The Wanderers Stadium weather forecast: Weather today in Johannesburg for PRE vs PRL semi final

The first semi-final of the inaugural season of SA20 will be played between Pretoria Capitals and Paarl Royals in Johannesburg today. In no respite to the players of both teams, they will be facing one another for the second time in as many days.

For the unversed, albeit in Centurion, it is worth a mention that the last league match of the tournament was also played between these two teams as recent as yesterday. A major respite, however, is the comparatively shorter distance that players had to cover between the two cities on a match day.

Best team in the league stage, Capitals, won seven and lost three out of their 10 league matches. As compared to their opponent’s first position on the points table, Royals finished at the fourth position on the back of four wins and five losses in the league stage.

While the first match between these two teams had been won by Paarl, Pretoria emerged as the triumphant side last night on the back of successfully defending a 227-run target.

The Wanderers Stadium weather forecast

As was the case at the SuperSport Park on Tuesday, even The Wanderers Stadium is expected to receive some rainfall on Wednesday. Therefore, it would be quite a heist if these teams get lucky on back-to-back days with respect to the climatic conditions.

According to weather portal AccuWeather, there’s a 75% rain probability around the start time of the match, i.e., 05:30 PM (local time). Although the number will reduce by more than half in the subsequent hours, a 51% rain probability at 10 PM appears to be a concern, at least on paper.

In what is going to be the first SA20 knockout match, all the stakeholders will be desperate for a bare minimum of a rain-curtailed match as no one would want for proceedings to move to the Reserve Day, i.e., February 9 (tomorrow).

Hourly weather today in Johannesburg

05:00 PM – 20 degree (Rain Probability – 49%).

06:00 PM – 19 degree (Rain Probability – 75%).

07:00 PM – 18 degree (Rain Probability – 40%).

08:00 PM – 18 degree (Rain Probability – 34%).

09:00 PM – 17 degree (Rain Probability – 40%).

10:00 PM – 17 degree (Rain Probability – 51%).

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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