All-England Badminton: Lakshya Sen goes down fighting to Jonatan Christie in semis
The Indonesian star however maintained the upper hand and went on to win the first game 21-12, converting the lone game point she earned.
The Indonesian star however maintained the upper hand and went on to win the first game 21-12, converting the lone game point she earned.
There are chances of precipitation on the first two days of the match, and the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 10 degrees before rising over the weekend. Both teams have used different lenses of judging the pitch.
Many former cricketers have raised questions on the decision but Munaf Patel feels if management has taken decided there shouldn't be any "ifs and buts."
The visitors have made two changes: speed bowler Ollie Robinson has replaced Mark Wood, and spinner Sohaib Bashir has taken the place of Rehan Ahmed.
England captain Ben Stokes has hinted he may make a return to bowling duties for the remainder of the series in India as the 32-year-old said "he managed to bowl at 100 percent in one of the warm-up days."
This is when you think back to when the competition was being hawked, with the leading lights of cricket presumably persuaded to tell fans across the world that it would give Test matches the right kind of context.
Joe Root's men wore black armbands when the teams stood for their respective national anthems before the visitors came out to bat.
For India, left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been ruled out of the Test.
Ian Chappell India's formidable top-order may tip the scales in favour of the hosts in the Test series which gets underway from February 5.
Broad also added that for India, England wouldn't do any build-up "in our minds" in the upcoming four-match Test series, beginning in Chennai on February 5.