SL vs WI Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium– 3rd T20I, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2024

The climax of the SL vs WI T20I series has arrived and both sides are all set to take on each other for the one final time. West Indies, led by Rovman Powell, has a superb record in Sri Lanka against the home team.

They will look to outplay Sri Lanka in the next game to capture the series with a stunning margin. On the other hand, the home team will aim for another victory Below we glance at the weather and pitch reports for the 3rd T20I match.

SL vs WI Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium– 3rd T20I, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2024

SL vs WI Weather Report Of Dambulla

The SL vs WI 3rd T20I encounter is scheduled to be played in Dambulla City Sri Lanka on Thursday, October 17.

According to weather reports from weather.com, the temperature of the City on that day will be 32° Celcius during the day and 24° Celcius at night.

The sky will be a little cloudy during the day and night. However, the chances of rain are 6% during the day and 6% at night. The humidity will be 72% during the day and 88% at night.

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SL vs WI Pitch Analysis

The encounter takes place at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Interestingly, it also hosted the last two games. According to stats, the stadium is a good-scoring ground in T20Is.

The average 1st innings total is 141 while the average 2nd innings total is 116. Afghanistan has the record for the highest-ever total at the stadium. They slammed 209/5 against Sri Lanka in early 2024.

Out of 22 matches at the stadium, teams batting first won 10 games while teams batting second won 12 games. Hence, both teams have equal support and anyone can win the match whether batting first or second.

The pitch is spin-friendly and also offers assistance to spinners. However, seamers get a decent advantage and in the 1st T20I and 2nd T20I, wickets were shared equally between bowlers of both sides.

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Weather Impact on SL vs WI Match

According to local time in Sri Lanka and India, the match starts at 7 PM on Thursday (Oct 17). Since there is only a 6% chance of rain during the entire day in Dambulla, the encounter will not be impacted by weather. Notably, the last two games also took place without any issues.

Conclusion

The Sri Lanka vs West Indies game will not be affected by rain as there is less than 6% chance of rain during the match. Teams might post between 160-180 at the stadium has it is not known at big totals.

Also, due to spin-friendly grounds in the Island nation, batters always find it hard to smack big totals. For instance, it happened in the last two games where no team crossed the 180-total mark. The match will conclude the T20I series of West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2024. However, the ODI series will follow with three games in total.