Danger of rain looms over Gaba test! Bad news came before the third day’s play

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|16-12-2024

The third match of the 5-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. The second day of this match was in the name of Australia. Thanks to centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith, Australia scored 405 runs for 7 wickets by the second day of the third Test match against India. A game of 88 overs was played on the second day of the match. At the same time, due to rain on the initial day, only 13.2 overs could be played. In such a situation, the third day of the match is going to be very important for both the teams. But rain can spoil the fun of the third day also.

Threat of rain on third day of Gaba Test

The weather forecast for the third day is not so good as there are no good indications from the weather report. There may be heavy rain in Gaba in the coming days. According to Accuweather, there is a possibility of rain on the third day of the match, along with humid weather and intermittent clouds and sunshine will also be seen. There is more possibility of rain in the morning, in such a situation the first session may get washed out in the rain. However, there is less chance of rain during the day. In such a situation, the game of second and third session can be played completely.

Team India's eyes are on getting all out as soon as possible

The Australian team has played 101 overs so far in this innings and it still has 3 wickets left in its hands. In such a situation, Team India's eyes will be on getting Australia all out as soon as possible on the third day of the game. So far, only Jasprit Bumrah has looked in good form for Team India in this innings. He has taken 5 out of 7 wickets for Australia. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj has got one wicket and Nitish Reddy has got one wicket.

Travis Head and Steve Smith were the most successful batsmen of the second day, both players played century innings. Head scored 152 runs and Steve Smith played an inning of 101 runs in 190 balls. Apart from this, wicketkeeper Alex Carey is still unbeaten after scoring 45 runs. In such a situation, Australia would like to add as many runs as possible to its score on the third day.

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