Weather Report from Perth ahead of first Australia vs India Test match

Western Australia has been facing inconsistent weather for the last few days ahead of the first Test match on Friday. The Perth Stadium in Perth will host the opening game of the five-match series between Australia and India for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. There were a few spells of rain ahead of the opening game on Friday. 

The first day will see a generous amount of cloud cover but there is some good news for fans. According to the weather report, no rain was predicted for the first two days of the game. Sunday which is set to be the third day will witness a good amount of sunshine that will make the opening game an interesting encounter

The maximum temperature on Friday is expected to be around 22 degrees. From Saturday the maximum temperature will start to rise and the afternoons will be the hottest period of day for the players. Luckily rains are expected to stay away on each day and the humidity levels will also be less. 

Australian coach speaks on playing surface ahead of opening game

Coach Andrew McDonald spoke to the media ahead of the first test match against India, which will start on Friday. “Yeah, it’s definitely not traditional Perth Test prep. We pretty much lost the whole day of prep with it being undercover. So we kind of saw the forecast early on and we started prep a little bit earlier than we normally would”

Andrew McDonald also added “So we’re sitting quite comfortable still. It’d be nice if the sun would pop out and do its job but as of this morning we’re in a good spot, we’re really comfortable as a curating team.". Pictures showed that the playing surface has a good covering on grass and the wicket could assist the bowlers.

When asked by the media what the team winning the toss would like to do, McDonald said “It’ll just come in how well they look after the ball and how true the surface stays. We’re meant to get to 30-32 degrees over the weekend so we’ll see what the grass on top does there but in terms of coming off cracks I just don’t think we’re going to get there”