! #playbold #RCBvRR #VIVOIPL2019

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2019

Update: Umpires have decided to have another pitch inspection at 11.05 pm. Water has seeped into main pitch reportedly.

News from the umpires is that there'll be another inspection at 11:05PM.. 😐😐 #RCBvRR #VIVOIPL2019

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2019

The discussion continues at the venue. The outcome awaited. 

The umpires have been inspecting the pitch for a while now and are in discussion.

Wish we could listen in and figure out what they're talking about.#playBold #RCBvRR #VIVOIPL2019

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2019

Update on the match will be out any moment now. Stay tuned. We all are waiting for the official word from the umpires.

Save this match, Dravid! You are so good at it!

Someone to cheer you up, as we wait for the next inspection 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/W0ypFJBAn9

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Oh, how all of us want the same!

Pitch inspection at 10:40 PM.

Doesn't seem like it might rain again.

Let's get this game started!#playBold #RCBvRR #VIVOIPL2019

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2019

Pitch inspection at 10.40 pm

UPDATE : The next inspection will be at 10.40 PM IST

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

The covers are coming off again.  

Alright then, the covers are coming off now. Fingers crossed 🤞🤞

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Well, we continue to wait for the rain to stop and the match to start. As we wait, why don’t you check out the key moments from last night’s game between SRH and KXIP. Click here to read the article. We promise to keep you updated about this rain.

Elsewhere, opener Shikhar Dhawan has denied claims that top 3 Indian batsmen will be under pressure at the World Cup 2019. He’s confident that they will do their job well at the ICC event. Click here to read what all he had to say.

CSK and DC taken on each other tomorrow in IPL 2019. Both sides have already qualified for playoffs but top spot is still up for grabs. Will MS Dhoni play? Here’s what coach Stephen Fleming had to say.

Update: Cut-off time for a 5 overs-a-side game is 11.26 pm.

Bengaluru rain, playing hide and seek.  

And it's back 🌧️🌧️ pic.twitter.com/ZORYo6pDPy

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Stay tuned for more updates. 

The Umpires are out their in the middle and we're hoping to hear for an official word soon.#RCBvRR

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Cheer up, people!

UPDATE: Good news from the centre as it has stopped raining and the covers are coming off.#RCBvRR

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

Meanwhile, the secret behind Mohammed Shami’s terrific form is out. KXIP physio Brett Harrop has opened up about the changes that has made Shami so fit and successful. Click here to read what he had to say.

Update: Overs will start getting deducted after 9.15 pm, we have been informed by the official broadcaster Star Sports.

We just hope this weather update by a local turns out to be wrong!

Very heavy rains around the Chinnaswamy stadium. My office is a little over a km from the stadium. Doubt if we would have a game today given the heavy downpour. It started just now a few minutes before start of play #Bangalore #BangaloreRains #IPL2019 #RCBvRR

— Kartik Kannan (@kartik_kannan) April 30, 2019

This is how bad it’s out there in Bengaluru!

Good call by Steve Smith

Of course Rajasthan opted to bowl first once they won the toss - they've lost each of the four matches this season where they've batted first. #IPL2019 #RCBvRR

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 30, 2019

Rain has not dampened the spirits of the supporters. Here are some RR fans cheering their players. 

The rain hasn't dampened our #RoyalArmy's spirit at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium! #HallaBol #RR #RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/4IXxYDH7kE

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 30, 2019

Not looking good at all 

🌧️🌧️🌧️#RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/ksHkwk6cQW

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

As we wait for the rain to subside, why don’t you look at what each team needs to do to confirm their place in the top four and qualify for the Playoffs. Click here to read the full article.

The start of match has been delayed due to rain. You can use that time to read our Nasser Hussain exclusive, where he talks about MS Dhoni’s importance for India and their chances of winning the World Cup 2019. Click here to read the interview.

Parthiv Patel last three IPL innings: 39, 43, 53. Patel is in good touch and would love to make the last few outings count.

RR is the only team against which Virat Kohli averages less than 25 (21.38) and has a SR of less than 120 (101.48).

Oh, it is raining in Bengaluru now!

The covers are back on 😠#RCBvRR

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2019

The biggest battle for RR and RCB is here! Doesn’t matter what these two sides did earlier but if they lose today they are definitely out of IPL 2019.

RCB have a 3-5 win/loss record batting first this IPL while RR have a 5-3 win/loss record chasing this IPL.

RR playing 11 today:

RR XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Liam Livingstone, Steven Smith (capt), Sanju Samson (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas

RCB playing 11 today: 

RCB XI: Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli (capt), Heinrich Klaasen, Gurkeerat Singh, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Yuzvendra Chahal

Instances when only six overseas players played in an IPL match:

CSK v KKR, Chennai, 2011
DC v RCB, Delhi, 2017
DC v CSK, Delhi, 2019
RCB v RR, Bengaluru, 2019 (today)

Since 2018, RCB have lost each of their three matches against RR in IPL.

Virat Kohli has now lost 10 tosses out of 13 this IPL.

First look this year at Mahipal Lomror, one of the few in the RR team that actually play for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. He’s an India U-19 product, the same batch as Rishabh Pant, but life takes people in different directions doesn’t it?

Two teams that started the season at the bottom of the table, and both have had quite the journey. Steve Smith’s clock is ticking too, but RR will be looking to another player to make an impact, Shreyas Gopal, for whom this is a home game. the last time he played this team, he made the biggest mark of the season with the wickets of Kohli and ABD.

This is Steve Smith’s 50th match as a captain in all T20s.

RCB vs RR head to head 

RCB have a 8-10 record against RR in IPL.

RCB vs RR toss result today:

Steve Smith wins toss and RR decide to bowl first against RCB at Bengaluru

It’s the brithday of RCB bowling coach Ashish Nehra. Here’s how the team celebrated: 

Under an hour to goooooo!!! Meanwhile, let's see how the team celebrated Coach #Nehraji's birthday! #RCBvRR #PlayBold #VIVOIPL2019 pic.twitter.com/MLAiU5UtkS

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2019

Varun Aaron makes a return to Bengaluru and he’s excited on his return. Listen in…

"This ground has a lot of good memories." 💗
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀@VarunAaron is raring to step on to the M. Chinnaswamy field again, this time in pink! 🙌🏾 #HallaBol #RCBvRR #RR pic.twitter.com/VxkMlFa7E4

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 30, 2019

It’s a must-win game for both RCB and RR tonight! They both have two games left including tonight’s match and they need to win both of them to maintain their slim chances of qualifying for playoffs. They also need help from CSK, DC and MI in their search for the playoffs spot.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) full squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Prayas Barman, Umesh Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Ashton Turner, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Prashant Chopra, Manan Vohra, Aryaman Birla, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Mahipal Lomror, Ish Sodhi, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Sudhesan Midhun

In the Purple Cap list, the dominance is still maintained by Kagiso Rabada, who sits at the top with 25 wickets in 12 matches. Check out the complete list here .

With David Warner and Jonny Bairstow back on national duties, the pole position on the Orange Cap list is not up from grabs. Warner left the competition with tally of 692 runs. Andre Russell, with 486 runs, is at No 3 after Bairstow and looks the most probable batsman to claim the prestigious cap. 

Check out the full Orange Cap list here .

The fight to enter the playoffs is getting stiffer and stiffer with every match. IPL 2019 is one of the most closely-fought competition where till now, each and every team has the chance of getting through to the top 4 on the points table mathematically. Click here to check out the points table.

Rajasthan look to keep playoffs hopes alive, Bangalore look to salvage pride

Rajasthan, with 10 points from 12 games, still have a theoretical chance to make it to the playoffs, provided they do not lose any of their remaining two matches.

Read the RCB vs RR match preview here .

Today’s IPL match live blog between RCB vs RR:

Hello and welcome to Firspost’s live coverage of match 49 of IPL 2019 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru