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India-Scotland match washed out

Last updated on: September 14, 2007 00:47 IST

Rain washes out India's matchRain washed out the Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Scotland in Durban on Thursday.

The teams were awarded a point each after play failed to get underway.

India are scheduled to play Pakistan in their second Group D match at the same venue on Friday.

Pakistan, who thrashed Scotland by 51 runs in their first match, have a net runrate of +2.5 and are through to the next round.

For India to reach the Super Eight stage, they have to beat Pakistan, or lose by a small margin to have a better run-rate then Scotland (-2.5).

Scotland captain Ryan Watson had won the toss and elected to field in the Group D match.

Showers forced both teams to abandon their warm-ups and head indoors just an hour before the scheduled start. The covers were brought out but after a brief spell the rain stopped. The two skippers came out for the toss before rain intervened again.

Teams:

India: MS Dhoni [Images] (captain), V Sehwag, R Uthappa, G Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh [Images], D Karthik, Harbhajan Singh [Images], I Pathan, RP Singh, A Agarkar, S Sreesanth [Images].

Scotland: R Watson (captain), DF Watts, NS Poonia, GM Hamilton, NFI McCallum, DR Brown, CJO Smith, R Haq, CM Wright, JAR Blain, JD Nel.

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