India vs New Zealand T20 World Cup warm-up Highlights: Match called off due to rain in Brisbane

That's it, nothing to see here folks. A soggy old day in Brisbane is how India's warm-up campaign for the T20 World Cup ends. There were quite a few questions that were lurking around before this match and they will remain unanswered. Now, you can turn your eyes to the final few qualifier games, all of which have been quite thrilling, and then the tournament opener between hosts and defending champions Australia and England. Then comes the match that billions are waiting for - India vs Pakistan. But there is a big rain threat over that game as well and so let's hope that the match for which there have been months and months of build-up is not ultimately washed off. 

It seems umpire Paul Reiffel has stepped out with a groundsman. But there is no happy news here, the rain is unrelenting and its looking very bleak indeed.

This match is set to go down as one of the greatest in the history of the tournament. Ireland looked set for a shock defeat when they were 62/4 in the 10th over chasing a target of 177. They didn't lose a wicket after that, with an extraordinary 119-run stand between Curtis Campher and George Dockrell, which came in just 57 balls, leading them to a six-wicket win with one over in hand.

This was the first warm-up match that was being played at the Gabba today and that was officially called off at around 11.30am today due to the rain. 

Devon Conway(w), Finn Allen, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson(c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult

KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant

As stated earlier, there is no official update but toss should have taken place at 1pm. The footage in Star Sports shows dark clouds and heaps of water falling on the ground from the sky, not looking good at all. 

It looks like we will have a delayed toss here to say the least. Absolutely pouring down in Brisbane and rain doesn't look like receding any time soon. No official update for the toss specifically at the moment but the BCCI has said that the Cut off time for a 5 over-a-side game is 8.46 PM (4.16 PM IST). 

Pant didn't play in the last warm-up match. Sachin Tendulkar is among those who have said that India can use a left handed batter in the middle order to provide variety in their lineup. Wonder if Pant will be given a go today and if he will play a big role in the main tournamnet.

Kohli first flew in to run out Josh Inglis with a direct hit from mid-wicket, picking up the ball and throwing it in the same, fluid motion. That was in the 19th over, he then took a one-handed catch at long on to take the first of the four wickets that fell in the last over. Pat Cummins, the batter, had a smile on his face as he left the field.