IND vs SA 1st T20: Pitch and Weather report.
The three T20 matche series between India and South Africa will begin today on 28 September at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. After a long time of 3 years any International match is going to be held on this ground. From T20 world cup Point of view this series plays an important role for both teams.
The Blue Army has played only 3 matches on this ground. If we talk about T20 matches, the Indian team has played 2 T20 matches on this ground and has got one win and one loss. Rohit sharma,Virat Kohli and jasprit bumrah have experience of playing on this ground. On the other hand, the African team will be playing their first match on this ground.
Weather report:
All over India it is raining at this time. In Kerala also it’s raining continuously. There is a possibility of rain here from 6 am to 8 am on Wednesday. Sky will be cloudy throughout the day. However, good news for cricket fans is that there is no chance of rain at match time.
According to accuweather.com, the temperature will be around 27 degrees Celsius in the evening time. Percentage of humidity will be around 80.The wind speed will be 32 km per hour. Due to cloudy weather swing bowlers profit from it.
Greenfield Pitch Report:
It is not possible to speculate so much about the green field pitch as only two T20 matches have been played on this pitch so far. In that too, during one match, rain had disturbed and the match could be of only 8 overs. Talking about the pitch record here, the team batting first has won here and once a team has won during the chase in match.
Indian team for T20 series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shahbaz Ahmed and Shreyas Iyer.
South Africa’s squad for T20 series: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Narkia, Wayne Pernell, Dwayne Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Riley Rossou, Tabrez Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Buzz Fortuin, Marco Yansen and Andile Phehlukwayo.
