The first match of the Test series between India and New Zealand is being played in Bangalore. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and elected to bat. Currently, there is no rain in Bengaluru, but the sky is cloudy. There is a 40% chance of rain here on Thursday. The first day's play was canceled due to rain.
According to weather website Accuweather, Bengaluru is expected to witness similar weather for the next 3 days. Earlier, the first 3 days of the Kanpur Test were affected by rain.
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Gill is not playing due to injury
BCCI said that Shubman Gill is not fully fit for this match due to injury. In his place, Sarfaraz Khan has been given a chance in the playing-11.
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India won the toss and elected to bat, Gill playing-11 out
India won the toss and elected to bat. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has made 2 changes in the playing-11 of the last match. Gill and Akash Deep are not playing this match. Sarfraz Khan and Kuldeep Yadav have been given a chance.
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We'll start with the ball- Captain Tom Latham
The wicket is under cover so hopefully we can make good use of it early with the ball. It's still cloudy, so we couldn't prepare well here. Three seamers with Ajaz Patel and we have two all-rounders who also bowl spin.
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We want to put runs on the board – Captain Rohit Sharma
We want to bat first. The pitch is under cover and we understand it might be a bit sticky at the start but the nature of the pitch is such that we want to get runs on the board first. We want to get as many results as we want. We have played well in the last few Test matches. Fresh series for us and we want to get off to a good start. The last Test played, there are two changes, Gill is not fit. So he is not playing. He has been replaced by Sarfraz. While Akashdeep has been replaced by Kuldeep.
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Dinesh Karthik wrote – I am excited
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The first day's play was cancelled
The first day of the first Test between India and New Zealand has been cancelled. It has been raining in Bengaluru since Wednesday morning. In such a situation, the umpires decided to call off the day's play after talking to the ground staff. …
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