IND vs NZ 1st Test: The rain proved spoilsport as day 01 of the first test on the New Zealand tour of India 2024 has been called off due to persistent rain at Bengaluru.
With the toss expected to be held at 09:00 AM IST, Rain at Bengaluru has been pouring down heavily. The weather predictions look very bad until Sunday for the 1st Test match.
The rain eased at 10:00 AM IST but was drizzling and the grounds were covered. After the lunch, Rain continued to pour. The pitch conditions were not a problem due to the sub-air system can remove 10000 litres per minute.
🚨 Update from Bengaluru 🚨
Day 1 of the 1st #INDvNZ Test has been called off due to rain.
Toss to take place at 8:45 AM IST on Day 2
Start of Play: 9:15 AM IST #TeamIndia | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/RzmBvduPqr
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 16, 2024
But Rain continued to pour down at Chinnaswamy due to which the day was called off at 02:30 PM IST. After the stumps, the umpires provided an update on the revised session timings for Day 02.
Revised Session Timings, Day 2
Morning session: 9:15 AM -11:30 AM IST
Afternoon session: 12:10 PM – 02:25 PM IST
Evening session: 02:45 PM – 04:45 PM IST
India has announced a strong squad for the New Zealand tests meanwhile New Zealand has made a major change in the test format as Tom Latham was named as captain ahead of the India tests.
India recently had a 2-0 test series win against Bangladesh at home while New Zealand suffered a clean sweep defeat against Sri Lanka before the India tests.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Squad
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Tom Latham(c), Will Young, Kane Williamson, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Tom Blundell(w), Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
