The second game of the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) will take place at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala and will pit the Punjab Kings against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. PBKS will also play five games in the 2024 Indian Premier League at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, which opened in 2021. Sadly, PBKS only prevailed in their opening match against the Delhi Capitals.
With the tournament coming to an end and the playoff race becoming more competitive, the teams occupying seventh and eighth place, respectively, with eight points each, must win in order to stay in the running to advance. If they lose, they will be mathematically eliminated.
But it’s important to note that there were showers at the Dharamsala location before to the match. We examine fresh details regarding the possibility that bad weather would interfere with the crucial match between PBKS and RCB, which is set to take place in the evening of May 9.
What happens if there is no play in the PBKS vs. RCB match?
According to AccuWeather’s forecasts, the afternoon will likely be partly sunny with a chance of a few thunderstorms. With a 27% cloud cover and wind gusts of 24 km/h, any full-fledged precipitation before the game (before or after the toss) or at any point during the first innings is likely to wipe out the match and any chance that either team will make it to the playoffs.
Also read: A video of Virat Kohli speaking fluent Punjabi to children in Dharamsala before the PBKS match goes viral.
IPL 2024 Playing Conditions state that in cases where playing time is lost, the adjusted amount of overs to be bowled in the match will be determined by applying a rate of 14.11 overs per hour to the total amount of playable time that remains. If weather delays the start of play, the match, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., will begin losing overs precisely one hour after the original start time of 8:30 p.m.
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