CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) — India left out 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again for the start of its five-match T20 series against England. The tourists kept faith with openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma for the first T20 at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday as they looked to bounce back from a shocking 2-0 series loss to Ireland in the same format last week.

Weaker monsoon rains are likely to impact farm output but the government says it has enough grain stocks to deal with any shortages.