The Harare Cricket Stadium is all set to host the hosts of India and Zimbabwe once again for the third T20I of India’s ongoing tour of Zimbabwe 2024. The IND vs ZIM third T20I match will be held on Wednesday, June 10.
Shubman Gill is leading the Indian team in the IND vs ZIM T20I series and it is tied 1-1 after two matches. Zimbabwe is led by their new captain Sikandar Raza who was promoted as captain this year.
Zimbabwe stunned a young Shubman Gill & Co. in the 1st T20I, beating them by 13 runs against a target of 116. Later, the Men-In-Blue made a wonderful comeback by crushing Zimbabwe by 13 runs.
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IND vs ZIM Harare Weather and Pitch Report – 3rd T20I, India tour of Zimbabwe 2024
Harare IND vs ZIM weather report
The IND vs ZIM 3rd T20I will be held in Harare city on Wednesday, June 10. As per the weather reports in Harare city on the day, the temperature will be around 26°C during the day and will drop to 7°C at night.
The sky will be clear during the day and night. Humidity will be 19% during the day and 40% at night. There is no chance of rain in the city on Wednesday as it will be a sunny day.
IND vs ZIM pitch analysis
The IND vs ZIM match will be held at the Harare Sports Club, a cricket stadium in Harare. According to statistics, it is a good scoring ground in T20Is. The average first innings total is 153, while the average second innings total is 133 in the shortest format.
The stadium has hosted a total of 52 T20I matches so far, out of which, teams batting first won 31 games, while teams batting second won 20 matches.
India amassed the highest ever total of the team with 232/2 at the stadium in the second T20I of IND vs ZIM. Bangladesh once chased down a target of 194 runs against Zimbabwe. Therefore, such games definitely reveal that Harare Sports Club has a batting wicket.
Zimbabwe has only one stadium and it is flat and bouncy. As a result, batsmen and fast bowlers enjoy a good advantage with bounce. Bowlers also have an impact later in the innings, as seen in the first T20I match between India and Zimbabwe.
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Climate impact
The third T20I between IND and ZIM will be played in the afternoon according to Zimbabwe local time. As there is no chance of rain in the city, the weather will not have any impact on the match. There was no rain in the last two matches.
Conclusion
The third T20I between India and Zimbabwe is also expected to be a high-scoring match, just like the last one. Zimbabwe batted first in the match and amassed 115. They then outplayed Team India with an impressive spin attack.
Later, they put up a comeback fight in the second game to win the clash. Now, both teams can outscore each other in the third game. Since the weather has no impact on the match and the pitch is favorable for the batsmen, the teams could register many runs on the board like in the last game.