SA vs IND weather report for 1st ODI Match in Johannesburg

India and South Africa will lock horns for the 1st ODI match of  India’s tour of South Africa 2023 at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 17 December.  The fans can watch the game live from 1:30 PM IST on the Star Sports Network and stream the game online on Disney+ Hotstar. 

The match will be the first for the 3-match ODI series after India drew the T20 series with the 3rd T20 win after The 1st T20 match of India’s tour of South Africa was abandoned and the 2nd was one by South Africa by DLS. Both teams will play their first ODI after the conclusion of the ODI World Cup 2023.

South Africa vs India weather report for Johannesburg 

As per Google Weather and India’s Meteorological Department’s weather report, Gqeberha will experience a cloudy day, the temperatures will range around 28°C and will see a huge drop to 18°C towards the evening with a wind speed of 13 km/h with an extremely high humidity of 89%. The precipitation chances throughout the day in Johannesburg are 0%, which indicates no signs of interruption in the game but the cloudy weather might have induced some showers which can cause interruptions in the 50-over game. 

KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in One Day Cricket for the series while Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav will lead the squad in Test cricket and T20Is respectively. South Africa has also gone ahead with split captaincy and has named Temba Bavuma as their test captain and Aiden Markram as their white ball captain. 

SA vs IND: Probable Playing XI

India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh

South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie Van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Tabraiz Shamsi