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Summary Twenty20 game between India and New Zealand was washed out without a ball being bowled.
Yuvraj Singhs return to international cricket after recovering from cancer has been put on hold after the first Twenty20 game between India and New Zealand was washed out without a ball being bowled on Saturday.Continuous rain left umpires with no option but to call the game off at 20.30 local time (1530 GMT), 90 minutes after the scheduled start at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium.The second and final game of the series will be played in Chennai on Tuesday.This series is being seen as preparation for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka from Sept. 18-Oct. 7.Earlier this year, the 30-year-old Yuvraj completed three cycles of chemotherapy in the United States for a rare germ cell cancer near his lungs.
