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Curator Brian Bloy said on Saturday that there is a threat of rain in the first Test between India and South Africa and the pitch at SuperSport Park is expected to suit fast bowlers, which will pose some challenges to the batsmen. The Centurion curator said that there is very little chance of play on the opening day and the second day of the Test and the heavy rain will bring down the temperature, which will not help the spinners much.
“The temperature will be as low as 20 degrees,” Bloy told PTI. The current temperature is 34 degrees and it will drop to 20 degrees. I don’t know how the situation will be whether we will play on the first day or not.”
“Hopefully there will be some play and it will be good on the third day but I don’t know how much of a turn there will be on the pitch,” he said. The first Test will start from December 26. Bloy said that if the pitch gets covered, it will be difficult to bat first.
He said, “I can’t guarantee the weather forecast, but if the pitch is covered for most of the two days, it might be a bit difficult to bat first because it will be covered for a long time and we don’t know if it will be inside. will or will not. present conditions.” What time will he be ready to play?
He said, “If the play starts at 10 am on the third day, we won’t get much time. If it stays covered for two days I think it will benefit the bowlers. “There is grass on the wicket and we will have two more days which will be hot,” said Bloy. But I am happy that there is uniform grass on the pitch which is good.
However, this could be bad news for Ravichandran Ashwin as Bloy doesn’t know how much help the spinners will get after the rain. “It will be difficult because you are looking at the first and second day forecasts,” he said. There will be no sunshine for four days and I don’t know how much the weather will fluctuate. ,