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'Google pe weather report dekh liya karo series announce karne se pahle'- Fans lambast Indian Cricket Board after India- New Zealand 2nd ODI washout

India vs New Zealand second ODI has been abandoned due to rain irking many fans about the choice of place and timing.

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India's tour of New Zealand continues to be marred with bad weather. After the T20I series with two matches abandoned, the two teams clashed in the 50-over format.

The first ODI match between the two was won by hosts New Zealand and India had a chance to claw back the lead in the second on Sunday. The game started off with Kane Williamson winning the toss and choosing to bowl first.

India started off their innings with Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan as the two openers. Captain Dhawan who has been not getting regular chances would have hoped to make a significant contribution with the bat but he failed to do so. The southpaw was dismissed at just 3 runs off 10 balls by Matt Henry.

Gill (45) and Suryakumar Yadav (34) continued the batting and took India to a decent total (89/1) in 12.5 when the rain came as a spoilsport. The game was stopped as the rain made it difficult for a game of cricket to be had.

Since it was an ODI, there was enough time for it to be shortened based on the delay. Both teams, fans as well as the umpires waited for the rain to go away and allow for the resumption of the game. All hopes however came crashing down when instead of subsiding, the rain got even heavier as time passed on.

After waiting for a significant amount of time, the umpires decided to call off the match. Many fans however who had expected for a good cricket match between the two teams on Sunday were disappointed with the abandonment.

Many soon took to Twitter to criticise the choice of venue and time of this series as so far 3 out of 5 matches between India and New Zealand have been abandoned due to rain.

Many fans however also tried to wash away their disappointment with memes and funny captions. Let

Here's how Twitter reacted: 

 

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