VISAKHAPATNAM: ‘Rain, rain go away. Come once more one other day’, is the fervent prayer of the followers of the City of Destiny. The metropolis is internet hosting an ODI match after a protracted hole of three years and the followers don’t need the unseasonal rain to play spoilsport. According to the ACA officers, all of the tickets for the sport have been bought out and that provides to the woes of the officers.
The IMD has predicted rains for the weekend and the Met officers mentioned that a lot of the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh would expertise widespread rain or thunderstorms within the subsequent 24 hours. During the thunder showers, the south-easterly wind pace would even be excessive.
The temperature within the port metropolis on Saturday morning was 30 levels Celsius with a transparent sky nevertheless it had develop into cloudy by the night. Humidity within the air was 89% and the wind pace was 14 kmph.
As per the prediction of the Meteorology division, Coastal AP, comprising 9 districts, and Rayalaseema’s 4 districts would witness heavy rain at remoted locations and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 30kmph to 40 kmph.
After a comparatively brilliant and sunny morning, issues turned darker within the afternoon. There was a pointy bathe for a couple of minutes on the stadium and the bottom workers had been seen scurrying about to cowl the bottom. Thankfully, it lasted just for a couple of minutes and the solar got here out quickly.
However, by night the sky had grown darker and there’s an 80 p.c probability of precipitation within the night time. The possibilities of rain on Sunday are within the vary of 31-51 per cent and the climate is more likely to stay cloudy. Therefore, the followers and stadium officers are maintaining their fingers crossed.
“The IMD has predicted rain for tomorrow and that is a worrying aspect. It was expected to rain yesterday too but it didn’t and that is actually bad as the chances of rain hitting us tonight or tomorrow is very high,” mentioned a Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association (VDCA) member.
The officers are hoping that rain, if it arrives, ought to hit at night time and cease by morning. “We have an excellent drain system and the whole ground can be covered. Hence, the wicket getting damaged is not such a big issue. The outfield too can be dried up in quick time. We will just need 2-3 hours to get the ground back in shape,” mentioned an official.
The ACA is hoping that they’ll get to have a brief recreation at the very least. “The least that we can have is a 20-20 game. So, we are keeping our fingers crossed,” mentioned an official.
Apart from the bottom workers, the ACA has round 30 different individuals to assist with the covers and many others.
The IMD has predicted rains for the weekend and the Met officers mentioned that a lot of the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh would expertise widespread rain or thunderstorms within the subsequent 24 hours. During the thunder showers, the south-easterly wind pace would even be excessive.
The temperature within the port metropolis on Saturday morning was 30 levels Celsius with a transparent sky nevertheless it had develop into cloudy by the night. Humidity within the air was 89% and the wind pace was 14 kmph.
As per the prediction of the Meteorology division, Coastal AP, comprising 9 districts, and Rayalaseema’s 4 districts would witness heavy rain at remoted locations and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 30kmph to 40 kmph.
After a comparatively brilliant and sunny morning, issues turned darker within the afternoon. There was a pointy bathe for a couple of minutes on the stadium and the bottom workers had been seen scurrying about to cowl the bottom. Thankfully, it lasted just for a couple of minutes and the solar got here out quickly.
However, by night the sky had grown darker and there’s an 80 p.c probability of precipitation within the night time. The possibilities of rain on Sunday are within the vary of 31-51 per cent and the climate is more likely to stay cloudy. Therefore, the followers and stadium officers are maintaining their fingers crossed.
“The IMD has predicted rain for tomorrow and that is a worrying aspect. It was expected to rain yesterday too but it didn’t and that is actually bad as the chances of rain hitting us tonight or tomorrow is very high,” mentioned a Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association (VDCA) member.
The officers are hoping that rain, if it arrives, ought to hit at night time and cease by morning. “We have an excellent drain system and the whole ground can be covered. Hence, the wicket getting damaged is not such a big issue. The outfield too can be dried up in quick time. We will just need 2-3 hours to get the ground back in shape,” mentioned an official.
The ACA is hoping that they’ll get to have a brief recreation at the very least. “The least that we can have is a 20-20 game. So, we are keeping our fingers crossed,” mentioned an official.
Apart from the bottom workers, the ACA has round 30 different individuals to assist with the covers and many others.
