Rain lashes out in St Lucia threatening high stakes India-Australia clash

Dark clouds covered the island as it received rainfall threatening the highstakes clash between India and Australia at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match on MondayAhead of the clash between the heavyweights the venue in Saint Lucia is currently facing some downpours with gloomy conditionsA win against Australia will cement Indias top spot in Group 1 while a loss could see them overtaken by Australia and even Afghanistan should they win against Bangladesh in the last match of the Super EightsMeanwhile the island on Sunday also received heavy rainRohit Sharmaled Team India are currently holding the top spot in Group 1 of the Super Eights after sealing a win in all of their previous two matches against Afghanistan and BangladeshMen in Blue will head into the match after beating Bangladesh by 50 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Meanwhile Mitchell Marshs Australia suffered a humbling 21run defeat against Afghanistan in their previous match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024Also ReadIndia flex Australia worryIn a prematch press conference ahead of the clash against Australia India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey believes that if the execution is right nothing will stop Men in Blue from prevailing over the Aussies in a clash of heavyweights The bowling coach said that the implementation of plans against the Aussies will play a big roleWe played them initially Earlier a lot of these guys have played against them A lot of guys have played in the IPL So in terms of knowing of the game the approach that is going to change has been similar in the past games that we played I dont think its going to change I think its all what we can do is really focus on the implementation of our plans Mhambrey said in a prematch press conferenceAnd the bottom line is execution I think if youre as close to execution you will win every game So its not about what the other opponents going to do yet We know what kind of approach they come with Thats the way they played in the past as well But I think the focus purely should be on thats what we will focus on in execution And if were as close to our plans Im pretty sure that were going to cross the other sideOn the other hand Australia head coach Andrew McDonald opened up about the struggle to cope with playing in a short time between Afghanistan and India matches which involves air travelI mean once the draw comes out you are well aware of what you need to do and in your planning and preparation and that goes into it months before you get here and we feel like as I said we have made some good decisions in our planning and prep and coming in and yeah we have got another challenge with a short turnaround Every teams facing that so yeah it will be recovery mode tonight and tomorrow Give the boys a bit of space and yeah we would not drill into it too much tonight loss to Afghanistan and lack of recovery time McDonald said in a prematch press conferenceAs you said it is pretty early in the morning So getting that information in will happen in the morning of the Indian game So a bit of space The boys know where we went wrong They are an experienced group But there is no doubt when we come back together on the morning of the Indian game we need to be at our best And to be at our best we need recovery And if people do not recover in time then clearly we will make decisions based around that But so far so good everyone has pulled up well he addedSquadsIndia Squad Rohit Sharmac Virat Kohli Rishabh Pantw Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Axar Patel Ravindra Jadeja Arshdeep Singh Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Yuzvendra Chahal Sanju Samson Mohammed Siraj and Yashasvi JaiswalAustralia Squad Travis Head David Warner Mitchell Marshc Glenn Maxwell Marcus Stoinis Tim David Matthew Wadew Pat Cummins Ashton Agar Adam Zampa Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Starc Josh Inglis Cameron Green and Nathan Ellis