EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: The wet outfield because of overnight rain spoiled the opening day of the four-day Group-C Ranji Trophy tie between Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura at GGM Science College Hostel ground, here today. Both the teams kept on waiting for the umpires signal to start the play, but all in vain. However, umpires paid two three visits to the ground and found it unfit for play and ultimately called it a day day at 3 pm, exactly after the tea time.
"Umpires were of the views that the wet outfield may cause injury to the fielders. They preferred not to take any risk and decided to call it a day at 3 pm", a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) told SAN. Umpires were still doubtful to resume the game at 9.30 tomorrow. It may take them some more time tomorrow to finally call the captains for toss.
Meanwhile, the JKCA inflicted a couple of changes, through its selectors, in the team that has been finalized for match against Himachal Pradesh.
The Squad:
J&K: Z Sofi, Adil Rishi, Bandeep Singh, A Bhatt, M Dar, R Dayal, MK Dogra, M Gupta, Hardeep Singh, O Haroon†, M Mudhasir, Parvez Rassol, Sameer Ali, OA Shah, SS Sharma, AP Singh, ID Singh* and Waseem Raza.
TRIPURA: MB Murasingh, Swapan Das, S Abbas Ali, KK Acharjee, TK Chanda, A Dey, SS Majumder, KSS Muhuri, UB Patel, Rana Dutta, A Ratra*†, BB Roy, NN Sen Chowdhary, SM Singha and Subhrajit Roy. |
