Threat of rain interruptions looms over Test

In the two days leading up to the fourth Test at the Queen’s Park Oval, rain has hit Port of Spain either before or during India’s practice sessions, sending them into the indoor nets. On Wednesday afternoon, during the second half of West Indies’ practice session on the eve of the match, it rained again, and kept raining for over two hours.

Rain washed out close to four sessions of the second Test, and an entire day’s play in the third. It is likely to interrupt play, by all appearances frequently, in the fourth Test as well. The weather isn’t in either team’s control, and Virat Kohli, India’s captain, said his team would need to ensure they didn’t lose their intensity if there are frequent rain interruptions in Port of Spain.

“Sometimes when you have too many interruptions, some people tend to think they can relax, but I think you require more concentration in an interrupted game,” he said. “When there are no breaks you can plan according to how the game will go for five or four days. But with breaks your plans and concentration will be disrupted very quickly.

“The term that people say – ‘switch off and switch on’ – I think that is the most important factor in an interrupted game. That’s what a cricketer has to master pretty quickly in his career, because these sort of games you don’t want a situation where you’re not 100% into a game if you get interruptions. It’s challenging, but when it happens you have to make sure that you get a hang of this as well, because it does happen …

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