Rains play spoilsport in India A vs South Africa A tie

AHMEDABAD, September 26: The One-day tie between India A and South Africa A scheduled to be held on Wednesday at Motera has been delayed due to a wet outfield following heavy rains.
The umpires will be inspecting the field at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera later in the day for the first of the three One-day cricket matches which was to begin this morning.
Dhiraj Prasana, stadium curator said some 70 labourers have been employed in the playing arena to dry out the outfield.
Overcast conditions and intermittent rains during the past five days have prevented the field from drying out.
The next two matches of the One-day series between the two teams are at Vadodara (September 28) and Rajkot (September 30).
Overcast conditions and intermittent rains during the past five days had put a question mark over the chances of the match being held as the outfield had become very soggy.
At least 70 labourers, mostly women and children, had been employed by the Gujarat Cricket Association to drain out the water from the playing arena. Even the super-sopper was also used to dry out the outfield but it was not enough in the end.
Dhiraj Parsana, the stadium curator, said, "We had tried our best to ensure that the match was played."
Teams:
India A: Mohammed Kaif (Capt), Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwari, S Badrinath, S Anirrudh, Yo Mahesh, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Arjun Yadav, Amit Mishra, Cheteshwar Pujara and Abhishek Nayar.
South Africa A: Yusuf Abdullah (Capt), Morne Van Wyk, Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, Thaime Tsolekile, R Peterson, Alviro Peterson, Werner Coetzee, Friedel De Wet, Boeta Dippenaar, Charl Langeveldt, Justin aOntong, Johan Van Der Wath.