Bengaluru Test: Rain Forces Play To Be Called Off on Day 4
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2:35 pm: As soon as the drizzle stopped, the umpires decided to call off the entire day. Rains have cancelled three of the four days of the Test match.
Play is scheduled to begin at 9:15 tomorrow. According to the forecasts, it should be a dry day.
Keep your fingers crossed and hope for some action tomorrow.
2:25 pm: The drizzle just came back to tease the players and the spectators a bit more. It has stopped now and the covers are being taken off.
Hopefully, the outfield didn’t get too affected by the short drizzle.
2:00 pm: Just when the outfields were dry enough for play to begin, the rain decided to come back again. Play is further delayed.
1:00 pm: Finally, the umpires are satisfied with the outfield. After a long chat amongst themselves and the ground staff, they have decided to start play at 2 pm.
11:30 am: The umpires are still unhappy with the ground after their third inspection of the day. The run-up area is fine but the extra cover region is still wet.
10:00 am: The covers are off, but the run-up area seems to be a bit dicey. The match officials have decided to inspect again at 11:30 am.
Good morning everyone!
Welcome to the coverage of day 4 of the second Test between India and South Africa. Finally, there is some good news. It has been a rain-less morning and the ground staff have managed to dry out most of the water from the outfield as of now.
The match officials will inspect the ground at 10 am and then take a call on the start time of the day. Play is expected to begin at 11 am.
After two consecutive days of rain, the two teams will be raring to go.
Especially the Proteas, since they are 0-1 down in the series and are behind in the second Test after getting all out for 214 on the first day.
India put themselves in a strong position after ending the day’s play at 80/0.
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