Patel’s return the positive: Dravid

The match was abandoned, skipper Rahul Dravid has found one positive from the Eden: the return of Munaf Patel. “It was nice to watch Munaf bowling in the right direction and with a proper length. And coming back from injury, it is a positive that Munaf is regaining his touch,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Eden crowd, which had to wait for the announcement of the abandonment, grew restive and ended up throwing the water pouches on the field. Even as over 50,000 spectators stayed back, braving the thundershower, the organisers strangely chose to keep them waiting instead for the announcement. The spectators finally peppered the outfield with the water pouches.