Mercury dips across West Bengal on Christmas, Darjeeling at 4.5 degrees C
Kolkata (PTI): The mercury dipped by a couple of degrees in parts of West Bengal on Thursday, adding a wintry cheer to Christmas celebrations.
The mercury may further fall by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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Dry weather will prevail over the state during the next seven days, it said, warning of shallow to moderate fog in all the districts of the state.
Revellers out to enjoy the Christmas holiday savoured the chill as minimum temperatures fell by around two degrees Celsius.
The hill town of Darjeeling recorded the state's lowest temperature at 4.5 degrees Celsius, the IMD said.
Alipurduar in north Bengal recorded the lowest temperature in the state's plains at 8 degrees Celsius, while Sriniketan in the western district of Birbhum recorded 8.5 degrees Celsius, it said.
Among the places that experienced chill were Suri (9 degrees Celsius), Bankura (9.1), Bardhaman (10), Cooch Behar (10.1) and Baharampur (10.4), it added.
Kolkata recorded 13.7 degrees Celsius, the lowest this season.
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After Gambhir's one-on-one chat session, Morkel says Abhishek "one good hit away" from finding form
Ahmedabad (PTI): All that Abhishek Sharma needs is a start, but there hasn't been any discussion about the talented opener's wretched run in the T20 World Cup so far, bowling coach Morne Morkel said ahead of India's first Super Eights game against South Africa here on Sunday.
Abhishek is yet to open his account in the current edition of the tournament and during Friday's training, he was seen spending considerable time with head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Gambhir was seen trying to explain to him certain finer points and like a diligent student, the flamboyant southpaw nodded in agreement.
After that he went for a high catch session.
At times, excess training can prove to be counter productive and Abhishek was seen bowling to the other batters for better part of the game.
When asked if there's discussion in general within the team on Abhishek, Morkel denied emphatically.
"Absolutely no discussion. He's a world class player. So far in the tournament, luckily, there's been some guys standing up for Abhishek (others scoring runs)," Morkel told the media.
However, he agreed that Abhishek needs to score runs as they enter the business end of the tourney.
"But we're going through a very important phase of the World Cup now and we expect him to do well.
"And I'm pretty sure, not just for the team, but also for all the viewers watching the game. Because he's (Abhishek) entertaining, and we love to see that.
"So yeah, I'm pretty sure he's hitting the ball well. It's just a matter of getting that start and Abhishek will get going," Morkel said.
