CA XI vs India 2018, Practice Game, Day 1 - Rain Plays Spoilsport at SCG

The first day of the four-day practice game between India and CA XI got washed out by rain in Sydney (SCG). However, the torrential rain and thunderstorm didn’t even allow the toss to take place which was scheduled to happen at 9.30 am local time.

No play on day one at the SCG

Torrential rain in Sydney has ruined day one of India's only tour game before the first Test against Australia. https://t.co/ccwRkKzGBP pic.twitter.com/Wijs14xLnq

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 28, 2018

Meanwhile, the skies briefly cleared in the afternoon, and the umpires went on confirming that there would be a toss at 3.30 pm local time. They had aimed to start the game at 4 pm, but soon after the announcement, the rain returned. However, in Sydney, the weather forecast for the second day isn’t promising either.

Meanwhile, it is the only practice game for India ahead of the first Test against Australia. Meanwhile, the first Test will start from December 6 in Adelaide.

As confirmed earlier, it would be a first-class fixture. India may use as many of their squad members as they want. However, they now have to be more creative to make the most of the remaining time of the match. Wednesday’s play had been added at the request of the BCCI after the game initially got scheduled for a three-day encounter, with the board hoping to find some time for a second warm-up match.

Day two under rain threat as well

Furthermore, India has become the most touring side these days. They had an unfortunate encounter previously in South Africa and later in England. They had lost the series 2-1 and 4-1, respectively.

Teams

India (From): Lokesh Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv Patel, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah

Cricket Australia XI (From): D Arcy Short, Max Bryant, Sam Whiteman(c), Jake Carder, Harry Nielsen(w), Param Uppal, Jonathan Merlo, Jackson Coleman, Harry Conway, Daniel Fallins, David Grant, Aaron Hardie