After prolonged rain delays in Guwahati, officials have confirmed a shortened contest between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. The match will now be an 11-over per side affair, with the toss scheduled for 9:55 PM and the first ball to be bowled at 10:10 PM.<\/p>\n
Shortened game confirmed as conditions improve in Guwahati<\/strong><\/p>\n The decision follows steady improvement in conditions, with ground staff managing to clear water and prepare the surface for play. The revised format includes a powerplay of 3.2 overs, ensuring both teams still have a chance to compete despite the reduced overs. Officials have worked around the clock to make the game possible after earlier interruptions.<\/p>\n Players ready as toss and start times are set<\/strong><\/p>\n Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya is expected to be present in full playing gear for the toss, indicating readiness from both sides to get the game underway without further delay. Both teams have gone through extended warm-ups as conditions allowed them to return to the field.<\/p>\n With the match now reduced and timings confirmed, focus shifts to how quickly both sides can adapt to the shorter format. The limited overs and smaller powerplay mean the game could be decided in quick bursts, with little room for error. For now, the priority remains on completing the match after a day of rain interruptions.<\/p>\n Revised playing conditions confirmed for shortened match in Guwahati<\/strong><\/p>\n An 11-over per side game has been confirmed in Guwahati, with a 3.2-over powerplay, 10-minute innings break, and strict bowling limits in place. The match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians will proceed under these revised conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After prolonged rain delays in Guwahati, officials have confirmed a shortened contest between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. The match\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":47625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47629,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47623\/revisions\/47629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}