SRH vs RR: Will rain in Chennai cause washout? Check who will play final if bad weather play spoilsport in Qualifier 2

Sanju Samson in frame (Getty)
Sanju Samson in frame (Getty)

Highlights:

SRH to face RR in Qualifier 2.

Winner of this clash will face KKR in IPL 2024 Final.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to collide against Rajasthan Royals in order to seal the remaining spot in the Final of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. They will face each other in Qualifier 2 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, on May 24 (Friday). However, fans are worried that rain does not spoil the match proceedings.

 

Chennai Weather forecast

 

The good news for fans is that the forecast doesn't predict too much rain. as per Accuweather report, there is only a 5 per cent chance of rain, and that too only passing showers. It is very unlikely that rain will play spoilsport during the match time. However, the weather has been quite unpredictable and has caused a washout on several occasions.

 

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What happens if SRH vs RR gets washed out?

 

Rajasthan Royals would be hoping that there's no sight of rain. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad can actually seal the spot straight to the finals if this match gets abandoned. Since SRH had better position than RR in the points table, they'd secure a win and advance to the Final to play KKR.

 

Squads

 

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tanush Kotian, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger


Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh

 

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