The Indian cricket team is aiming for a 3-0 T20 series sweep over Bangladesh and the final match of the series will be played on Saturday (12 October) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. There’s one thing, however, that could stop the Indian team in its strides, rain. There’s a forecast for rain in Hyderabad on Saturday.
As per accuweather.com. there’s a 40 per cent chance of rain in Hyderabad city on Saturday with the temperatures likely to be around 30-23 degrees Celsius, but here’s the good news. Most of the rain is expected around the daytime and the forecast for the evening is mostly clear.
Hyderabad’s hourly weather forecast
A look at the hourly forecast shows that there’s 40 per cent chance of rain at around 10 AM on 12 October in Hyderabad but the probability of precipitation will start reducing significantly once the day progresses.
The match is scheduled to start at 7 PM IST and as per accuweather.com, the probability of precipitation around that time is just 7 per cent. It stays the same for 8 PM and 9 PM and reduces to 6 per cent at around 10 PM and 11 PM.
Minimum interruptions expected
The match which is expected to last between 7-11 PM should also witness clear skies, however, cloud cover is expected to increase around 10 PM but it wouldn’t be much. The humidity will stand around 80 per cent which means the players will need a lot of replenishments.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsAs per the weather forecast the chances of rain playing spoilsport during the India-Bangladesh third T20 is very minimal but rain during the daytime may lead to a wet outfield and delay in the start of the match. However, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has all modern facilities and also hosts IPL matches regularly. which means any during the day should also not pose a problem.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium pitch report
Expect a high-scoring game in Hyderabad. In 14 T20s at the stadium since 2022 including one international match, the average first innings score is 188 while the average second innings score is 199. Also, in the 14 matches, the teams batting first won seven games, while the team batting second also won seven matches.


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