India v New Zealand - Match abandoned without a ball bowled
The thousands who thronged the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam to
watch its first ever Twenty20, and Yuvraj Singh's long-awaited comeback
from cancer, had to go home disappointed as rain had the final say.
Persistent rain in the evening meant that the toss was itself a
non-starter. The match was called off without a ball bowled nearly an
hour and 30 minutes after the scheduled 7pm start.
There was some consolation for the crowd, though, as Yuvraj made an
appearance to loud cheers when he was felicitated by the local
association, despite the drizzle. The rain has been a continuing trend
in this tour. The Tests at Hyderabad and Bangalore had weather
interruptions, but India managed to secure wins in both. The teams will
now head to Chennai for the second and final Twenty20 on Tuesday. From
the teams' perspective, the rain couldn't have come at a worse time,
given that the World Twenty20 is only a couple of weeks away. They will
hope for better weather in Chennai, or risk going to Sri Lanka short on
T20 practice.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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