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The much-awaited opening day of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) between India and New 🍒Zealand was called off without a toss being held at Rose Bowl in Southampton on Friday. The rain did stop around 5:30 PM IST, and match officials made an inspection around 7:2ܫ0 PM IST, but a wet outfield and probability of the return of rain forced them to call off the proceedings
According to the weather report, the second day is expected to remain ‘partly sunny’. However, there could be some rain after 2 PM (local time). The temperature on Saturday would be around the 18-20-degree-mark, whereas the humidity shall be around 80.
But the good news coming from Southampton is that the morning there is bright and sunny. Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik shared the image of the Ageas Bowl, where fans co💫🦩uld see the sun is out, and if that stays, then the WTC final between India and New Zealand might finally begin at the right time.
Karthik, who is part of the broadcast unit, took to Twitter and captioned the image as: “Waking up to the Sun.”
Waking up to the sun ☀️
— DK (@DineshKarthik)
Not surprisingly, Karthik’s post was well-received by fans, who desperately wanted to see a positive update.
Here is how fans reacted:
Good News 👇
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50)
Positive News😌.
— Shubham (@breathelfc)
Good to see. Finally
Please be kind Surya dev 😍.— mechie (@mayankrai3133)
Great visuals…Game is on today 🔥
— CricAddicts (@thatsportsguys)
Wow. That's awesome
— Gagan Thakur (@gagan_gt)
Yess………🤩
— Adi 🦒🎼 (@_not_adi_)
— THE 𓃵 (@imthepersonii)
Hope we get to see the match
Rain Gods be kind on us 🤞
Waiting for your commentary— Bakkuuu (@bakku009)
Hope it remain🤪s throughout the day so we can witness match a🥃fter long wait
— V!shaL (@VishalF_2852)
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Yeh baat sun ke
—🐈 Subhransu Samal 🇮🇳🚩 (@SubhransuSama19)
Yes ramanan sirrrrr 😬
— Yomi (@yomi2105)
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No one
Fans Every 5 min:— Sourabh Belkar (@connect_sourabh)
Maybe we will get some cricket today but don't think the whole day will be promising. Let's pray🙏
And can't wait to hear your commentery— Debdatta 𝕏 🇮🇳 (@NayakDebdatta)
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— GURPANTH SANDHU (@Gurpanthinsan)
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A sunny morning out there in Southampton today. All set to witness some great cricketing action at WTC final.
Hope it's happening, pitch looks shaved too but still can't say untill both teams are on field & have some action before it rains for rest 4 remaining days.— ℜ..✨ (@imkohliholic)
Cc:
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit)
The ICC has already allocated a reserve day to make up any loss of time, and that has officially come into effect with half an hour delay into the second session, i.e. 6:40 PM IST on Day 1. So now, the two and half hours of play will be made up for the next five days, which basically means that each day will begin 30 miꦫnutes early. However, if a result is not accomplished even after the extra 30 minutes every day, including the full reserve day, in that case, both India and New Zealand will share the WTC title.
