GREATER NOIDA: It was a mere formality. Heavy downpour had washed out the third and fourth day of the Afghanistan-New Zealand one-off Test at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex on Wednesday and Thursday.
There was rain from early morning on the fifth day too, which led the two umpires to pull the plug at 8.45 am on Friday. This was the earliest the umpires had taken the decision to call off among all the five days.
