Hosts Team India are going up towards Bangladesh in match no. 17 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Thursday. India have been fortunate to date that rain has stayed away from their league stage matches of the World Cup 2023 after each of their warm-up matches in Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram have been washed out.
Indian cricket followers bought a scare on Wednesday, the eve of India’s match, when Pune witnessed some rain forward of the World Cup 2023 fixture. The South Africa vs Netherlands match in Dharamsala is the one match to date which has been severely affected by rain because the match was decreased to 43-overs-a-side.
However, there’s some excellent news for the followers in Pune for the India vs Bangladesh fixture. The MET division predicts hazy however clear climate for the World Cup 2023 match on the MCA Stadium.
Pune will witness a excessive of round 32 levels by the point toss takes place round 2pm IST on Thursday. The humidity shall be round 50 per cent with 57 per cent cloud cowl within the afternoon.
By night, the temperature will dip to round 24 levels with humidity going as much as 72 per cent. There is chance of dew within the night as effectively with dew level at round 20 levels.
Pune has been a high-scoring venue through the years in all codecs of the sport. Since 2017, groups batting first have posted 300-plus totals in three out of 5 ODIs in Pune, although this would be the first worldwide match at this venue in 9 months. There was some drizzle on the eve of the match however the forecast is for sunshine on match day.
“As a bowling unit, I feel it is a challenging surface. Because the ball comes on the bat very well. It is a small ground, comparatively, you will see other venues, comparatively it is a small ground. It is a high altitude. So, I think here, more boundaries will be scored, the sixers will be more. So, it is challenging,” Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey mentioned earlier than the match on Wednesday.
“So, I think we know how the surface is going to be. Now it is how we accept the challenge and we can focus on what we have. Nothing else is in our hands,” he added.
