India vs Japan Live Score, T20I: Threat of rain looms as India face Japan in historic one-off T20I – The Tech Word News

India vs Japan Live Score, T20I: India’s one-off T20I against Japan is more than a blip in the international calendar. It carries echoes of a cricketing tradition that goes back nearly a century.

On their way to England for the 1930 Ashes, Australia stopped in Ceylon, where touring teams traditionally played a day’s cricket. Don Bradman was part of that Australian side and played in Ceylon, decades before Sri Lanka became an international cricketing nation. A contemporary Indian detour to the Japanese city of Sano provides a fascinating modern parallel.

The world champions will now take on Japan, an emerging cricket nation that has made significant progress this year. Japan beat Papua New Guinea in the Super Six stage of the T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifiers, a remarkable result against a side with two T20 World Cup appearances.

Japan’s captain Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming will headline the event. The 30-year-old, who has a Japanese mother and an Australian father, is Japan’s leading run-scorer in international cricket. Along with Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake, he also holds the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in a T20 match after the pair took Japan to 258 not out against China in 2024.

For Kadowaki-Fleming and his teammates, facing India means coming up against the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, who is looking for more game time, while India manage their workload carefully. The match also marks the return of VVS Laxman as India’s head coach after using four special bowlers in Zimbabwe.

India’s draft XI includes Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Bumrah.

However, the rain threatens to spoil the occasion. Heavy showers canceled India’s training, while Japan’s September 20 match against Hong Kong was called off. Japan will be hoping the weather clears for the historic meeting with the world champions.