Rain play spoilsport

New Delhi, Jan 19:
The extent of damage caused by rains to the 22-yard strip at the Airforce Palam ground was evident with fourth day’s play of the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Services and Mumbai called off without a ball being bowled despite bright sunshine throughout the day today.
The city witnessed a hailstorm on Thursday night, which was followed by intermittent rains till yesterday evening.
However, since today morning there was bright sunshine but the best efforts of the groundsmen in presence of chief curator Daljit Singh wasn’t good enough as the dampness in the pitch couldn’t be reduced substantially in order to at least sneak an hour’s play. (PTI)

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