Hosts India will be looking for a charismatic comeback when they take on England in the second Test. The second Test of IND vs ENG begins on Friday, February 2 at the YS Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes are the captains of India and England respectively in the IND vs ENG test series.
The IND vs ENG test series consists of 5 matches and Rohit Sharma & Co. is 1-0 in the series. Despite an impressive show in the opening game, they lost the match by 28 runs. Backing their Bazball approach, visitors England dominated Team India in the match.
For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja showed brilliant batting shows in the first Test of IND vs ENG with 80+ knocks. Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja got 5 scalps.
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For England, ben stokes he scored a half-century in the first innings, while Ollie Pope scored 196 runs in the second innings. His innings changed the dynamics of the Test match and helped England overcome India. Tom Hartley and Joe Root executed lethal spin attacks, scalping 9 and 5 wickets respectively.
India now has the winter season and rains are less likely to disrupt the second Test between India and England. Days are sunny and hot in many places, while cold winds lower temperatures in the early morning and evening. Below we take a detailed look at the weather forecast and ground report from Visakhapatnam Stadium for the 2nd Test of IND vs ENG.
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IND vs ENG Weather Report Live Today & Visakhapatnam Cricket Stadium Pitch Report – 2nd Test, 2024
The second IND vs ENG 2024 test begins on Friday, February 2. The venue of the match is the YS Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, India. The match will begin at 9:30 am IST.
The IND vs ENG weather report, according to Weather.com, suggests that the temperature of Visakhapatnam city on Thursday, January 25, will be 29° Celsius during the day and 22° Celsius at night. The sky will be partly cloudy during the day and night.
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According to the IND vs ENG weather report, the chances of rain are only 7% during the day and 12% at night. Therefore, Day 1 of the second Test between India and England will not be affected by rain. Humidity will be 72% during the day and will increase to 89% at night. There is less than a 10% chance of rain over the next few days of the game.
The IND vs WI launch report suggests that the Visakhapatnam stadium is a high-scoring ground in Tests. The average first and second innings totals at the stadium are 478 and 343. The average second innings totals are 263 and 174. India once recorded 502/7 against South Africawhich remains the team’s best total at the Visakhapatnam stadium.
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The stadium has hosted only 2 games so far and the team that batted first won both matches. The stadium pitch supports the spinners and they get a good advantage over the pacers. Batsmen also find it easy to make runs.
This is the reason why in the past high-scoring matches were played in this stadium. India and England He also played a Test match at the Visakhapatnam Stadium in 2016, which was a high-scoring encounter.