IND vs NED: India Vs Netherlands Warm-Up Match Abandoned Due To Rain
India vs Netherlands warm-up: IND vs NED ODI World Cup warm-up match in Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram has been called off due to rain.
India vs Netherlands warm-up: IND vs NED ODI World Cup warm-up match in Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram has been called off due to rain, without a ball being bowled.
Covers still on in Thiruvananthapuram. Still raining and the covers are well intact.
As per Accuweather, Thiruvananthapuram, venue for IND vs NED warm-up game, is likely to witness around 18mm rainfall during the day!
Rain pouring down on the Greenfield stadium! For now, the ground staff here have covered the square. Quite inevitably, toss has been delayed!
Virat Kohli reportedly didn't join Indian contingent on the flight form Guwahati and instead took a flight to Mumbai owing to a ‘personal emergency’.
Netherlands, in their first warm-up game, went up against Australia at the same venue (Thiruvananthapuram) on September 30 in a game marred by rain and the match had to called off with no result obtained. In this match, Australia scored 166/3 in their 23 overs while Netherlands could score 84 runs and lost 6 wickets before the match was eventually called off.
On the final day of warm-up games, three practice matches to be played today
India vs Netherlands
Pakistan vs Australia
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka
India's first warm-up match against England was called off due to rain and same might happen in today's India vs Netherlands warm-up match as well.
Rain threat looms large in IND vs NED warm-up match!
There is a possibility of heavy rain in Thiruvananthapuram, today. As per Accuweather, the probability of rain on Tuesday i.e. on 3rd October is around 96%. Two of the three warm-up matches in Thiruvananthapuram have already been abandoned due to rain.
Background
India vs Netherlands warm-up match live updates: Hello and welcome to live coverage of IND vs NED ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up match. Team India begin their final preparations for 2023 ODI World Cup with a warm-up match against Netherlands on Tuesday (October 3).
India vs Netherlands ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up match will be played on October 3 (Tuesday) at 2:00 PM IST at Greenfield International Stadium in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram. India were supposed to begin their ODI World Cup 2023 preparations with a match against England in Guwahati, but the match had to be called off without a single ball bowled due to rain. Rohit Sharma-led team India now have the opportunity to test its batting and bowling against Netherlands before the main matches begin.
India's first official match in ODI World Cup 2023 is against five-time World Cup winners Australia on October 8 in Chennai.
No Virat Kohli for IND vs NED ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up match!
ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up matches format explained: For the unversed, in practice matches there is no fixed playing eleven, rather all players can play, but fielding is done by 11 players and the innings ends once 10 wickets fall. As per several media reports, former India skipper Virat Kohli won't be part of India vs Netherlands ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up match as he traveled back to Mumbai due to some personal reasons.
Rain threat looms large in IND vs NED warm-up match.
There is a possibility of heavy rain in Thiruvananthapuram, today. As per Accuweather, the probability of rain on Tuesday i.e. on 3rd October is around 96%. Two of the three warm-up matches in Thiruvananthapuram have already been abandoned due to rain.
India squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Netherlands squad: Max O'Dowd, Teja, Ndamanuru, Wesley Baresi, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackerman, Rilof van der Merwe, Saqib Zulfikar, Seabrand, Vikramjeet Singh, Noah Cross, Scott Edward (captain), Aryan Dutt, Kyle Clyne, Logan Van Beek, Paul Van Meekeren, Ryan Klein, Seris Ahmed.
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