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India's superstar cricketers endured a 3,400km (2,170 miles) cross-country journey to play a World Cup warm-up only for the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday.
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India were to face the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram, on the southern tip of India, but they were left kicking their heels due to torrential rain.
On Saturday, their scheduled game against defending champions England up in the north-eastern city of Guwahati was also washed out.
In total, the wet weather has so far forced three warm-up matches to be abandoned while three others have been rain-affected, leaving teams and players frustrated ahead of the tournament's start on Thursday.
The Netherlands have also had two washouts, including Saturday's match against Australia which ended in a no result when rain ended their chase in 14.2 overs.
That game was also played in Thiruvananthapuram, sparing the Dutch a fruitless trip to another venue.
However, the weather forecast for the rest of the week in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Dharamsala -- venues for first three days of the tournament - is optimistic with sunshine instead of showers.
England will play New Zealand in the tournament opener at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Pakistan clash with the Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday, while Afghanistan and Bangladesh play in Dharamsala on Saturday. (AFP)
Joshua Tuesday, 03 October 2023 08:06 PM
It's just crazy if a team has to travel such a distance to play a warm up. I sm sure they were quite warmed up by the time they arrived
DOT Wednesday, 04 October 2023 07:24 AM
If such a thing happened at our country; what will be the international media reaction?
cricket fan Wednesday, 04 October 2023 04:01 PM
Unlike Sri Lanka India is a huge country approx. more than 50 times the size of Sri Lanka and sometimes the indian cricketers have to travel the length and breadth of the country to train and play matches to acclimatise to the various weather conditions in the country. There are altogether 10 state of the art cricket stadiums in India where the world cup matches will be staged and the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is currently the largest cricket stadium in the world and can accomodate over 130,000 spectators whereas the MCG in Australia ehere previously the largest can accomodate only a crowd of just over a 100,000 spectators.
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