Mumbai: The play on Day 1 of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand in Southampton has been called off due to rain
Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: “UPDATE – Unfortunately, play on Day 1 has been called off due to rains. 10.30 AM local time start tomorrow. #WTC21.”
https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1405884532323201031?s=20
The first session of the opening day of the World Test Championship final was already washed off. And with rain finally stopping in the second session, an inspection was set to take place at 3 pm local time — 7:30 pm IST.
Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: “UPDATE — It has stopped raining and there will be an inspection at 3 PM local and 7.30 PM IST. #WTC21.” But unfortunately, it started raining again around 7:10 pm IST.
https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1405874170269999106?s=20
Before this, there was no rain for a period of close to 50 minutes. R. Ashwin’s wife Prithi Narayanan took to Twitter to share the video of the ground along with her kids and wrote, “Rain has stopped. Fans are happy. I can hear the dol and happy singing. And @ashwinravi99 is going to do what he needs to do — have lunch.”
https://twitter.com/prithinarayanan/status/1405863571347628036?s=20
A reserve day has been scheduled to ensure five full days. It will only be used if lost playing time cannot be recovered through the normal provisions of making up lost time each day.
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