Persistent Rain may play spoilsport in the third and final T20 match between India and Australia with weather forecast indicating possibility of light to moderate rain, in Hyderabad on Friday.
The forecast is possibility of thunderstorm accompanied with light to moderate rain today.
The city has been receiving good rainfall almost on a daily basis for about a week, throwing normal life out of gear. Though, Arrangements have been made at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium, the venue of the match, to ensure that the match is held without any problem.
The match is scheduled to start at 7 PM. The three-match series currently stands at 1-1 as both the team have won one match each. India won the first match of the series by 9 wickets at Ranchi via D/L method. In the second match, played a Guwahati, visitors bounced back and thrashed Indians by 8 wickets.
Interestingly, so far almost all the matches of ODI series and the first two t20 as well have been played under the threat of rain.
Squad :
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ashish Nehra, Lokesh Rahul, Axar Patel.
Australia: David Warner (captain), Moises Henriques, Aaron Finch, Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye, Kane Richardson.
