Colombo Test: The second match of the two-Test series being played between India and Sri Lanka is being played at the SSC Ground in Colombo, in which Team India’s position was very strong at the end of the fourth day’s play. As against the Indian team’s first innings score of 503 runs, the Sri Lankan team was limited to 290 runs in its first innings at the start of the fourth day’s play. After this, Sri Lanka was forced to play follow-on in which when the fourth day’s play was ended early due to rain interruption in the last session, by that time they had scored 229 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in their second innings and had a lead of 16 runs. Now all eyes are fixed on the weather on the fifth day of play in the Colombo Test in which it can become the biggest villain in the victory of the Indian team.
The weather condition will be like this in Colombo in the first session on the fifth day.
Talking about the 5th day’s play, the last day’s play of the Colombo Test match between India and Sri Lanka will start at 9:45 am Indian time. In such a situation, according to the report of Accuweather, if we talk about the weather in Sri Lanka between 9 am to 10 am, then there is a possibility of 49 percent rain at that time. If we talk about the probability of rain in Colombo on 27th August, it is around 96 percent. In such a situation, this season will increase a lot of tension for Team India. If we talk about the weather between 10 am and 11 am, the probability of rain at that time will be 84 percent, whereas till 12 noon also it is going to be close to 80 percent. In such a situation, there is a possibility of the game of the first session being washed out due to rain.
Chances of less rain in the second session
While there is a possibility of heavy rain in the first session of the 5th day of the Colombo Test match, in the second session of the game, if we talk about the weather, it will be 49 percent from 12 noon to 1 pm, while from 1 to 2 pm it will reach 58 percent. In such a situation, the weather may be slightly better in this session. If we talk about the possibility of rain between 2 pm to 3 pm, it can be 58 to 60 percent.
About 50 percent chance of rain in the last session of the day
If we talk about the weather of the last session of the last day, the probability of rain is expected to be around 50 percent. In such a situation, if Team India gets a chance to play in the last day’s game, then they will have to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings and try to achieve the target quickly so that they can win it before any disruption in the match.