Published 20:40 IST, October 20th 2022
How Australia is set to lose $7 million at T20 World Cup due to phenomenon called La Nina
T20 World Cup 2022: Here's everything you need to know about La Nina and how it will cost the organisers in Australia millions of dollars in potential revenue.
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 is currently taking place in Australia, where a total of 16 teams are competing for ultimate glory in shortest format. warm-up matches in tournament have already been affected by rainfall with several games called off due to bad wear. competition looks set to be impacted by rainfall, especially due to a phemen called La Nina. Here's everything you need to kw about La Nina and how it will cost organisers millions of dollars in potential revenue.
What is La Nina?
La Nina is a wear phemen that occurs in Australia and or parts of world every few years. It impacts wear patterns, which can lead to extra cloud cover and excessive rainfall. In Australia, impact is mostly felt across eastern, rrn, and central parts of country. La Nina can also cause a massive drop in temperatures across those regions. According to a Fox Sports report, La Nina has occurred in Australia 16 times in last 122 years. last time phemen was observed in Australia was back in 2016.
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How Australia is set to lose $7 million?
La Nina is expected to disrupt a lot of games in ongoing T20 World Cup 2022, including ones anticipated to be big earners for organisers and ICC. Among those likely to be affected by current bad wear in Australia is big-ticket clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan. If games are impacted by rainfall and less than 10 overs are played, spectators will get a full refund. According to Daily Telegraph, organisers will have to spend $7 million in compensation.
According to Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology, re is a very high (95%) chance of showers in Melbourne on Sunday. rainfall will most likely take place in afteron and evening when game is scheduled to be played. refore, re is a high chance that match between India and Pakistan may be disrupted due to rain without a ball being bowled. If that happens, both India and Pakistan will be awarded a point each as re are reserve days for group-st matches.
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20:34 IST, October 20th 2022