Fresh thunderstorms played spoilsport today to deny India valuable match practice here during their three-day warm-up match against Victoria, with only 10 overs being bowled on the second day today.After a delayed start owing to a wet outfield caused by yesterday’s downpour, the penultimate day’s proceeding lasted about just 45 minutes, during which India lost Sourav Ganguly’s wicket and reached 133 Ganguly scored 59. At stumps, Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on 38 and Yuvraj Singh, hoping to retain his place in the Test eleven, was on six. Allan Wise scalped Ganguly for his fourth wicket of the match.Resuming on overnight score of 110 for three, Ganguly decided to go after the hosts. He clipped Wise through the mid-wicket region and then cut him for a four before the bowler had his revenge in the same over.Wise pitched it on the middle stump and induced a flick from Ganguly which found Aiden Blizzard at mid-wicket. Ganguly’s 59 came off 99 balls and included nine hits to the fence.Yuvraj too looked in trouble against Wise while Dravid was his studious circumspect self, though a straight drive of his for three stood out for its clean strike and precision in placement. The Indians, sensing that weather could play a real spoilsport in their preparation, sent their key members like Virender Sehwag to indoor nets at the MCG.Should poor weather persist tomorrow, as has been the forecast, the Indians have again requested for the MCG indoor facility be available to them. The first Test starts on December 26.ScoreboardIndia Wasim Jaffer c Finch b Wise 0Rahul Dravid batting 38VVS Laxman c Wade b Wise 1Sachin Tendulkar b Wise 19Sourav Ganguly c Finch b Wise 59Yuvraj Singh batting 6Extras (lb-1, nb-9) 10Total (For 4 wkts in 48 overs) 133Fall of wickets: 1/3, 2/10, 3/38, 4: Peter Siddle 15-1-43-0; Allan Wise 15-4-37-4; Andrew McDonald 6-1-4-0; John Hastings 6-2-17-0; Bryce McGain 6-2-24-0.
