After intense sunshine in Guwahati, it abruptly rained a lot that the competitors couldn’t be fought.Image Credit supply: AFP
Rain continues to disrupt the warm-up matches of the World Cup 2023 and Team India has develop into its newest sufferer. The warm-up match between India and England in Guwahati was canceled attributable to rain. This was the primary follow match of Team India, however only a few minutes earlier than the beginning of the match, it rained after which the match couldn’t begin. Earlier on Friday, the match between South Africa and Afghanistan was additionally canceled attributable to rain. Team India’s subsequent warm-up match is in opposition to Netherlands.
The Indian workforce needed to play just one warm-up match throughout this whole World Cup in Guwahati, however the rain took away that chance from the followers. A day earlier than this match, on Friday, there was a match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on the identical floor, through which rain was not seen wherever and the whole match was performed.
heavy rain after the toss
Fans had been hoping that they’d get an opportunity to see the Indian workforce additionally enjoying however it couldn’t occur. The toss of the match had taken place and Rohit Sharma had determined to bat first however 5 minutes earlier than the beginning of the match, it began raining a lot that it didn’t cease. The rain was so heavy that after ready for about one and a half hour, the Indian and England groups went again from the stadium to their lodge, whereas the umpires introduced the cancellation of the match two hours later.
Danger within the subsequent match additionally?
India’s subsequent warm-up match is now in opposition to Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 October. However, the shadow of rain will proceed to loom over this as a result of it’s raining right here too. On Friday, the match between South Africa and Afghanistan was canceled with out even beginning, whereas the match between Australia and Netherlands additionally remained the identical.
As far as follow is worried, the groups of India and England had been enjoying ODI cricket only some days in the past. In such a scenario, each of them is not going to be affected a lot by the cancellation of this match. It was higher for England as a result of Jos Buttler’s workforce had reached Guwahati a day earlier after a journey of about 38 hours. In such a scenario, the gamers will get an opportunity to relaxation.
