The sudden showers accompanied by lighting, that began around the scheduled toss time of 7.30 pm, lasted for about 15 minutes as the ground remained fully covered.
After a brief let-up, rains again started to pour down heavily, thereby putting a question mark on the match.
It was a sultry afternoon today but the weather changed with sudden thunderstorms similar to that of yesterday's squall that had caught the city unawares with 96kmph wind.
The weathermen blamed it on a cyclonic circulation over central Uttar Pradesh, with a low-pressure trough extending up to north Orissa, triggering the storm and rain.
"One can expect more thundershowers with an occasional squall towards late afternoon or evening till the weekend," said a IMD official. PTI TAP SSC
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