The upcoming third sport of the ongoing five-match T20I sequence between India and the West Indies will begin at 9:30 pm IST as an alternative of 8:00 pm IST, confirmed Cricket West Indies (CWI) in a press release.
Notably, the competition was initially scheduled to get underway at 10:30 am native time however it would now begin at 12:00 pm native time. The sport will happen at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Tuesday (August 2).
The match timings have been pushed again to provide the gamers further time to get well because the second T20I, which was held on Monday (August 1) on the similar venue, started three hours late due to ‘vital delays in essential staff baggage’ arriving from Trinidad – the place each groups met within the sequence opener.
“Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed a revised begin time of 12 pm (11 am Jamaica/9:30 pm India) for the third match between West Indies and India within the Goldmedal T20I Cup, powered by Kent Water Purifiers to be performed at Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday, August 2,” CWI stated in an official assertion.
“Following the delayed begin on Monday, the groups have agreed to begin the third Goldmedal T20 Cup match at a later time to make sure that the gamers obtain sufficient relaxation and get well time for the back-to-back matches in St Kitts and in consideration of the back-to-back matches to come back in Florida,” the assertion added.
The five-match sequence is degree 1-1 between the 2 groups after West Indies bounced again to seize victory within the second match by 5 wickets. Pacer Obed McCoy registered the all-time bowling figures by a West Indies bowler in T20Is, choosing six wickets for simply 17 runs. The guests had gained the opening T20I by 68 runs final Friday in Trinidad.
