India’s initial ODI International against the West Indies finished in a no outcome because of substantial downpour in Guyana on Thursday. Just 13 overs were bowled in the match as downpour kept on causing delays on customary interims. The match was diminished to a 34-over per side game after the primary downpour interim yet the authorities canceled the match after the subsequent downpour break. The West Indies lost only one wicket of Chris Gayle who played a moderate inning of four keeps running off 31 conveyances.
The stop-begin coordinate, which was decreased to 34-over-a-side, was surrendered following a second downpour interference. Over 90 minutes after the fact, the umpires chose to cancel the match. Opener Evin Lewis and Shai Hope were batting on 40 and 6 individually when the match was canceled after Indian chief Virat Kohli won the hurl and requested that the West Indies bat.
The match was at that point decreased to 43-over-a side even before a ball being bowled as the wet outfield because of downpours had constrained the hurl to be postponed. The match started two hours after the fact than the first 7pm IST begin.
West Indies made a tranquil begin with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami abusing the conditions well to secure Gayle and Lewis before the principal downpour interference.
India did not take the DRS when Lewis looked plumbed before wicket in the fourth over off the bowling of Mohammed Shami. Replays demonstrated the ball would have proceeded to hit the leg stump however India did not decide on an audit. Lewis was on 1 at that point.
The home side had scored 9 for no misfortune in 5.4 overs at the primary downpour break and the match was going to be continued 30 minutes after the fact however the wet territory close to the bowlers’ run-up prompted another postponement of the greater part 60 minutes.
The Indian defenders and the two West Indies batsmen – Gayle and Lewis – turned out to the ground yet Kohli was seen having a dialog with the umpires.
Play did not begin promptly as the umpires figured the ground staff need more opportunity to prepare the ground. Kohli and some other Indian players were seen shaking their legs for some time, moving to the tunes of the DJ at the scene.
The players later strolled off the field and the ground staff were seen showering a ton of sawdust on the wet regions.
The umpires made another investigation and after over an hour’s interference, the match continued for a 34-over-a-side undertaking.
Gayle and Lewis grabbed steam after the long interference. Lewis hit Khaleel Ahmed for 15 keeps running with a six and two fours in the eighth over yet the presentation of wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav put a few brakes on the West Indians batsmen.
Kuldeep gave India the achievement as he rejected risk man Gayle who hauled the ball onto his stumps. Expectation came in two overs later, however rains likewise returned to compel the players to the changing area by and by.
The second ODI will be played in Port of Spain on Sunday.
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