SYDNEY: The third and final match of the upcoming Twenty20 series between India and Australia will turn pink to support the McGrath Foundation after rain washed out a large part of the annual Pink Test here.

The McGrath Foundation set a fund-raising total of 380,000 dollars for the Sydney Pink Test between Australia and the West Indies — enough to fund one McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurse for three years — but due to rain fund-raising fell short of the target.

“The Foundation’s biggest fund-raising day, Jane McGrath Day (named after McGrath’s late wife) — day three of the Test — was hit particularly hard by the rain, leading to the least-attended Jane McGrath Day since its inception in 2009,” Cricket Australia said in a statement. The Twenty20 series between India and Australia will start on January 26 in Adelaide. The third T20 match on January 31 marks the return of T20 Internationals to the Sydney Cricket Ground. Fans will be encouraged to again wear pink to bath the ground in pink as it would have been on day three of the Test.PTI