India vs England, World Cup 2023 Warm-Ups: Barsapara Stadium Guwahati Pitch Report and Weather Forecast

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India's World Cup 2023 preparation is on the final lap and it begins with a warm-up tie against England on Saturday (September 30) at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

The Indian team will take on the defending World Cup champions. Although it is just a warm-up game, the hosts will be keen to get themselves as close as possible to the optimum preparation.

The World Cup kicks off on October 5, and England will play the curtain raiser against New Zealand in a repeat of last year's final, on the other hand, India will begin the campaign against Australia on October 8.

India and England World Cup 2023 Squads

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav.

England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

Ravichandran Ashwin has come in as a late replacement for Axar Patel. Ahead of India's match against England, let's have a look at the pitch of Barsapara Stadium and the weather forecast on Saturday in Guwahati.

India vs England, World Cup 2023: Barsapara Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch at the Barsapara Stadium is expected to be a batter's paradise. On Friday, it was a perfect deck in the match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and it will be more of the same on Saturday as well.

There will be pace and bounce and will give the batters full value for their shots. The pitch can turn at the latter stages, but under the lights, it can assist the batting team even more. Hence, captains may look to Bowl first after winning the toss.

India vs England World Cup 2023: Guwahati Weather Forecast on September 30

The temperature in Guwahati will be around 32° C in the afternoon, which may cool down to around 27° C in the evening. The sky is expected to remain cloudy and there is a 34 per cent chance of precipitation.

We may witness scattered thunderstorms but it may have no effect on the outcome of the match. A gentle wind of around 10 km/hr is expected to blow throughout the afternoon, which is tipped to decrease gradually as the night progresses.