The IPL 2025 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) versus Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain on Saturday night (May 17).

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Both RCB and KKR received one point each. With no result due to rain at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, defending champions Kolkata were eliminated from the playoffs race.

The match was called off at 10:24 PM as there was no respite from rain.

RCB on top of table

In the latest IPL 2025 standings, RCB are on top with 17 points from 12 matches, while KKR remain at sixth with 12 points from 13 outings. RCB have now inched closer to a playoff spot with two league games remaining.

IPL 2025 was to resume on Saturday after a 10-day break due to India-Pakistan tensions and Operation Sindoor.

Hosts RCB were coming off a four-match winning streak while the visitors had managed to stitch two victories in three matches before the league came to a grinding halt.

Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (WK), TIM David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Nuwan Thushra, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya rahane (Captain), Manish Pandey, Angrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton De Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson.