Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chances of making into the knockout stages hit yet another roadblock as a steady drizzle delayed the start of their crunch clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday.
The home side, currently occupying the bottom rung of the Indian Premier League table, need all the points they can get if they are to repeat their typical late charge of the season.
Meanwhile, SRH are third in the standings and will have been keen to break their away jinx at the ground where they secured the IPL title last year.
A shared point, which will be the case if the match gets called off, wouldn’t be the worst outcome for the visitors while it would severely dampen the RCB camp who are still reeling from the shelling at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders just two nights ago.
Despite the latest results and the weather not going their way, the home side had fans packing the stadium to the rafters.
Interestingly, the last time an IPL match was held at this venue on this date, that match, between RCB and Chennai Super Kings, was also affected by rain, before being eventually being called off.
