wet soggy raining no sun you may think that I'm talking about proper tropical London right now this is the Shahed Vijay Pik Singh stadium in NOA and let me assure you it is not a cut copy paced job I mean that is the situation it has been raining incessantly ever since the morning and today just like yesterday on day three the covers are in place the rain has ensured that in both days 22 minutes flat the match has been the day has been called off now you could see what is the current situation at the ground it is raining quite steadily covers are there in most of the places that are there midwicket is covered mid on is covered deep midwicket Third Man fine leg is slightly covered only certain patches of the Outfield are not covered and that is also going to create a problem later on it became an ornithologist letter I mean it if you wanted to come for bird watching this was the ideal venue to be in there were so many different kinds of birds that were there enjoying the monsoon enjoying the rain it became a delight at this point rather than the cricket so that is the level of uh the scrutiny that this stadium is going to get now it's fit for bird watching but I don't think it is fit for Cricket at this stage now one wonders where common sense and protocol really go for a because the ACB released the statement that tomorrow there will be an assessment at 8:00 a.m. and then the official stamp will come that the match is called off now tomorrow's weather is also Bleak the weather in NOA greater NOA is Bleak until Sunday now Common Sense will dictate that yes you can call it off today why have an assessment tomorrow well apparently match referee umpires and officials protocol might state that it's a one-off test we have given it the entirety of the situation we haven't taken a decision in haste and that is why we will call it off on day five and practically it is impossible to begin New Zealand on the other hand are leaving India on Saturday Afghanistan now will be pondering what next to do because they'll be heading to the UAE for the ODI series versus South Africa so the this has been a disastrous experience when you look at it not held by the rain not held by the lack of upgradation that has been there in the facilities lot of questions will be asked tomorrow whether they'll be answered that is another thing alog together so yes day three day four abandoned in the combined total of 44 minutes bird watchers forget Okla bird sanctuary you can come right here there'll be a lot of birds on action so thank you so much folks for joining us for this video subscribe to sports today for all the latest news and Analysis