India take on the Netherlands in their second warm-up fixture on at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
After their first warm-up match was abandoned due to persistent rain on 30th September in Guwahati, India now have one last chance to try out different strategies and settle on their perfect XI before heading to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, which begins on 5th October.
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On the other hand, the Netherlands team, which played their first rain-affected warm-up match against Australia at the same venue, will be disappointed with their performance.
Australia exposed weaknesses in the Netherlands batting lineup, reducing them to 84/6 in 14.2 overs, and were moving towards an easy victory before incessant rain caused the match to end in a no-result.
India vs Netherlands: Live score updates
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Hello and welcome to the live match blog of today's India vs Netherlands World Cup warm-up clash at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
4:10 PM- Match Abandoned! We have a confirmation. The India vs Netherlands warm-up fixture has been washed out by rain. This becomes the fourth abandoned practice game in World Cup 2023.
3:55 PM- And just like that rain is back, and so are the covers.
3:22 PM- Covers are being peeled off now.
3:00 PM- Rain has stopped! Finally, a good news from Thiruvananthapuram. Rain has stopped. Super-soppers are out to dry the field.
The Dutch play cards as rain allows no cricketing action
A photo update of another 🌧️ day in Thiruvananthapuram!🥱#NedvInd #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/ZRsel9JtvL
— Cricket🏏Netherlands (@KNCBcricket) October 3, 2023
2:30 PM- Positive Update? No. Rain is showing no signs of getting lighter as we would still have to wait for the toss to happen.
2:00 PM- Rain continues to pour down in Trivandrum. It's too early to say but are we looking at another abandoned fixture?
1:32 PM- Toss delayed due to rain! It's absolutely hosing down in Thiruvananthapuram as rain interferes in another warm-up match.
Lineups
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami.
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Scott Edwards (c/wk), Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Colin Ackermann, Saqib Zulfiqar, Bas de Leede.
Note - As it's a warm-up fixture, all 15 players in the squads of both the teams can feature in the match.
India vs Netherlands Head-to-Head in ODIs
India and the Netherlands have faced each other in only two One Day Internationals. India have won both of these matches, while the Netherlands are yet to open their account.
The last time the Men in Blue crossed swords with the Netherlands in an ODI was coincidentally during the 2011 World Cup, which was also held in India. India won that game comfortably by five wickets.
| Team | Win | Loss |
| India | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 |
India vs Netherlands: Weather forecast in Thiruvananthapuram
It seems like the rain is following Team India as the weather forecast for 3rd October in Thiruvananthapuram doesn't look good. Rain predicted throughout the day, with 96% precipitation expected. The weather forecast indicates a high temperature of 30 degrees and a low of 27 degrees during the gam
India vs Netherlands: Betting odds for warm-up match
As expected, the Dafabet odds indicate a one-sided victory for India.
| Team | Betting odds |
| India | 1.01 |
| Netherlands | 18.50 |
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