T20 World Cup: Indian team's training session in Florida canceled. here's why

The Indian team’s practice session at Central Broward Regional Park has been canceled.©AFP

After sealing their place in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup, the Indian team will face Canada in their final Group A match on Saturday in Florida. However, on the eve of the match, the Indian team’s practice session at Central Broward Regional Park was canceled due to rain in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The city was under cloud cover in recent days due to rain and massive flooding. On Friday, the United States will face Ireland in hopes of advancing to the next round.

If the match is canceled on Friday, both teams will each receive one point. In this case, the United States will qualify, which also means that Pakistan will be eliminated from the tournament.

A draw would take the United States to five points and even if Pakistan beat Ireland in their final match, they can only reach four points. Only two teams from each group can advance to the next round.

Fort Lauderdale is scheduled to host the final round of Group A matches, including India’s match against Canada on Saturday.

However, due to the extreme weather conditions in recent days, it is highly likely that all matches will be canceled.

Meanwhile, India are assured of a place in the next stage of the tournament and will face Australia at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia on June 24.

It was reported that Shubman Gill and Avesh Khan will return to India after the final group match against Canada. Both Gill and Avesh are part of the traveling reserves.

The report states that the other two traveling reserves, Rinku Singh and Khaleel Ahmed, will continue to stay with the Indian cricket team.

Indian team: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal , Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan

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