AFG vs NZ Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Noida Stadium– One-Off Test, Afghanistan vs New Zealand in India 2024

Published - 09 Sep 2024, 07:24 AM

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Afghanistan and New Zealand are set to clash with each other in a One-Off Test that takes place in India. The Greater Noida Stadium is set to witness a clash between both sides.

Led by Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan will have a hard challenge to outplay a strong and experienced team like New Zealand. However, they will show their best efforts on spin-friendly Indian ground.

Weather will play an important part in the match due to the ongoing Monsoon season in India. Below we glance at AFG vs NZ Test weather forecast and pitch analysis of Greater Noida Stadium.

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AFG vs NZ Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Noida Stadium– One-Off Test, Afghanistan vs New Zealand in India 2024

AFG vs NZ Weather Report Of Nodia

The Afghanistan vs New Zealand match takes place in Noida City in India on Monday, September 9. According to the weather forecast, the temperature of Noida on Monday will be 34° Celcius during the day and 27° Celcius at night.

The sky will be cloudy during the day and night and witness thunderstorms throughout the day. The chances of rain are 50% in the morning and 44% at night. The humidity will be 78% during the day and 89% at night.

AFG vs NZ Pitch Analysis

The AFG vs NZ Test match occurs at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground. The stadium has not hosted Test matches and only witnessed T20I and ODI games.

According to past stats, it has hosted 6 T20I games. Out of these, teams batting first won 3 games while teams batting second won 2 matches.

The average 1st innings total is 180 while the average 2nd innings total is 151. The highest-ever total at the stadium is 233/8 by Afghanistan against Ireland.

Even the lowest total is 205/10 by Ireland out of six games. Hence, all the matches observed 200-plus totals. Moreover, the Afghan side also chased down a 171-run target at the stadium once.

Hence, we can conclude it is a high-scoring ground. In ODIs, the average total has been between 250-300 across 5 matches.

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Weather Impact on AFG vs NZ Game

The AFG vs NZ Test takes place on Monday morning. According to weather reports, there is a 50% chance of rain in the morning in Noida. Hence, the match will be affected by rain.

Conclusion

Afghanistan and New Zealand face each other for the first time in Tests and it will be interesting to see how Afghanistan performs. Afghanistan is one of the new teams with Test status and has played only a few games.

There is a rainy season in India and the entire country faces rainfalls due to monsoon. There is a high chance of rain but the since match has 5 days, the result will also come.

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