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Pieterson concerned about Guwahati ODI

England captain Kevin Pietersen has raised concerns about the possibility of a similar problem in Guwahati, the venue for the sixth one-dayer on November 29.

“The authorities will have to do something about Guwahati,” Pietersen said. “We are going to start there at 8.30 am but that will still not make too much of a difference. It could get dark there by 3.30pm.”

Guwahati is located in the north east and the sun sets earlier in the region than elsewhere in India. In Kanpur, the start of the third ODI was delayed by 45 minutes due to hazy conditions but only one over per innings was reduced. The light deteriorated rapidly during India’s run-chase and the umpires offered it to the batsmen at the end of the 40th over. At that stage India needed 43 runs off 54 balls with five wickets in hand but were 16 runs ahead of the D/L equation.

“I think if we had a full game in Kanpur, we would have definitely taken it close,” Pietersen said. “We put a lot of pressure on them and there was plenty of aggression from the bowlers.”

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