2023-10-03 05:28:59
Thiruvananthapuram: Those waiting to watch India’s World Cup warm-up match will be disappointed today. The rain in Thiruvananthapuram district since last night has intensified by this morning. With this, it is certain that the India-Netherlands World Cup warm-up match, which is supposed to start today afternoon, will be in the water.
It was raining lightly since the night and getting stronger in the morning. Even if it rains, it takes hours to set up the ground, so there is little chance of the match starting at the scheduled time anyway. The organizers are looking forward to whether the match will be played even if the rain clears in the afternoon and the overs are shortened.
Although the greenfield stadium has a good drainage system, if the outfield gets wet, it will be difficult to hold the match. The Indian cricket team, which arrived in the capital on Sunday, went for training yesterday afternoon at the St. Xavier’s College ground in Thumpa. India’s first warm-up match against England was also abandoned due to rain. The match scheduled to be played in Guwahati was abandoned due to heavy rain after the toss.
The South Africa-Afghanistan warm-up match and the Australia-Netherlands warm-up match scheduled to be held in Kariyavatta were abandoned due to rain. The Australia-Netherlands match was shortened to 23 overs, but after the Aussies’ innings, the rain came again during the Netherlands’ batting and was abandoned.
Yashaswi Jaiswal also broke Gill’s record with a blistering century against Nepal.
In yesterday’s New Zealand-South Africa warm-up match, New Zealand’s innings was completed, but by the time the rain came after 37 overs of South Africa’s innings, New Zealand had been declared the winners under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
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