The unassailable hosts in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, India will take on Shakib Al Hasan’s Bangladesh in their next match of the tournament. The Maharashtra Cricket Stadium of Pune will host this match on Thursday, October 19. It will be the fourth match for both teams in their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign.
Currently, Rohit Sharma’s India are coming off unbeaten in the tournament so far with three successive wins in the three matches they played. India defeated the five-time World Cup champion, Australia in their campaign opener followed by the wins against Afghanistan and the arch-rivals Pakistan.
Whereas, the Bangla Tigers have lost two matches out of the three they played so far; Shakib & co. won their only match against Afghanistan by a margin of 6 wickets amidst two defeats from England and New Zealand.
The weather is going to play a crucial role in the India vs Bangladesh match at the MCA Stadium in Pune. With said that, here we’ll have a look at the weather update for this all-important clash for both teams in Pune.
Weather report for the India vs Bangladesh match in Pune
The maximum temperature at the MCA Stadium in Pune on the match day will be 34 degrees Celsius, which means that the first half of the match will be quite hot and mostly sunny throughout the maximum part of the first innings. On the other hand, the minimum temperature on the match day will be 23 degrees Celsius, which transliterates into the fact that it will get cooler in the later part of the match during the second innings.
So, the dew factor will play a vital role in the run-chase during the second half of the match. The previous results on this venue have been mixed with an almost equal number of outcomes in both favours. The team batting first have won four times here, whereas the chasing side has sealed the win three times.