IND vs ZIM Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Harare Stadium– 1st T20I, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2024

Harare is all set to host the IND vs ZIM first T20I on July 6. The match starts at 4.30 pm IST which is 1 pm local time. All the five matches will be played in Harare. The matches will be played on July, 6, 7, 10, 13, and 14.

India have named a very young squad with Shubman Gill named the captain for the series. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from T20Is after India's T20 World Cup win and thus the BCCIn has ushered in a new generation of Indian cricketers.

Several former India U-19 players have been added to the squad. The BCCI has added Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma, and Harshit Rana as replacements for Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, and Shivam Dube for the first two games. The trio will travel to India with the World Cup-winning squad and then join the Indian squad for the T20I series.

Zimbabwe meanwhile have named a 17-member squad with several of their senior players axed from T20I selection. Tendai Chatara, Brandon Mavuta, and Wessly Madhevere are among those who return to the 17-man squad led by Sikandar Raza but there's no place for Ryan Burl, Joylord Gumbie, and Ainsley Ndlovu. Craig Ervine and Sean Williams were snubbed as well as informed by the Zimbabwe Cricket Board.

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India and Zimbabwe have played eight T20Is to date with India winning six and Zimbabwe two games back in 2015 and 2016. The two teams met last in T20I cricket in the T20 World Cup 2022. Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024.

IND vs ZIM Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Harare Stadium– India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2024, 1st T20I

IND vs ZIM Weather Report Of Harare

The match starts at 1 pm local time in Harare on Saturday. The weather conditions are expected to be pleasant with a full day of sunshine. The temperatures will be around 26 degrees with good sunshine.

As it gets close to the evening, the temperatures will drop to 10 degrees with clear weather conditions. Humidity will be less than 30 percent with cool and cold conditions. There is no chance of rain.

IND vs ZIM Pitch Analysis

Harare has hosted 50 T20Is to date with 30 matches won by the team batting first and 20 chasing The average first innings score is 152. However, the highest of 229 has been posted batting first.

The average score chasing is just above 130. However,m the highest score chased is 194. 200 is yet to be chased at this venue. It will be interesting to see whether that is breached in this series.

Weather Impact on IND vs ZIM 1st T20I, 2024

There is no threat of rain and the weather conditions are expected to be pleasant in the afternoon. It will get cooler by the evening and there is no threat of rain as well. Thus the overall playing conditions will be pretty decent.

Conclusion

Cricket is back in Zimbabwe with Harare hosting the Indian team for five games. A lot of crowd is expected to watch the games. There will be support for both sides with a decent crown in as well.

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