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The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Cricket Stadium in Greater Noida is hosting its first-ever Test match. Updated: September 8, 2024 5:32 PM IST By Edited by The historic one-Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand in Greater Noida is likely to be affected by rain as showers are expected on all five days of the game. The Test match, which is the first-ever between the sides, is slated to start at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex on September 9.
The weather in Noida has been unexpected for the past week with unexpected scattered showers, humidity, cloudy and sunny spells. According to Accuweather, there are 78 per cent chances of rain in Greater Noida with humid weather on Monday (September 9). The forecast will be partly sunny along with thunderstorms in spots in the morning followed by a couple of thunderstorms around in the afternoon.
The weather will become better in the next two days – Day 2 (September 10) and 3 (September 11) – as the forecast will be mostly sunny. Day 4 (September 12) is likely to get occasional rain and thunderstorms. The final day of the Test match will be cloudy and humid.
Earlier, Afghanistan’s first training session on August 30 had to cancelled due to rain and wet outfield. New Zealand also couldn’t take the field on September 8 due to the same. Led by Tim Southee, the whole team had to be content indoors before the pacer and his counterpart unveiled the trophy.
: Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Ikram Alikhil(w), Bahir Shah, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Afsar Zazai, Nijat Masood, Shamsurrahman, Abdul Malik Devon Conway, Tom Latham(w), Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee(c), Matt Henry, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, William ORourke. For breaking news and live news updates, like us on or follow us on and . Read more on Latest on .
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