time to reschedule India The vs England 5th Test match has reportedly been changed keeping the audience of the Indian subcontinent in mind. Edgbaston will host the fifth and final match of the five-match series between the two teams after the original match scheduled for Manchester was canceled due to COVID issues.
According to a report in daily mail, England and Wales Cricket The Board (ECB) has decided to start the game 30 minutes early for the Birmingham Test. Test matches in England usually start at around 11 am (local time), but the India-England match will start at 10:30 am.
For Indian spectators, this means that the first ball of a day’s play will be bowled at 3 PM IST and the stumps will be bowled at 10 PM IST. However, there is usually a grace period of 30 minutes to allow a team to meet the requirement of 90 overs per day.
In India, a Test starts at 9:30 a.m., but in England it’s around 11 p.m. to affect the game to reduce the chances of morning dew.
India tours UK for ICC World Test Championship final and five Tests against England in 2021. The first match of the series ended in a draw, before India took a 1-0 lead with a massive 151-run win at Lord’s.
England, however, returned 1–1 in style drawing level at Leeds before the Tourists won by 157 runs at the Kennington Oval to take a 2–1 lead.
The fifth Test was to be played at Old Trafford in Manchester, but was canceled before both boards agreed to reschedule it for July 2022.
Meanwhile, the Indian camp has been put in isolation by Kovid with their captain Rohit Sharma testing positive.
The BCCI posted, “Team India captain Rohit Sharma has tested positive for COVID-19 following the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Saturday, he is currently in isolation at the Team Hotel and BCCI Under the supervision of the medical team. Sunday’s opening hours.
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