India vs WI 3rd Day’s Play Abandoned Due to Wet Outfield & Rain

Day 3 of the 4th test match between India and West Indies was called off due to wet outfield and rain.

No play was possible at the Queen’s Park Oval for the second consecutive day (Photo: AP)

Wet outfield and rain forced the abandonment of the third day’s play without a ball being bowled in the fourth and final Test between India and the West Indies at Port-of-Spain on Saturday.

No play was possible at the Queen’s Park Oval for the second consecutive day when the rain intervened the outfield repairs which were undertaken in a bid to dry it out.

The first inspection of the day was scheduled at 11.30 am local time and thereafter covers were brought on. The threat of rain materialized soon enough and puddles formed on the outfield even as the bowlers’ run-up areas were covered this time around.

However, the ground just did not seem to drain at all forcing the day’s play to be called off at the second inspection at 12.30 pm local time, with lurking fear that the last ball in this fourth Test might have been bowled already.

Scorecard:

West Indies - 62/2 in 22 overs.
(Kraigg Brathwaite 32*(78), Marlon Samuels 4*(15)
Ishant Sharma 1/7, Ravichandran Ashwin 1/22