England elect to bat first against India after winning the toss
Birmingham, June 30: England won the toss and decided to bat first against India in their crucial World Cup game here on Sunday.
In team India Rishabh Pant replaces Vijay Shankar in a playing eleven squad.
Playing XI:
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (captain), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood.
India: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Rishabh Pant, Kedar Jadhav, M.S. Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.
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IndiGo CEO, accountable manager get more time for replies to DGCA notices
New Delhi (PTI): Aviation watchdog DGCA on Sunday gave more time to IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and the Accountable Manager Isidro Porqueras to submit their responses to the show causes notices seeking their explanations on the flight disruptions.
Both have been granted 24 hours more or time till 6 pm on Monday to submit their replies, a senior official said on Sunday.
For six days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted resulting in massive flight cancellations and delays impacting travel plans of thousands of passengers. Against this backdrop, the regulator had issued the show cause notices.
In the show cause notices issued on Saturday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had asked Elbers and Porqueras to give their replies by Sunday evening.
The official said the deadline for replies were extended following requests from both the airline executives.
The two executives on Sunday had sought additional time for a response citing operational constraints due to the scale of its nationwide operations and multiple unavoidable factors that contributed to disruptions across several airports, the official said.
According to the official, DGCA continues to monitor the situation closely.
