India will be playing their first warm-up match against Leicestershire from today. While the game was scheduled to begin from June 24 (Tomorrow) but somehow the game has been rescheduled to start from today.
The venue of this warm-up game is Grace Road, Leicester and it was scheduled to begin from 3:30 PM (IST) but has started 30 minutes before the scheduled time, which means 10:30 am was the local time when the game began.
There will be no Indian TV channels carrying the live broadcast of the warm-up game between India and Leicestershire. On the other hand, supporters can watch the game live on the Leicestershire Foxes TV Youtube channel.
The warm-up game between India and Leicestershire won’t be broadcast live in the UK either. To watch the game live on YouTube, fans can navigate to the Leicestershire Foxes TV channel.
Leicestershire have different playing XI when it comes to batting and bowling and since it’s a warm-up game for team India, Leicestershire has an opportunity to tackle an international team which can improve an individual’s play.
Leicestershire is playing with these players – Samuel Evans(c), Louis Kimber, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Rehan Ahmed, Samuel Bates(w), Roman Walker, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Will Davis, Nathan Bowley, Abidine Sakande, Joey Evison.
4 Indian players join the home side for an entertaining session as the fans witness a dominating clash between Bumrah and Kohli in the whites. Cheteshwar Pujara will be facing the Indian bowling unit for this warm-up game.
The Indian players who are playing for Leicestershire are – Rishabh Pant, Cheteshwar Pujara, Prasidh Krishna, and Jasprit Bumrah.