Rain clouds loom large over Pak-SL Asia Cup ‘semi-final’

The Super Four match will see the two sides, who are hosting the Asia Cup on a hybrid model, face each other in a do-or-die clash at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in the Sri Lankan capital tomorrow. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:30pm (PST).

Weather forecaster AccuWeather predicted unfavourable conditions in Colombo. According to the forecaster, there was a 93 per cent probability of rain with a 56pc chance of thunderstorms affecting the tie during the day with “a couple of showers and a thunderstorm”.

For the night, it predicted a 98pc cloud cover with rain in spots with a 48pc chance of precipitation and a 28pc chance of thunderstorms.

During the match timings, the forecaster predicted two separate spells of rain with one coming at 5pm local time with a 53pc probability and the other at 8pm local time with a 51pc probability.

The Weather Channel predicted a 90pc chance of rain along with thunderstorms during the day and an 80pc chance of rain at night.

According to the BBC’s weather forecaster, the Sri Lankan capital will see “thundery showers and a gentle breeze” tomorrow.

Similar to AccuWeather, BBC also predicted two spells of rain with a higher than 80pc probability of a downpour.

The Green Shirts will be knocked out of the Asian championship if the game is washed out tomorrow as Pakistan are currently ranked third in the Super Four ranking on the basis of net-run-rate. The points will be shared if the match ends in a draw with India taking on Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday.

Pakistan are lagging behind in the net run-rate, which is -1.892, in comparison to Sri Lanka who have a slightly better run-rate of -0.2. The abysmal run-rate is a consequence of the 228-run loss against India in a one-day international that was played over two days.