The opening day of a Test between India and New Zealand was totally washed out for the first time in more than 11 and a half years, without any play. It happened on Wednesday, October 16 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru which is hosting its 25th Test match since its international debut in November 1974. Weather misfortunes continued for New Zealand as their sixth successive day of rain marred their tour of India. After rain spoiled the first day of the first-test the forecasts still indicate that weather is as likely to hinder play on the second day also.
IND Vs NZ: Second Day But Still No Play ?
AccuWeather says there’s a 14 percent chance of rain around 9 AM Thursday, which increases to 44% by 10 AM. The percentage chance of rain builds up to 51% around noon before dipping back down to 32% by 2 PM. But from 3 PM to 6 PM again, the probability is high at 36% to 51%.
As it has rained on Day 1 and no play had happened during the day, the BCCI had issued revised day/time plan for Day 2. Now, the play will start at 9:15 AM instead of the normal time of 9:30 AM. The fans may be geared to witness another rain-marred day.
As per now, there’s no rain but a thick cloud cover. It is likely that if it does not rain the play can resume but if it does another day of complete washout can be witnessed.
The covers are off ! Day 2 at the Chinnaswamy. Cloudy skies but no rain in sight. Let’s hope we get a full days play #INDvsNZ #BengaluruWeather #indiancricket #bcci #ChennaiRains #CricketTwitter #RainAlert #chennairain #ChennaiRainsUpdate #IPL2025 #SB19 #AIart #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/ZwMi3aCxY9
— ritesh yadav (@riteshyadav8300) October 17, 2024
Heavy Rainfall In Bengaluru Expected
The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Bengaluru and neighbouring districts, including coastal, north interior, and south interior Karnataka, till October 18. The city will experience overcast skies for the next three to four days.
IND Vs NZ: Head-To-Head
Both India and New Zealand are strong teams in total they’ve played 62 matches out of which India has won 22 while New Zealand has won just 13. Another shocking aspect is that 27 matches has no outcome/result.
IND Vs NZ: Full Squads
The Tests are extremely crucial for India as the team will be eyeing a place in WTC Finals, while New Zealand will be aiming to bounce back coming to India after shocking defeat against Sri Lanka.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
New Zealand squad: Tom Latham (C), Tom Blundell (WK), Devon Conway, Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Will O’Rourke, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Will Young, Kane Williamson
