RR vs KKR IPL 2024: Barsapara Cricket Stadium Pitch Report, Guwahati Weather Forecast & Live Streaming Info

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RR vs KKR IPL 2024 Match 70: Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals and Shreyas Iyer's Kolkata Knight Riders will lock horns in their last league stage match of the IPL 2024 season at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday, May 19. The action will start from 7:30 PM IST.

KKR and RR are the first two teams who qualified for the IPL 2024 playoffs. KKR have 19 points from 13 matches and will finish the league stage at top even if they lose against RR.

Rajasthan, on the other hand, will finish at 18 points from 14 matches if they beat Kolkata in their last game. The two sides first met each other this season on April 16 as RR defeated KKR by two wickets.

Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Pitch Report

"13th venue of the season, the most in an IPL season. This has traditionally been a very high scoring venue, with 63m and 60m side boundaries, with the straight boundary at 73m. We are playing on a black soil pitch which is firm and rolled nicely. Surely a surface on which a lot of runs can be scored," Deep Dasgupta and WV Raman said ahead of the RR vs PBKS match - the last match (also the first match) at the venue.

"The pitch has a few cracks but it generally plays much better than the looks. Last year, both games here were won by the side batting first. Teams prefer doing that because when you are chasing, you are under pressure, but in an India Australia game at this venue, Australia chased a huge score of 222 in the last over. Irrespective on when you bat, there are a lot of runs to be had here," they added.

In the match, RR opted to bat first and scored 144/9 in 20 overs. Six wickets were taken by the PBKS pacers, and two by the pacers. In reply, Punjab chased down the target in 18.5 overs for the loss of five wickets. RR pacers picked three wickets.

The average T20 total in the last five T20s is 182 runs. Teams winning the toss have opted to bowl first 61 percent of the time in last five years.

Guwahati Weather Report on Sunday, May 19

Rain showers have been predicted in Guwahati on Sunday, May 19. But as per AccuWeather, the precipitation level would drop below 30 percent after 3 PM IST. The match is scheduled to start from 7:30 PM IST. With a humidity level of 75 percent, the temperature will hover around 29 degree celsius. The wind speed at the Barsapara Stadium will be close to 7-9 km/h.

How to watch RR vs KKR IPL 2024 Match 70?

RR vs KKR live streaming will be available for free via the JioCinema app and website, while Star Sports network will show the matches live on TV from 7:30 PM IST with coverage starting at 6:30 PM IST.

Which TV channel will show IPL 2024 matches?

TV viewers can catch RR vs KKR IPL 2024 action on the Star Sports network channels – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Kannada, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Suvarna Plus.