India and England warm-up match deserted on account of rain© AFP
Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the World Cup warm-up match between India and England on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. It started raining a little bit earlier than the beginning of the match on Saturday afternoon, which resulted within the toss being delayed however later within the night the umpires determined to desert the competition, a little bit earlier than 6pm native time owing to inclement climate. All 10 groups will get to play two warm-up matches every earlier than the group stage of the 50-over World Cup which will get underway in Ahmedabad on October 5.
England will face New Zealand within the World Cup opener.
England, who arrived in India a day earlier than their first warm-up match, will stay in Guwahati to play their second and remaining warm-up recreation towards Bangladesh on October 2.
On the opposite hand, India, who travelled all the best way to Guwahati on Thursday after finishing a 2-1 sequence win over Australia, will now fly to Thiruvananthapuram for his or her second warm-up match towards the Netherlands on October 3.
The warm-up matches started on Friday with Sri Lanka struggling a seven-wicket defeat by the hands of Bangladesh right here, whereas New Zealand defeated Pakistan in a high-scoring contest in Hyderabad.
The warm-up matches are being performed at three venues Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.
(This story has been edited by Mahaz News employees …)
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