NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss, and opted to field against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati on Tuesday. For the Mumbai Indians, captain Hardik Pandya, who missed the last match against Delhi Capitals, and Trent Boult came back into the side. While the Rajasthan Royals went with the same team. It will be a 11-over game. Powerplay will be 3.2 overs.“We are going to bowl first. It has been under covers, in rain-effected games you should bat second. It just gives you a clear idea what total should be. (Is it because there’s been rain and there will be more rain and it’s a truncated game that he opted to bowl?) Yes, that has always been at the back of the mind. It is just the start of the season and we are bound to make mistakes; you don’t win IPL in the first couple of weeks. I come back, Boulty is back,” Hardik Pandya said at the toss.While RR skipper Riyan Parag said, “We would have done the same thing (bowling first), actually. It (pitch) was supposed to be dry, but then it rained a lot. It is what it is. We have had two different types of games, but really happy with how the boys handled the pressure. Same team for us.”TeamsRajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep SharmaMumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Britain’s early spring warm spell is set to come to an abrupt end this week with the arrival of rain and colder temperatures.

Much of the country will see the mercury return to single figures after an unusually dry and sunny interlude to March.

An early heatwave saw temperatures rise as high as 20C last week in parts.

Scotland had its hottest day of the year so far on Friday, with a high of 20.2C recorded at Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.

But it may be too early to put away the winter coats as the country is set to experience a ‘cold plunge’, the Met Office has said.

From Monday, colder air and winds will see temperatures fall along with some showers towards the middle of the week and even possibly snow in Scotland.

Meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said a new weather system coming in from the north west would turn conditions colder for most.

But he added that temperatures would stay in the mid teens for the vast majority of southern England until Wednesday.

He said: ‘Wet weather continues to spread south and eastwards through Tuesday.

‘Colder weather moving in from Wednesday. A notable drop in temperatures, wintry showers, particularly across the north of the UK and staying chilly into Thursday as well but a little drier.’

Forecaster Alex Deakin said conditions would return to around average for the time of year later this week, Sky News reported.

But he added that the drop could be a ‘shock to the system’ for some after the warm spell.

He said: ‘Temperatures by Wednesday (will be) single digits for many, and that’s the max, so it’s going to get cold at night.

‘Probably the peak of that cold will be on Wednesday night, that’s when the cold plunge really comes in.’

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Parts of southern Ontario saw a cold start to March, but much of the region will soon be treated to a warm-up, though some rainy weather could come with it.

After places like Toronto and London saw wind chills at about -20, Global News meteorologist Ross Hull says this upcoming weekend could see people shedding their winter jackets.

He cautioned, though, that this month could bring a mixture of temperatures.

“I think we are going to be getting certainly a taste of spring for the first half of March and that will come with above-average temperatures,” Hull said.

The warm weather will first come later this week as a system skirts through southern Ontario, with places like Toronto seeing about 11 C, while more southwestern cities like London will be in the mid- to high teens on Saturday. That system will also bring some rain, though exact amounts are not yet known.

Hull said that system will move out, with a slight cooldown on Sunday, though temperatures will still stay above freezing.

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As we move through next week, another system from the southern U.S. will start to creep into southern and southwestern Ontario, bringing some more warm temperatures.

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For some parts of the region, like Toronto, that could mean temperatures of 15 or 16 C, and places like Sarnia, St. Thomas and Windsor could even hit 19 or 20.

While southern Ontario is set to see some warm weather in the first half of the month, Hull did give one word of caution: the cold isn’t gone yet.

“Chances are we will get into a cooler pattern for the second half of March and we’re likely going to see one of those springs where it is a lot of back and forth,” he said.

Hull also cautioned that there could be a risk to some areas hitting that high.

“Some areas could be hitting 20 degrees, it’s not out of the question, but of course, the downside to that is we’ve got systems that are bringing in rain,” he said. “That coupled with the mild conditions could lead to some localized flooding and for some of the watersheds.”

He said areas in the province that have higher amounts of snow could see some of those flooding risks, though it’s not yet known to what extent. At this time, several regional conservation authorities, including Toronto and Region and Upper Thames River, which covers the London area, have flood risks at normal.

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