Harare Sports Club will once again host Indian Army under Shubman Gill and Zimbabwe Army under Sikandar Raza for the fourth and final T20I of Zimbabwe’s ongoing tour of India in 2024.
The fourth T20I 2024 between India and Zimbabwe is scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 13. The series between India and Zimbabwe was shocking at the start where Team India lost the opening game by 13 runs.
However, as the Indian team is known for its great comebacks, they came here with back-to-back wins in the second and third games. Shubman Gill & Boys won the third T20I by 23 runs and the second T20I by 100 runs.
Interestingly, India’s young second-string team also set the highest ever target of 234 in the second game to write the record books of Zimbabwe cricket. Below, we take a look at how the weather and pitch would affect the IND vs ZIM 4th T20I.
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IND vs ZIM Harare Weather and Pitch Report – 4th T20I, India tour of Zimbabwe 2024
Harare IND vs ZIM weather report
The 4th T20I of IND vs ZIM match will be held in Harare city, the capital of Zimbabwe. According to the IND vs ZIM weather reports from the weather channels, the temperature in the Zimbabwean city on Saturday will be 26° Celsius during the day and will drop to 10° at night.
The sky will be clear during the day and night. There is no chance of rain in the morning in Harare, but there is a 3% chance of rain at night. Humidity will be 29% during the day and 55% at night. Sunset will occur at 17:36 local time.
IND vs ZIM pitch analysis
The 4th T20I between IND and ZIM will be held at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. It is considered a well-rated ground that favours batsmen more than bowlers. The average total innings at the stadium is 153.
Of the 53 matches at the stadium in the shortest format, teams batting first won 32 games, while teams batting second won 20 matches.
The highest total ever is 234/2 at the stadium, which India posted in the second T20I of the ongoing series between India and Zimbabwe. Even Bangladesh once managed a massive 194 at Harare Sports Club against Zimbabwe in 2021, the best chase till date.
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Climate impact
According to local time in Harare, the match will be played at 13:00 IST. As there is a 0% chance of rain at that time, the match will not be affected by rain.
It will be a sunny Saturday in Harare and, like the last three games, the match will not be affected by the weather.
Conclusion
Based on the above data, we can conclude that there will be no weather impact on the third T20I between IND and ZIM in Harare. Hence, DLS will not affect the match.
However, the pitch will be more suitable for batsmen and fast bowlers than for spinners as the Harare Sports Club has a flat pitch. It is worth noting that Zimbabwe is a neighbouring country of South Africa with similar pitches.