India vs South Africa weather report for 2nd ODI at St George's Park, Gqeberha

The 2nd ODI between India and South Africa is about to take place at St George’s Park in Gqeberha. This will be a decisive match for both the teams to see if India will seal the series or if the Proteas will fight back. The men in blue will go into this match with a lot of confidence after a dominating victory over the South Africans in the last game. The contest is set up beautifully and both teams will fight it out. Both the captains Aiden Markram and KL Rahul will look to battle it out. The Indians would want to seal the series in this game, whereas the South Africans will have nothing to lose as they have to win this game to come back in the series.

This will be a great match to watch between two good sides where one will try to finish the job and seal the series, whereas the other will look to fight back and stay alive. This should be a contest everyone will watch out for where both the teams will try to dominate each other, both the leaders want to prove themselves on the big stage and go back as happy men after winning a great series in very tough conditions. the game is on at the park and everyone will be ready for action.

What are the weather conditions?

The weather at Gqebehra shouldn’t affect the game at all even though there might be an early chance of rain with a prediction of 60% precipitation early morning between 7 am to 10 am. As the day progresses there is only a 20% chance of rainfall which should give us a match without interruptions. This means the fans and players will be happy that they might get another full game without the interference of the rain gods who can cause problems. Overall it should be a good game to watch between two top sides with the series on the line.

In terms of pitch conditions at St George’s Park, it has not been a high-scoring ground with average scores being between 250-260. Along with this India does not have a good record at this venue with only 1 win out of the last 5 matches played here. They will want to improve their game at this venue and beat the odds. In this matter, the Proteas will have some confidence as they have got the better of the men in blue at this venue and will look to continue that dominance in this game.

Probable playing XI: India- Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharshan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul(c)(WK), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.

South Africa- Reeza Hendricks, Tony De Zorzi, Aiden Markram(c), Rassie Van Der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klassen(wk), Wiaan Mulder, Lizaad williams, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi.