Southampton, June 18 -- : With rain playing spoilsport, the first session of the opening day of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand was washed off. And with rain finally stopping in the second session, an inspection will take place at 3pm local time -- 7:30 pm IST.

Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote: "UPDATE -- It has stopped raining and there will be an inspection at 3 PM local and 7.30 PM IST. #WTC21."

While the covers are still on in Southampton, there has been no rain for the last 45 minutes. R. Ashwin's wife Prithi Narayanan took to Twitter to share the video of the ground along with her kids and wrote, "Rain has stopped. Fans are happy. I can hear the dol and happy singing. And @ashwinravi99 is going to do wh...