Hubli Tigers vs Bellary Tuskers, 7th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

16:29 Local Time: So this was inevitable - The first match has been called off. Dean Jones on air tells us that the groundsmen are bringing in bigger covers to keep the outfield clear in the future. But stay close, we have another game coming up and the broadcasters sound very confident of having it on time. On behalf of us, until the next hour as we start the build up for the second one, ta ta!!

There's an inspection at the ground as we speak, but we're running out of time to have the first game here. But again, if history helps us judge stuff, the way the ground has been readied over the last couple of seaons gives us enough reason to stay hopeful.

15:22 Local Time: 'Another round of ground inspection will happen at 16:00 hrs.' confirms the KPL twitter handle. It's reminiscent of yesterday, right? But the major difference is that it's quite sunnny now to dry up the water.

14:45 Local Time: KPL's twitter handle, Namma KPL, has this info - 'The next ground inspection will happen at 15:00 hrs!'

14:10 Local Time: The sun is beating down and the covers are coming off. But again, it's not the square, it's the outfield that's causing the delay.

The expert-cum-weatherman Dean Jones is out there in the middle of the action with this update: "The problem is from the 30-meter circle to the boundary. The super-soppers are going around and there is a lot of water and it is unbelievably soft. There's a good wind blowing around, but the groundsmen have been nothing short of extraordinary. The only thing we can confirm at the moment is that we wouldn't be starting on time."

13:50 Local Time, 08:20 GMT, 13:50 IST: We should've had the toss by now. But the outfield is slightly wet, but the good news is that there is no rain at the moment. In fact it looks very bright out there in the live pictures that are coming in from the ground. The delay shouldn't be all that long. The umpires too are out there in the middle with an inspection.

Match #7 -- 13:05 local: It's a clash of two sides with very contrasting fortunes in their two games thus far. Hubli, with only comfortable wins have the perfect chance to move a notch up and top the table. Bellary meanwhile have had a sloppy start, slumping to a bigger defeat after their rather inexplicable loss against Bengaluru. But the search for this winning momentum could just be the tonic they need this afternoon. Yes, yesterday was a damp squib, it's quite cloudy now as well, but the weather is set to improve drastically as the evening goes on. Stay on, the toss and teams coming your way in a bit.

Bellary Tuskers (From): Rohan Kadam, Swapnil Yelave, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinav Manohar, Karthik CA, Abrar Kazi, CM Gautam(w/c), Ritesh Bhatkal, Pradeep T, Santhebennur Akshay, Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi, Dega Nischal, Muthanna Nayak, Rohit Sabharwal, Manjesh Reddy, Rajat Hegde, Satish Bharadwaj

Hubli Tigers (From): Abhishek Reddy, Sujit N Gowda, Sunil Kumar Jain, Nitin Bhille(w), Praveen Dubey, Vinay Kumar(c), Kranthi Kumar, AM Kiran, Darshan MB, Mahesh Patel, Anil I G, Shivraj S, Suraj Seshadri, Ram Sarikh Yadav, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Vidyadhar Patil, Rahul Naik, Mohammed Taha, Abhishek Sakuja