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JE Sports Desk: Australia finished Day 1 in a very strong position at 327/3 in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) at The Oval on Wednesday. Travis Head and Steve Smith made it tough for the tired Indian bowlers towards the end as well.

The Aussie batters enjoyed a lot of batting on the sunny weather conditions at the famous venue on the first day of the summit clash.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first considering the overcast conditions it remained ahead of the toss even though there was no rain predicted for the first three days of the match.

The conditions kept improving for batting as the day progressed on the shining and bright sunny day with a blue sky overhead.

It can be expected that India will get to bat on the second day as they will be hoping for similar weather conditions during their first innings in the match.

Let's see how the weather is expected to remain on the second day of the enormous clash.


Day 2 (June 8th): According to AccuWeather.com, the weather on the second day at the Kennington Oval has been predicted to remain similar to the first, with the temperature staying the same. However, the cloud cover could increase slightly to 25%, but the chances of precipitation are expected to remain at 1%.

The conditions will slightly be overcast in the morning with a temperature of about 15 °C but will turn into a bright and sunny day with the progression of the play as it happened on the opening day.

The temperature will further increase to 20 °C in the afternoon and is expected to rise to 21-22 °C in the evening.

Meanwhile, no team can heavily depend on weather predictions especially while playing in England conditions as you never know how quickly things could change in that part of the world.

India bowlers seemed to have adapted well in the initial part of day 1 under the clouds but got not much assistance from the wicket as the day progressed.

After winning the toss Rohit put Pat Cummins' side into bat first who after a nervy start caught up well to finish the day on a high.

"We are going to bowl. Just the conditions and also the weather being overcast. I don't think the pitch will change too much. You have to play good cricket and come out on top," the Indian skipper said at the toss.

Indian bowlers will be looking for early breakthroughs on Day 2 with the new ball still in play in order to restrict Australia to something around 400-420 to remain alive in the match.