India’s second warm-up fixture in opposition to Netherlands forward of the ODI World Cup was deserted resulting from heavy rain.
As town – which was placed on orange alert by the Indian Meteorological Division – witnessed incessant rain for over 16 hours, the match officers waited for 2 hours earlier than deciding to name it off, and not using a ball being bowled.
Whereas neither of the groups travelled to the bottom owing to the inclement climate circumstances, a few thousand followers – donning India colors – braved the rain and waited patiently until a spell of heavy bathe dashed their desires, round 4 o’clock within the night.
After its first warm-up sport in opposition to England was washed out in Guwahati on Saturday, the Indian group travelled for greater than 3,400 kilometres – from the northeastern a part of the nation to the acute south – hoping to get some sport time. However the journey proved to be futile. Because the day progressed and the rain elevated, hopes of getting sport time went up in smoke.
With each its warm-up video games washed out, the Indian group travels to Chennai with none sport time, and the group administration could be hoping for some correct coaching periods as soon as they attain the Tamil Nadu capital on Wednesday.
India and Australia got here into the warm-up video games on the again of a three-match ODI sequence, with the hope of testing the bench energy forward of the marquee occasion. However in the long run, the Males in Blue needed to be content material with a protracted coaching session on Monday, the place most gamers – besides Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Shami and Shreyas Iyer – sweated it out within the nets.
Whereas India travels to Chennai, Netherlands will fly to Hyderabad on Wednesday for its event opener in opposition to Pakistan on October 6.