India vs Australia 2nd ODI: Bad weather forces hosts to cancel training session, visitors practise indoors

Indian cricket team's could not hold a pratice session while Australia had to use the the indoor facility at Kolkata's Eden Gardens stadium on Tuesday ahead of 2 one day international of the 5-match series.

With the ground at Eden Gardens under cover for two days, Tuesday's training sessions were cancelled. Though there was no rain Tuesday morning, there was a downpour Monday afternoon that kept  Eden Gardens still out of bounds.

"Since it's raining and the facilities are covered, they won't go to the stadium today," read an official communication from Team India.

According PTI, Australian batsmen utilised the indoor facilities in the morning but bowlers returned to team hotel.

It's learnt that the groundstaff did not take any chance as less intensity and hazy conditions prevailed, and kept the ground covered.

"We need at least two hours of sunshine to get the ground ready. We are well-equipped, we are keeping our fingers crossed. The good thing is we still have two days," East Zone curator Ashish Bhowmick told PTI.

Meanwhile, IMD Kolkata director Ganesh Das has said that there are still chances of a downpour on the matchday.

"Today's condition is because of a low pressure formation which is situated at northwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbouring areas. Also, there's the axis of monsoon trough causing rainfall," Das said on Tuesday.

The second match of five-match ODI series is scheduled for Thursday (September 21). India won the series opener by 26-run in Chennai on Sunday, which was decided on Duckworth-Lewis method after rain interruptions.