India vs. England highlights, World Cup 2023 Warm-Up Match: India’s ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match with England was delayed by a heavy thunderstorm in Guwahati on Saturday. After India captain Rohit Sharma opted to bat first under humid conditions, heavy rain lashed Guwahati with the groundstaff quickly putting the field under the covers.
India vs. England The intensity of the heavy thunderstorm can be gauged from the fact that a standee put in front of the media box suffered heavy damage. The seats in the galleries were drenched by rain and filled with water.
Credit to the groundstaff though for acting swiftly to ensure the majority of the playing field was put under covers.
Guwahati has been given four World Cup warm-up matches the first of which was played on Friday between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh which the latter won comfortably.
India vs. England World Cup 2023 Warm-Up highlights:
Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the World Cup warm-up match between India and England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. 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 6 pm local time owing to inclement weather.
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. 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.
