IND vs SA 2nd test Weather Forecast: Will rain play spoilsport in Capetown?

IND vs SA 2nd test match will be played on 3rd January at Newlands, Cape Town.

Cape Town’s Newlands stadium provides a stunning view to witness cricket’s oldest format. Newlands stadium is set to host India and South Africa for the second test of the ongoing series. South Africa had a brilliant start and thrashed India by an innings and 32 runs in the opening test match played at Supersport Park in Centurion and took a 1-0 lead.

This made India’s golden chance to win their first-ever test series in South Africa vanish once again. Despite coming so close on multiple occasions, team India failed to win their battle in the final frontier. In Cape Town, they will have an opportunity to equalize the 2-match test series by a 1-1 score line.

Weather Forecast: Cape Town :

The first three days will be very pleasing for the players and crowd coming in to watch the game as no rain predictions are there till Friday. The precipitation index shows a big zero for the first three days but Intense rain is likely to spoil the game on 4th day of the test match. There are 64% chances of rain on Saturday while the weather is likely to remain cloudy on day 5 of the game.

The first day of the test match will witness plenty of sunshine with a maximum temperature of 28°C and a minimum of 29°C. The second day is likely to be a bit warmer with the maximum temperature touching the 31° mark. The third day will be slightly cooler and a bit of clouds will be there. There will be no extreme winds to change the conditions for the first three days of play at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.

Dean Elgar will be playing the final test match of his career, he will also be leading South African side in the absence of regular captain Temba Bavuma. Bavuma suffered a hamstring injury while fielding in the first session of the first test match and couldn’t on to the field after walking off. India will be looking to make a few changes in their playing XI for the final test match.

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