Due to rain, India's second exhibition game versus the Netherlands has been postponed. The game had to be abandoned due to the persistent rain because no balls had been bowled. Team India will now depart for Chennai, where they will compete against Australia on October 8. On October 6, Pakistan will play host to The Netherlands in Hyderabad.
given the conditions. India's final opportunity to play with all 15 players will be in an exhibition match, but as their captain Rohit Sharma acknowledged in Guwahati, these matches aren't as significant because his side has a strong record.
Warm-Up Match Called Off
As a result, neither of India's warm-up games have been completed. The match versus England in Guwahati had a similar outcome. Not ideal for the Indian squad ahead of its season opener against Australia in Chennai, which has also seen intermittent rain.
UPDATE: The warm-up match between India & Netherlands is abandoned due to persistent rain. #TeamIndia | #CWC23 https://t.co/rbLo0WHrVJ pic.twitter.com/0y4Ey1Dvye
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 3, 2023
Keeping our fingers crossed for the game. That's all we have for today. You may watch live coverage of the other two warm-up matches that are now taking place, and you can join us for the World Cup, which begins on October 5 with a game between 2019 finalists England and New Zealand.
India Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav.
Netherland Squad
Scott Edwards (c), Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht
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