Persistent drizzle in Kanpur forced to call off the second day, as India’s weather-plagued second Test against Bangladesh without a ball being bowled on Saturday, as it was always on the cards. There was no sun light to dry the wetness the outfield.
Meanwhile, rain also inturrped the first day’s game when the wet outfield allowed only 35 overs to play on Friday and the start of the second day's play was also delayed by inclement weather.
The rainfall kept the covers on and the umpires decided to call off play with Bangladesh, bidding for a series-levelling victory when Bangladesh survived some aggressive bowling of Indian bowlers to reach 107-3 in their first innings with Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim were batting with 40 and six runs respectively. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was the other notable scorer with 31.
Indian pacer Akash Deep Singh claimed 2-34 in 10 overs while Ravichandran Ashwin ended with 1-22. India leads the two-match series 1-0 following its 280-run victory in the first Test in Chennai.
The whole ground remained under covers throughout the day. At times, three super soppers came out, running over the covers, but the ground staff could not do much beyond that.
Meanwhile, the weather forecast of today is quite better though there is a bit of rain around.
