Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad
India have a 2-0 unassailable lead in the ongoing series after defeating Najmul Shanto & Co comprehensively in Gwalior and New Delhi. However, cloudy weather welcomed the men in blue in Hyderabad.
As Team India gears up to affect a series whitewash on Bangladesh, the weather could play a decisive role when the two teams square off against each other in the third and the final T20I in Hyderabad on Saturday. The hosts currently have a 2-0 unassailable lead in the ongoing series after defeating Najmul Shanto & Co comprehensively in Gwalior and New Delhi. However, cloudy weather welcomed the men in blue in Hyderabad.
According to Accuweather.com, the capital city of Telangana will receive rainfall on Saturday morning along with a thunderstorm. The probability of precipitation is 40% while the cloud cover is going to be 75%.
However, the rain probability shall dip to 25 per cent with the cloud cover also decreasing significantly. But the conditions are expected to be humid when the game gets underway.
During the night time, the clouds are expected to get denser up to 59 per cent but the probability of precipitation shall remain the same; 25 per cent.
In a season teeming with showpiece events globally as well as bilaterally, it’s critical for the team to have multiple backup options. In that context, it’s clear that Gambhir and his colleagues in the backroom have set in motion the process of finding able support cast to frontline players keeping in mind the long-term goals such as the ICC event next year.
Be it pacer Mayank Yadav or spinner Varun Chakravarthy, Gambhir wants to take a closer look at them and assess their readiness for the sterner assays ahead. They haven’t been disappointing either in this series.
Mayank, who missed a lot of action since IPL 2024 due to an injury, bowled at over 150 clicks while Chakravarthy returned with a three-wicket haul in his first outing in blue in three years at Gwalior.
The team management will also keep a close eye on the journey of Nitish Kumar Reddy, highly impressive in the Delhi T20 while smashing a 34-ball 74 and returning with a couple of wickets.
(With Agency Inputs)
