New Delhi:The highly anticipated clash between India and Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023 faces a tough challenge from the Weather in Kandy with Weather.com predicting thunderstorms and a 90% chance of rain on September 2.
According to Google Weather, a thundershower is expected to occur with chances of 90 per cent precipitation and 84 per cent humidity in Kandy. The temperature is expected to be 28 degrees Celsius. Ahead of the clash, the Indian men's cricket team arrived at the Colombo airport earlier on Wednesday. Experienced batter Virat Kohli and allrounder Hardik Pandya were seen having a conversation.
In India's campaign opener against Pakistan, the Indian team will be without star batter KL Rahul who is progressing well from the niggle he picked after recovering from his injury and will be under the National Cricket Academy (NCA) supervision till September 4 as confirmed by Dravid in a press conference.
"He (KL Rahul) had a good week with us, he is progressing really well on the route that we want to take, but he will be unavailable for the first part of the Kandy leg of the trip. The NCA will be looking after him while we are travelling. We will reassess him on the fourth (September 4) and we will take it from there. The signs are good and he is progressing really well," Dravid said.