Hello and welcome to our live coverage from Day 2 of the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up matches. Today we have two matches – India vs New Zealand and England vs Australia.
Armed with pedigree, personnel and form, favourites India will look to hit the ground running when they face New Zealand in their opening warm-up game of the ICC World Cup 2019 in London on Saturday. However, with India yet to clear the haze of confusion over the number four position, it will be much more than a ritual of allowing one top-order batsman after another — behemoths in their own right — a hit in the middle.
The outing at the Kennigton Oval will go beyond experimenting with their highly skilled bowling attack, and quite a bit of focus will be on KL Rahul and Vijay Shankar, contenders for the number four slot. Click here to read more