Sunrisers Hyderabad faced Gujarat Titans in the 66th match of IPL 2024. This match was to be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. However, due to rain neither the toss nor the match took place. Hyderabad team has reached the playoffs.
The 66th match of IPL 2024 has been canceled due to rain. Sunrisers team was to face Gujarat in Hyderabad. However, even before the toss, it started raining and the toss could not take place. The rain stopped for some time around 7:30 and it seemed that the match would start with a delay of half an hour. The time for the toss was fixed at 8 o’clock and the match to start at 8.15, but five minutes before 8 o’clock it started raining heavily again and did not stop again. There was a cut off time of 10.30 for a five-over match. However, the outfield was quite wet and water had accumulated in many parts of the ground. In such a situation, the umpires decided to cancel the match after talking to the ground personnel.
This is the third match this season when rain has disrupted. Earlier, the match between Kolkata and Mumbai was also affected by rain. That match started late by two hours and 15 minutes and was of 16-16 overs. At the same time, Gujarat’s previous match with Kolkata was washed out due to rain. The Hyderabad-Gujarat match is the second match to be washed out due to rain.
Due to rain, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has reached the playoffs. Due to the cancellation of this match, both Hyderabad and Gujarat were given one point each. Hyderabad now has 15 points from 13 matches and the team has reached third place in the points table. Except Chennai Super Kings, no other team can score 15 or more points. In this situation, Sunrisers qualified for the playoffs. Chennai has 14 points after 13 matches. The team has to face Bengaluru on May 18. Bengaluru has 12 points. At the same time, now Delhi team is out of the race for playoffs. Lucknow also has a negative net run rate and it will be difficult to cover it. At the same time, the match between Chennai and Bengaluru will be a virtual knockout.
