IND vs ENG Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Visakhapatnam Cricket Stadium- 2nd Test, 2024
Published - 02 Feb 2024, 09:28 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:26 AM
Hosts India will aim for a charismatic comeback when they take on England in the 2nd Test. IND vs ENG 2nd Test begins on Friday, February 2 at Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes are the skippers of India and England respectively in IND vs ENG Test series.
The IND vs ENG Test series comprises 5 matches and Rohit Sharma & Co. trail 1-0 in the series. Despite a stunning show in the opening game, they lost the match by 28 runs. Backing their Bazball approach, the visitors England overpowered Team India in the encounter.
For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja showcased brilliant batting shows in the IND vs ENG 1st Test smacking 80-plus knocks. Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah hunted 6 wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja got 5 scalps.
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For England, Ben Stokes scored a half-century in 1st innings while Ollie Pope stormed a 196-run knock in 2nd innings. His innings changed the dynamics of the Test match and helped England to outpast India. Tom Hartley and Joe Root executed lethal spin attacks, scalping 9 and 5 wickets respectively.
India has winter season now and rains are less likely to disrupt India vs England 2nd Test. The days are sunny and hot in many places while cold winds bring the temperature down in early mornings and nights. Below we take a detailed glance at the weather forecast and pitch report of Visakhapatnam Stadium for IND vs ENG 2nd Test.
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IND vs ENG Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Visakhapatnam Cricket Stadium- 2nd Test, 2024
IND vs ENG 2nd Test 2024 begins on Friday, February 2. The venue of the match is Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, India. The match will start at 9:30 AM IST.
IND vs ENG Weather Report, according to weather.com, suggests that the temperature of Visakhapatnam City on Thursday, January 25 will be 29° Celcius during the day and 22° Celcius at night. The sky will be partly cloudy during the day and night.
According to the IND vs ENG Weather Report, the chances of rain are just 7% during the day and 12% at night. Hence, the Day 1 of India vs England 2nd Test won’t be affected by rain. The humidity will be 72% during the day and rise to 89% at night. There is less than a 10% chance of rain in the next days of the match.
The IND vs WI Pitch Report suggests that Visakhapatnam Stadium is a high-scoring ground in Tests. The average 1st innings and 2nd innings totals at the stadium are 478 and 343. The average 2nd innings totals are 263 and 174. India once posted 502/7 against South Africa, which is still the top-ever team total at Visakhapatnam Stadium.
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The stadium has hosted only 2 games so far and the team batting first won both matches. The pitch at the stadium supports spinners and they get a good advantage over pacers. Batters also find it easy to smack runs.
This is the reason behind high-scoring games at this stadium in the past. India and England also played a Test match at Visakhapatnam Stadium in 2016, which was a high-scoring encounter.
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