<p>Inclement weather could pose a threat to the India-Australia T20 international match here on Thursday with the Met Department forecasting rainfall over the next 48 hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was a heavy downpour this afternoon and unseasonal showers could disrupt the one-off T20 game to be held at the newly built SCA Stadium on the city's outskirts.<br />However, Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) sources said the match isn't likely to be affected, as they have a good drainage mechanism in the stadium.<br /><br />"It had rained heavily for three days last week but the outfield and wickets were not affected," they said.<br /><br />"Even if it rains two or three hours prior to the start of match, we can have the match with a slight delay, provided it doesn't rain too heavily tomorrow."<br /><br />Almost 80 per cent of the tickets have been sold, and the stadium has a capacity to seat 28,000 people.<br /><br />Seven Indian players -- comeback man Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra and local boy Jaydev Unadkat -- had net sessions for over two hours.<br /><br />The other players, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were scheduled to arrive tonight.<br />The Australian team, who practiced in Mumbai's Cricket Club of India after landing in the country last Saturday, was also slated to reach the city by the same flight.<br />Meanwhile, BCCI Curator for Western Region Dhiraj Parsana said the Rajkot pitch was full of runs.<br /><br />"This is a good batting track and the wicket is full of runs. It will help batsmen to score runs freely," he said.<br /><br />"It's a flat wicket and therefore any score over 170 would be a fighting total."<br />The first four to five overs of the match would help seamers and then the wicket will become flat and easy for batting, Parsana said.<br /><br />But local pitch curator Rasik Makwana said even 200 runs would not be safe total on this track. "This is a batting paradise and even 200 plus runs would not be easy to defend."<br />Both teams are scheduled to practice tomorrow morning, SCA Media Manager Himanshu Shah said.</p>
<p>Inclement weather could pose a threat to the India-Australia T20 international match here on Thursday with the Met Department forecasting rainfall over the next 48 hours.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There was a heavy downpour this afternoon and unseasonal showers could disrupt the one-off T20 game to be held at the newly built SCA Stadium on the city's outskirts.<br />However, Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) sources said the match isn't likely to be affected, as they have a good drainage mechanism in the stadium.<br /><br />"It had rained heavily for three days last week but the outfield and wickets were not affected," they said.<br /><br />"Even if it rains two or three hours prior to the start of match, we can have the match with a slight delay, provided it doesn't rain too heavily tomorrow."<br /><br />Almost 80 per cent of the tickets have been sold, and the stadium has a capacity to seat 28,000 people.<br /><br />Seven Indian players -- comeback man Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra and local boy Jaydev Unadkat -- had net sessions for over two hours.<br /><br />The other players, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were scheduled to arrive tonight.<br />The Australian team, who practiced in Mumbai's Cricket Club of India after landing in the country last Saturday, was also slated to reach the city by the same flight.<br />Meanwhile, BCCI Curator for Western Region Dhiraj Parsana said the Rajkot pitch was full of runs.<br /><br />"This is a good batting track and the wicket is full of runs. It will help batsmen to score runs freely," he said.<br /><br />"It's a flat wicket and therefore any score over 170 would be a fighting total."<br />The first four to five overs of the match would help seamers and then the wicket will become flat and easy for batting, Parsana said.<br /><br />But local pitch curator Rasik Makwana said even 200 runs would not be safe total on this track. "This is a batting paradise and even 200 plus runs would not be easy to defend."<br />Both teams are scheduled to practice tomorrow morning, SCA Media Manager Himanshu Shah said.</p>