India-West Indies first ODI abandoned due to rain

Rain has delayed the toss in the first ODI between India and the West Indies in Guyana. The covers are firmly in place across the square at Providence. Team India is entering the three-match ODI series after completing a 3-0 sweep of West Indies in the T20Is.

Update: It's still raining in Guyana, and the waiting game continues...

Update: Toss delayed due to rain in Guyana

BAD NEWS! Toss likely to be delayed due to rain

Toss is scheduled for 6:30 pm IST

Thoroughly outplayed in the shortest format, West Indies will hope the return of the talismanic Gayle bolsters them. Gayle during the World Cup had announced that the home series against India will be his last

However, Virat Kohli's men regrouped and quickly regained their mojo, effecting a 3-0 whitewash of West Indies in the just-concluded three-match T20 series

Entering the 2019 ICC World Cup as firm favourites, India's hopes were dashed following their semifinal defeat to a New Zealand outfit, which raised its game to another level

With an air of invincibility, India return to the format that gave them a heartbreak in the not-too-distant past, facing West Indies in the first of three-match ODI series on Thursday

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