India vs Sri Lanka: At the end of the fourth day of the first match of the 2-Test series being played between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium, the Sri Lankan team, while chasing the target of 372 runs in its second innings, had scored 84 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Now, while the host team has to score 288 more runs on the last day to win, Team India will be eyeing 6 wickets. At the same time, there has been a lot of disruption due to rain on all four days of these Test matches and that is why everyone’s eyes are going to be on the weather during the last day of the match, in which rain can play the role of villain for Team India.
There is a high possibility of rain during the first session
The play on the last day of the Galle Test match will start 15 minutes earlier at 9:45 am IST, with a high probability of rain during the first session of play as per the report of Accuweather. While the temperature in Galle will be around 30 degrees Celsius at 10 am in the morning, the probability of rain is 49 percent, which will increase to 52 percent at 11 am, and it will increase further at 12 noon, with the probability of rain being around 58 to 60 percent. In such a situation, the game of the first session may also be washed out due to rain, which cannot be considered good news for Team India.
Weather expected to remain clear from second session
While there is a high probability of rain in the first session of the fifth day, its probability will reduce significantly in the second session. The probability of rain in Galle will reach around 25 percent around 1 pm, which is expected to reach 20 percent by 6 pm. In such a situation, it can be hoped that there will be no disruption due to rain in the last two sessions of the 5th day’s play.
There will be a possibility of rain every hour on the 5th day of the Galle Test match.
9 am Indian time – 39 percent
10 am Indian time – 49 percent
11 am Indian time – 52 percent
12 noon Indian time – 58 percent
1 pm Indian time – 25 percent
2 pm Indian time – 20 percent
3 pm Indian time – 20 percent
4 pm Indian time – 20 percent
5 pm Indian time – 20 percent
6 pm Indian time – 25 percent