India received two points that kept their hope of advancing to the final of the One-Day International (ODI) tri-series cricket tournament alive after their match against Australia was called off due to rain on Monday.The two teams shared the points.
After being put into bat, India were 69 for two after 16 overs when play was stopped due to rain at 5pm local time (11:30 IST) and after a wait of three hours the umpires decided to call off the match.
The two teams take two points each from today’s match, which means that the final league game between India and England on January 30 at the WACA in Perth will be a straight knockout for a chance to play Australia in the final on February 1 at the same venue.
Australia, who have 15 points after today’s no result, have already qualified for the final while India and England have two and five points respectively.