Rain showers delay the toss and the start of the first ODI between India and Afghanistan on Saturday, postponing the beginning of the series’ opening match. The match is the first of three scheduled one-day internationals between the two teams. The sides have met before in limited-overs tournaments, but only at World Cups and Asia Cups in the one-day format. In those past ODI meetings, India wins three of the four matches, with one match ending in a tie. Ahead of this opener, India enters the match after results that include three losses in its past five ODIs. Afghanistan, by contrast, arrives on a winning run, having won four consecutive one-day internationals. The rain impacts the timing of the toss and the first play but does not change the scheduled series context: India and Afghanistan continue to prepare to start the three-match ODI series once conditions allow.