Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the World Cup warm-up match between India and England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. (Match Highlights | Streaming | Cricket News)
It began raining a little before the start of the match o🐷n Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the toss being delayed but later in the evening the umpires decided to aband🍌on the contest, a little before 6 pm local time owing to inclement weather.
All 10 teams will get to play two warm-up matches each before the g🎀roup stage of the 50-over World Cup which gets underway in Ahmedabad on October 5.
England will face New Zealand i🔯n the World Cup 💧opener.
England, who arrived in India a day before their firﷺst warm-up match, will remain in Guwahati to play their secon꧒d 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 Thiruva🌱nanthapuram for their second warm-up match against the Netherlands on October 3.
The warm-up matches began on Friday with Sri Lanka suffering a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh here, while൲ New Zealand defeated Pakistan in a high-scoring contest in Hyderabad.
The warm-up matches are being played at three venues Guwahati, Thiruvanant🙈hapuram and Hyderabad🐼.
