Rain Impact on Playoff Race: Hyderabad Qualifies
The 65th match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League has finally been canceled due to heavy batting due to rain. This match was held at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad. The teams’ competition was Hyderabad vs Gujarat. But it has been raining in Hyderabad since afternoon. It is expected that the match will be tossed at 7 pm and will start at 7:30 pm. But the match was delayed due to rain. We waited for the rain to stop till 10 o’clock. But when the rain did not stop, it was decided to cancel the match. This is the second consecutive match of Gujarat which was canceled due to rain. In this way, Gujarat’s dream of ending this campaign with victory was shattered.
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Chennai Super Kings’ Playoff Hopes in Jeopardy
Chennai has suffered a big blow due to the cancellation of Hyderabad and Gujarat matches. Due to the cancellation of the match, both the Hyderabad and Gujarat teams were given 1 point each. With this 1 point, Hyderabad directly qualified for the playoffs. After 13 matches, Sunrises has reached the playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the points table. Now according to the latest data, Hyderabad is in third place with 15 points. After KKR and Rajasthan, Sunrises has become the third team to reach the playoffs. Chennai has slipped to fourth place. Chennai has 12 points from 13 matches.
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