 "Dharamsala Weather Forecast, IND vs ENG 5th Test: Snow and rain to play spoilsport?")
India’s will look to end the England Test series with a victory in Dharamsala. The fifth and final Test begins on 7 March and even though the hosts are 3-1 up in the series, a victory in Dharamsala Test will help them consolidate their spot at the top of the World Test Championship (2023-25) points table . But weather in Dharmsala could prove to be a small problem in India’s way.
The Himachal Pradesh city, which is not very far from Himalayas, is expected to have an ‘English’ weather during the fifth India-England Test. This is something that can favour the visiting side who have the legendary swing bowler James Anderson in their ranks. Even an express fast bowler like Mark Wood would be become a tough challenge in these conditions.
India on the other hand are also expected to be well-prepared with Jasprit Bumrah back in the squad after being rested in Ranchi and Mohammed Siraj being well capable of capitalising on cold and swinging conditions. Also don’t forget, left-arm wrist-spinner, Kuldeep Yadav made his Test debut at Dharamsala in 2017, taking four wickets in a match-winning performance.
Dharamsala weather report
Ass per AccuWeather, the first day (7 March, Thursday) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium is going to be the most challenging with the temperature expected to go down to as low as 7 degree Celsius. The probability of precipitation is 82% and the probability of thunderstorms is 25%. This means we are almost certain to see rain interruption on Day 1 of Dharamsala Test.
“Mostly cloudy and colder; a little morning rain followed by a couple of thundershowers in the afternoon,” AccuWeather says about the Day 1 weather.
The weather conditions for Friday (8 March) and Saturday (9 March) is expected to be the mostly clear with temperatures hovering between 11-7 degree Celsius and 19-8 degree Celsius respectively.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsOn Sunday (10 March), patchy clouds are expected, which should assist swing bowling, however, chances of rain is almost zero and temperature are expected to be warm at 21 degree Celsius in daytime.
The last day of play on Monday (11 March) is again expected to be a cloudy day with temperatures between 21 and 12 degree Celsius.
India vs England fifth Test squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep
England: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (wk), Dan Lawrence, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood
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