Bengaluru Blasters vs Bijapur Bulls, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

20:20 Local Time: Rain is back and all the hard work put in by the groundstaff goes in vain. They tried it all, super soppers, some kind of suction pump, they used fire; but in the end, rain has spoilt it all. It was only the main square that was covered earlier in the day but now almost the entire ground is; as it's pelting down. There are plenty of matches to be played at this venue and if this continues, most of the games are going to get abandoned, just like this one was. So we've had three successive matches being washed out in KPL 2018. Hopefully, we get some sort of action tomorrow at least. For now, that's all we've got from this game. Thanks for tuning in. See you tomorrow for the match between Hubli Tigers and Belagavi Panthers. Goodbye!

An inspection is scheduled at 20:00 hours local time.

19:24 Local Time: KPL's official twitter handle have put up a video on their timeline that shows most covers having come off, except for one somewhere at deep square leg. But a decent number of people have made their way in to the ground. May be they know something we don't.

18:40 Local Time: The authorities have brought in a new machine that looks like a suction pump, roughing up the damp areas and the winds blowing across are quite strong too to dry it up.

Dean Jones is very confident that this strange treatment with fire is actually making a difference to the outfield. There are four patches that need to be dried up, and it should take some time, but nothing to rule out a shortened game as yet. Fingers crossed.

18:30 Local Time: Yes, the worries of the damp outfield have stretched over to this game as well. But Sunil Joshi on air is very confident of having at least a shortened game tonight. Make no mistake, there's nothing wrong with the pitch or the square, it's the outfield which is a problem. Meanwhile, the groundsmen are burning chunks of wood to try the damp areas.

05:45 pm local: Hello everyone! Welcome to the 8th match of KPL 2018. Rain played a spoilsport earlier in the day as the first game was called off due to a wet outfield. Same was the scenario yesterday as Belagavi Panthers and Bijapur Bulls shared a point each to get off the mark in the points table. The ground staff is trying their best to get a dry outfield so that we can have some play and hopefully, we'll get to see that in the second clash of the day. Toss and teams up in a bit. Stay tuned in for all the updates and action.

Bijapur Bulls (From): Bharath Chipli(c), Shishir Bhavane, Anurag Bajpai(w), Mir Kaunain Abbas, KN Bharath, Suneel Raju, Naveen MG, Ronit More, KC Cariappa, KP Appanna, Zahoor Farooqui, Suraj Kamath, Amar Ghale, Majid Makkandar, Ruthraj, KL Shrijith, Bhavesh Gulecha, Rishabh Singh

Bengaluru Blasters (From): M Vishwanathan(w), KB Pawan, Robin Uthappa(c), Pavan Deshpande, Manoj S Bhandage, Chethan William, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Bharath Devaraj, Abhishek Bhat, Mitrakanth Yadav, V Koushik, Anand Doddamani, K C Avinash, Pallavkumar Das, Sharan Gouda, Gaurav Dhiman, Azeem, Vineet Yadav