India’s Asia Cup group-stage matches have been impacted by rain so far. While their first match against Pakistan was abandoned after India’s innings, the second match against Nepal too had to be shortened as India chased down the target in a little over 20 overs. Now, the tournament has moved to the Super Fours stage that will take place in Colombo. India will take on Pakistan on 10 September for their Super Four clash and once again, weather is expected to play spoilsport for this match.
Colombo has experienced heavy rainfall over the past week and there also have been reports of floods in some areas. In addition, there have been talks about relocating the Asia Cup matches from Colombo to Hambantota, but despite discussions, the schedule remains unchanged.
As per AccuWeather, there is a 75 per cent chance of rain, with thunderstorms expected later in the day. Apart from this, the likelihood of rain increases to over 95 per cent at night.
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BBC Weather has also predicted a wet day on 10 September in Colombo, with temperatures ranging from 25 to 29 degrees Celsius. Weather.com has also forecast a similar weather with a 90 per cent chance of rain on that day.
Hambantota, on the other hand, has a relatively clearer forecast for 10 September. Both AccuWeather and weather.com predicted just a 40 per cent chance of rain with scattered thunderstorms.
Ahead of the match, a reserve day has been added to the India vs Pakistan Super Four game. It needs to be mentioned here that this is the only match, barring the final, to have a reserve day. The change in playing conditions was announced by the PCB, and spectators have been advised to retain their tickets if the match does go to the reserve days.
India vs Pakistan – Full squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumraj, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve)
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir (travelling reserve).
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