The first T20I of the year 2020 was called-off in Guwahati 🎃on Sunday. The series opener between India and Sri Lanka was scheduled to begin at 7 PM IST but was delayed du﷽e to rain after the toss.
In the beginning, it just looked like a passing༒ shower, but then it was pouring down minutes. Around 8 PM though the heavens relented, the rain had already affected the state of the pitch with wet patches✤.
Just when the ground staff started its repair work, the rain returned to make things worse. This time though, more care was taken with an extra cover being placed on the 22 yards. However, the damage was already done, and when it all cleared around 8.45 PM, the ground staff much to everyone’s surprise brought out the hair-dryer, steam iron, and vacuum cleaner to dry the wet patches on the pitch.
Twitterati brutally trolled the match officials and lashed out at the groundsmen for not using the proper equipments t𒀰o ready the pitch.
Earl🦋ier, Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to b��owl first.
Here’s is Twitter reacted:
The hair dryℱer and steam iron are being used now to dry the pitch. Sri Lanka should have taken R Premadasa s🌠tadium rain covers to India 🇱🇰🏏
— Azzam Ameen (@AzzamAmeen)
Vacuum cleaner, hairdryer, iron… every single thing from a common man's home is currently being used to dry the dampened pitch at Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati. Hats off to the hard work
— Aakash Biswas (@aami_aakash)
Such a powerful hair-dryer…. Indian jugaad! 🤣🤣
— Tridib Baparnash ॐ (@TridibIANS)
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1980 – will have flying cars in 2020
2020 – drying pitch with hair dryer
— dp (@_dp912)
Anushka Bhabh⛎i wala Hair dryer lakar sukhwao isko.. 😜😜
— Anshu K Deipak (@AKDeipak)
Hair dryer, steam iron , vacuum cleaner and what not for the wet pat꧒ch on the slot region of the pitch☂ to dry 😀
— Devansh (@devanshot)
Hair dryer ? seriously ? What a shame !
— Naveen (@_naveenish)
Hair dryer and iron (Yes the one used for ir🐓oning clothes🌃) deployed to dry the pitch. LOL. Unprecedented.
On serious note, heads need to roll at
— Gaurav Chattur (@chatturg)
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