India-Canada match abandoned in T20 World Cup owing to wet outfield

The India-Canada game in the Twenty20 World Cup was abandoned without a ball bowled on Saturday.

The outfield in Broward County Stadium was too wet for play, and the match was called off only an hour after its scheduled morning start.

While there was light rain on Saturday morning, the outfield was damp from Friday showers which led to a second straight abandoned game at the venue. The United States-Ireland game on Friday never started. Pakistan and Ireland are scheduled to play at the ground on Sunday.

While the teams waited for a decision, India’s Rishabh Pant and coach Rahul Dravid went to the boundary to sign autographs, and Virat Kohli posed with some of the Canada players.

Unbeaten India had already qualified for the Super Eight as the Group A winner. Canada finished group play with only a precious win over Ireland.

India starts the Super Eight against Afghanistan on Thursday in Barbados.

Later Saturday, were two important matches to determine who joins Australia from Group B in the Super Eight. Defending champion England should beat Namibia in Antigua to qualify. But Scotland would replace England if it upsets Australia in Saint Lucia.

SOURCE: The Associated Press