Rain washes out India-England World Cup warm-up match
Persistent rain on Saturday washed out the World Cup warm-up match between India and England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. It began raining a little before the start of the match on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the toss being delayed but later in the evening the umpires decided to abandon the contest, a little before 6pm local time owing to inclement weather. All 10 teams will get to play two warm-up matches each before the group stage of the 50-over World Cup which gets underway in Ahmedabad on October 5.
England will face New Zealand in the World Cup opener.
England, who arrived in India a day before their first warm-up match, will remain in Guwahati to play their second and final warm-up game against Bangladesh on October 2.
On the other hand, India, who travelled all the way to Guwahati on Thursday after completing a 2-1 series win over Australia, will now fly to Thiruvananthapuram for their second warm-up match against the Netherlands on October 3.
The warm-up matches began on Friday with Sri Lanka suffering a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh here, while New Zealand defeated Pakistan in a high-scoring contest in Hyderabad.
The warm-up matches are being played at three venues Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad.
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Govt seems to have made up its mind to not let LS function: Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): With repeated adjournments in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said the government seems to have made up its mind that it does not want the House to function and finds some excuse or the other to create a ruckus.
The BJP members have been raising the issue of reservation for Muslims in government contracts in Karnataka and claiming that the state's Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar purportedly suggested changing the Constitution to accommodate a four per cent quota for Muslims.
Shivakumar, has, however, said that he never stated the Constitution will be amended in any manner to give religion-based reservation.
"They seem to have made up their mind that they don't want the House to function. It's been many days now. They find some excuse or the other to (create ruckus)," Priyanka Gandhi told reporters in the Parliament complex after the Lok Sabha was adjourned for a second time during the day.
