Bengaluru Weather Today: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings clash faces a great threat from nature in the form of RAIN as the weather forecast predicts a “Thundershower” around the match time.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB) who holds a unique record for not facing any defeats on May 18 will play a crucial game tonight against Chennai Super Kings at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
With rain threat at Bengaluru, fans expect a full clean game to decide the suitable team to enter the IPL 2024 playoffs.
There is an 80% forecast for rain that is expected to hit Bengaluru CBD around match-start time. The sub-surface aeration at the stadium should facilitate a quick restart. The six games here have been split in the middle between wins for target-setting and chasing teams.
Latest News on Weather conditions at Chinnaswamy Stadium
- 20.15 Local – The covers are peeled off and the hessian removed. The Stumps are put in place. The match will resume at 8.25 PM IST.
- 20.00 local – The big covers still remain, the 4th umpire has taken charge and the areas around the covers are dried. Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli are seen in the dugout.
- 19.55 Local – With rain Stopped, The ground staff are removing the covers.
- 19.50 Local – The rain intensity has lessened, but the pitch and entire square have been well covered.
- 19.45 Local – It has started to rain and the players are off. With heavy pour, more covers are brought to cover the square.
Here we have described the complete details of the Temperature, Precipitation, and Humidity for May 18 at Bengaluru.
| Date | Time | Temperature | Humidity | Precipitation | Weather |
| May 18, 2024 | 9:00 AM | 23°C | 82% | 58% | Partly Cloudy |
| 12:00 PM | 29°C | 59% | 69% | Mostly Cloudy | |
| 3:00 PM | 26°C | 73% | 100% | Thundershower | |
| 6:00 PM | 26°C | 73% | 100% | Thundershower | |
| 9:00 PM | 24°C | 81% | 62% | Thundershower | |
| 12:00 AM(May 19) | 23°C | 88% | 62% | Thundershower |
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4 pm weather update exclusive visuals from inside chinnaswamy stadium cloudy weather in namma bengaluru #RCBvCSK #CSKvsRCB#IPL2024 #Crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/eZH3WC1S3a
— RCBIANS OFFICIAL (@RcbianOfficial) May 18, 2024
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— RCBIANS OFFICIAL (@RcbianOfficial) May 18, 2024
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Visuals from inside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
It has only rained in the SW – West, South, SE & Northern parts of the city but nothing near the stadium which is located in the Central of the city
Clouds are… https://t.co/uaxb6VZoK8 pic.twitter.com/dHsWzoP1Fo
— Karnataka Weather (@Bnglrweatherman) May 18, 2024
#RCBvsCSK #RCBvCSK #RCB #CSK #BengaluruRains #BangaloreRains
Visuals from inside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
It has only rained in the SW – West, South, SE & Northern parts of the city but nothing near the stadium which is located in the Central of the city
Clouds are… https://t.co/uaxb6VZoK8 pic.twitter.com/dHsWzoP1Fo
— Karnataka Weather (@Bnglrweatherman) May 18, 2024
KKR, RR and SRH have qualified for the playoffs while LSG, DC, MI, PBKS and GT have been Eliminated.
A victory alone will not confirm the spot for RCB, but they also have to win the game under certain criteria to qualify for the playoffs.
RCB have to win at least by a margin of 18 runs if they bat first that is if they score 200, they’ll have to restrict CSK to 182 or less. This bat-first scenario doesn’t change even in a truncated five-over contest: if they make 75 in a five-over contest, they’ll need to restrict the opposition to 57 or less, failing which CSK will go through.
If RCB are batting second and CSK post 200, the hosts will have to get to 201 with 11 or more balls to spare. If they hit a six from 200, they can complete the chase with up to 8 balls to spare. The chasing equation gets complicated in a truncated game. A target of 75 in a five-over clash, for example, will have to be chased down in 3.1 overs for their NRR to go above CSK’s.
