IND vs AUS: Rains might force Vizag ODI into a T20 game
The weather gods haven’t been kind on YS Rajashekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium ground-staff. Having done all the work over the past fortnight or so to carefully lay out a batting beauty, taking all the care they could to even keep the pitch covered to prevent it from being baked under the unforgiving heat, Saturday was a day in contrast. The harsh summer sun gave way for a heavy downpour as the ground-staff scrambled for covers. Within a matter of minutes, most of the ground was covered, but with 80 per cent rain predicted for Sunday, the chances of an uninterrupted, full 50-over contest remains unlikely.
Heat one moment, rain the next moment. In a way it sums up Visakhapatnam, one of the cleanest coastal cities, and one which frequently battles cyclones that come out the Bay of B...