ICC World Cup Warm-Up game India vs England Highlights: Match abandoned without a ball being bowled

ICC World Cup 2023 warm-up matches kicked off on Friday (September 29). India and the world champions, England will lock horns in their first warm-up match on Saturday (September 30) at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

Both India and England are the favorites to win the World Cup. The current ICC No.1 team, India defeated Australia 2-1 in the recently held ODI series. Previously, they also emerged as the best ODI team in Asia after their clinical performance in the Asia Cup 2023.

indian-cricket-team — Indian Cricket Team (Rohit Sharma/Instagram)

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Sep 30, 2023, 5:49 pm IST

IND vs ENG warm-up match live update

Not a suitable playing condition in the middle and the game is abandoned without a ball being bowled! This match indeed gave a good warmup to the groundsmen!

Sep 30, 2023, 5:26 pm IST

IND vs ENG warm-up match

DK with his friendly jibe at Ashwin!

Getting hold of the Man of the Moment!

P.S. Yes that's me drenched in sweat completely @ashwinravi99 you owe me one for making me wait 😅#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/BnJbAGfFTF
— DK (@DineshKarthik) September 30, 2023

Sep 30, 2023, 4:45 pm IST

IND vs ENG live update

It's not looking good at all, the covers are still on the ground! This whole cricketing season so far has been swinging between "Good news" and "Oh no, bad news, it's raining again!"

Sep 30, 2023, 4:10 pm IST

IND vs ENG warm-up match, weather update

Things are not looking good

The cut-off for the match to start is around 7.30pm. But expect it to be abandoned much earlier #INDvENG #WorldCup2023
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) September 30, 2023

Sep 30, 2023, 2:43 pm IST

IND vs ENG weather update

Not a good news for the fans! It is still pouring in Guwahati.

Sep 30, 2023, 2:02 pm IST

IND vs ENG live update

It's raining and raining heavily at the moment

Sep 30, 2023, 2:00 pm IST

IND vs ENG warm-up match

India win the toss and opt to bat first

We have lost the toss and will bowl first in Guwahati 🏏 #EnglandCricket | #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/WhkrL4WRJa
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 30, 2023

Sep 30, 2023, 1:59 pm IST

IND vs ENG

A total of 13 players will be in action throughout today's warm-up match for England

📋 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑴𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺!

A total of 13 players will be in action throughout today's warm-up match 👊

Let's start with a win, boys! ✅ #EnglandCricket | #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/yCK7YaRxNJ
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 30, 2023

Sep 30, 2023, 1:52 pm IST

ICC World Cup warm-up game

The teams are ready

Hello from Guwahati 👋

Inching closer to our first warm-up game of #CWC23 🔝

🏟️ Barsapara Cricket Stadium
🆚 England
⏰ 2 PM IST #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/NVhjCzQmmk
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 30, 2023

Sep 30, 2023, 1:47 pm IST

IND vs ENG warm-up match

Hello and welcome to the live blog of India and England warm-up game for ICC World Cup 2023. This is your host Abhishek Raj, taking you through the live action!

England have also won their last two ODI series. They defeated New Zealand 3-1 in a four-match ODI series and then went on to beat Ireland in their recent outing. Notably, both their victories came in familiar cricketing conditions. India will be a different ball game altogether for them.

England have just managed to win 17 ODI games against India, out of 51 that they have played on Indian pitches.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav

England Squad:

Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.