IND vs WI Day 5: india are too strong in the match now, they need 8 wickets to win the game on IND vs WI Day 5 of the 2nd Test. Rain ate up an hour of play on Day 4 and Day 5 is also under dark clouds. This post will lead you to IND vs WI Day 5 weather forecast and pitch report of Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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The game advanced quickly today after three sluggish days. The hosts lost their final five wickets in 7.4 overs of the morning session as Siraj stormed through WI’s lower order, picking up his second Test fifer. India was able to bowl out the hosts for 225 runs in the opening session thanks to the two scalps apiece taken by Ravindra Jadeja and debutant Mukesh Kumar.
The Indians came out firing after taking a 183-run lead. Within 12 overs, the openers put together a 98-run stand before both got out on either side of the rain break. Ishan Kishan, who had been moved to the No. 4 position, scored his first Test fifty off just 33 deliveries, allowing Rohit to declare and give the home team a target of 365.
West Indies survived 17 overs of no damage but two peaches of the deliveries of Ashwin castled the WI skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Kirk McKenzie in the course of 7 balls and soon, the day was called off. West Indies were 72 runs for 2 wickets at the Stumps of Day 4.
Down below is the IND vs WI Day 5 Weather Forecast and Pitch Report of Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad:
IND vs WI Day 5 Weather Forecast
India tour of West Indies 2023 | India vs West Indies 2nd Test match is being played at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad from July 20 to July 24 starting at 10:30 AM Local and 7:30 PM IST.
ACC TO WEATHER.COM, the weather is predicted to be overcast and rainy throughout the day in Port of Spain. As the weather websites show, there are high chances of rain for Day 5 which would affect the match. A 40+% chance of rain is predicted in the morning hours and rises up to 65% at mid-noon and drops to 20% later in the day. It hopefully ain’t going to eat up the complete day and we could reach a result. The Temperature in the morning is expected to be around 30° C and stay that for the day.
Winds with a speed of around 10-15KMPH will gust towards the East Northeast. Humidity will also stay at the average rate of 80%. So, the possibilities of rain are there but we can hope for a pretty healthy and decent part of IND vs WI day 2 of 2nd test match.
IND vs WI Day 5 Pitch Report
This pitch has been beneficial to the pacers in the past compared to the first Test in Dominica, where spin played a significant role and significantly influenced the result of the match. Since rain is predicted throughout the game, pacers will be slightly delighted with the weather.
Siraj has really enjoyed bowling here at Trinidad and now on the 5th day, a little bit of spin will be a gem for Ashwin. In the 61 Tests held there, the team batting first has won 20 times, while the chasing side has won 18 games. If the weather allows, we may surely get a result by a session or two.
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