RCB vs KKR Weather Report at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play the Kolkata Knight Riders in their next game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on May 17, with the resumption of the league after a small break. Bengaluru is placed comfortably in second place with eight wins to their name, while Kolkata is in a tight situation with just five wins from 12 games and is placed in sixth position.

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In the last game, Bengaluru fought against Chennai, where Bethell and Kohli started brilliantly with the bat. Batters looked scratchy in the middle over, but insane bashing from Shepherd put them in a strong position. Chasing 214, Chennai started well and were maintaining a good run-rate. Somehow, they managed to mess it up towards the end and ended up losing the game by 2 runs.

The game between Kolkata and Chennai went much deeper than it was anticipated. Kolkata was batting first, where none of the batters could score a fifty, but decent contributions from several took them to 179. Chennai was tottering at 60 for five but a Brevis show brought them out of another embarrassment, and eventually they won by two wickets.

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru has a surface that will work in the batters' favour, particularly during the first innings. In contrast, pacers will have support in the second innings from the bowling front. A respectable score is anticipated to be in the range of 190 to 210. The team that will win the toss will want to bat first and defend the total.

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AccuWeather predicts that Bengaluru's Stadium will be humid with good chances of rain, approximately 31°C during the day and 22°C at night. Meanwhile, the wind will blow from the southwest at a range of 11 to 13 km/h with gusts of 30 to 32 km/h. With 81% humidity during the day, there are 56% predictions of precipitation and 34% thunderstorms with 98% cloud cover in the evening as well. As a result, chances of a successful match might not be too great.

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