Rajkot: Cyclone Maha is likely to play a spoilsport the second T-20 international cricket match between India and Bangladesh here in Gujarat on Thursday. The match is slated to begin at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium at 7 PM today.
According to the Met dept, the Cyclone Maha, which is currently over the Arabian Sea, is “very likely” to weaken into a depression by Thursday evening.
In a bulletin released on Thursday morning at 5.45 am, the weather department said Cyclone Maha has been moving eastwards with a speed of 10 kmph from past six hours.
The met department predicted light to moderate rainfall at many parts of Gujarat with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places are likely over Saurashtra and Gujarat region this evening.
The Men-in-blue have lost the opening T-20 in Delhi by seven wickets on Sunday.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), K L Rahul, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur.
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah Riyad (capt), Taijul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Kumer Das, Soumya Sarker, Naim Sheikh, Mushfiqur Rahhim (wk), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Aminul Islam Biplob, Arafat Sunny, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and Shafiul Islam.
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