India vs England, World Cup 2023: India went into the game on the back of a 2-1 win over Australia in the recent ODI series
Rain intervenes India vs England World Cup warm-up match (Pic: ICC/X)
- The World Cup warm-up match between India and England was abandoned due to rain
- The match was to be hosted at Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati on Saturday
- Persistent rain did not allow a single ball to be bowled in India`s first practice match
Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the ODI World Cup warm-up match between India and England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
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It began raining a little before the start of the match on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the toss being delayed but later in the evening the umpires decided to abandon the contest, a little before 6pm local time owing to inclement weather.
India went into the game on the back of a 2-1 win over Australia in the recent ODI series. England came into the practice match after a thumping series win over New Zealand.
All 10 teams will get to play two warm-up matches each before the group stage of the 50-over World Cup which gets underway in Ahmedabad on October 5.
The #CWC23 warm-up match between India and England has been called off after persistent rain in Guwahati 🌧 pic.twitter.com/gFHCXNXq9R
— ICC (@ICC) September 30, 2023
England will face New Zealand in the World Cup opener.
England, who arrived in India a day before their first warm-up match, will remain in Guwahati to play their second and final warm-up game against Bangladesh on October 2.
On the other hand, India, who travelled all the way to Guwahati on Thursday after completing a 2-1 series win over Australia, will now fly to Thiruvananthapuram for their second warm-up match against the Netherlands on October 3.
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The warm-up matches began on Friday with Sri Lanka suffering a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh here, while New Zealand defeated Pakistan in a high-scoring contest in Hyderabad.
The warm-up matches are being played at three venues Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami.
England(Playing XI): Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
(With agency inputs)
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