WI vs SA Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Trinidad – 1st T20I, South Africa Tour of West Indies 2024

Trinidad hosts the WI vs SA first T20I on August 24 from 12.20 am IST. The match will be played at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba. The venue has been named by former West Indian legendary batsman and skipper Brian Lara.

South Africa won the Test series 1-0 and have lifted themselves on the WTC points table. West Indies now will be looking to make a comeback in this T20I series. Several of their senior players have been rested for this three-match series.

Despite that, the squad looks pretty formidable and can challenge the visitors. Interestingly, West Indies have won four out of the last five matches against South Africa in this format.

South Africa, recently played the final of the T20 World Cup and was unbeaten till the very end. They played the final against India but failed to win the match.

Once again they choked under pressure. However, they have managed to retain much of the core of the side for the next T20 World Cup in India.

Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, and Tabraiz Shamsi - who all played in the T20 World Cup final are not a part of this squad.

Rassie Van der Dussen returns after missing the T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, Kwena Maphaka and Jason Smith both uncapped are a part of the squad.

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WI vs SA Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Trinidad – 1st T20I, South Africa Tour of West Indies 2024

WI vs SA Weather Report Of Trinidad

The WI vs SA first T20I starts from 12.30 am IST which is 3 pm local time in Trinidad. The weather conditions are expected to be cloudy with a shower expected as well. The temperature will be around 30 degrees with 55 perchance of rain predicted.

By the evening, the weather conditions will turn partly cloudy with temperatures around 26 degrees. Chances of rain drops down to 25 percent but there will be dark clouds hovering. Overall, there are high chances of rain playing spoilsport in the match.

WI vs SA Pitch Analysis

The venue has hosted 12 T20Is so far with 8 matches won by the team bowling first and 4 batting first. Thus records say that this is a chasing ground.

However, this has not been a high-scoring ground in general. 267 posted by England is the highest total batting first at this venue. 150-160 can be expected to be a competitive score.

Weather Impact on WI vs SA 1st T20I

There is a chance of heavy rain in the afternoon around 55 percent which might play spoilsport, Chances of rain drop down to around 25 percent in the evening.

However, given that there will be a good amount of rain in the afternoon, it might delay the start of the first T20I. However, if the rain gods show mercy we can have a full 40 overs game.

Conclusion

Rain has been playing spoilsport constantly in the series. The first test ended in a draw due to heavy rainfall. Rain interrupted the second Test as well and now the first T20I can be hindered by rain.

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