India vs New Zealand 2nd Test, Pune Weather Report Day 2: India and New Zealand are engaged in the second Test match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

India finished the first day on 16/1 with Shubman Gill (10) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (6) at the crease. They are still 243 behind in their first innings.

Tim Southee picked up the only wicket as he dismissed Indian skipper Rohit Sharma for 0.

After opting to bat first, the Blackcaps put up a challenging total of 259 before getting bowled out in 79.1 overs in their first overs.

Devon Conway was the top run-getter for the visitors, having scored 76 runs whereas Rachin Ravindra played a crucial knock of 65 runs.

Washington Sundar was the top performer of the day as he ended with the career-best bowling figures of 7/59 while Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets.

India are already 0-1 down in the three-match series, having lost the first match by eight wickets in Bengaluru.

Amid the predictions of rain in Pune, the first day of the match witnessed no weather interruption.

The weather looked a bit overcast on Thursday and the potential rain interruptions cannot be ruled out on Friday.

 

IND vs NZ 2nd Test Day 2 Pune Weather Report

As India will be looking to capitalise with the bat in the first innings despite an early blow, the match is expected to remain fruitful as well.

Accoring to AccuWeather, the weather in Pune is expected remain partly sunny in the morning with the temperature ranging around 29 degree celsius.

There is no probability of precipitation, but there is a 69% chances of cloud cover. The humidity level is likely to be around 62 per cent.

Shifting focus to the afternoon, the weather is expected to remain partly cloudy. The temperature will likely rise slightly to 32 degrees Celsius.

The probability of cloud cover will reduce to 45 per cent whereas the humidity is set to be around 38 per cent.

In the evening time on the second day of India vs New Zealand second Test, the weather would likely remain clear with the temperature expected to fall around 19 degrees Celsius.

With a one per cent probability of precipitation, the cloud cover is expected to be 15 per cent. The humidity level will likely rise to 70 per cent.

 

India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Playing XIs:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke