IND vs BAN weather report: Will rain affect India’s final Women’s World Cup league match in Navi Mumbai?

India will face Bangladesh in their seventh and final league stage clash at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, October 26. India got back to the winning ways in the last game against New Zealand at the same venue and with the semi-final opponent being confirmed, the Women in Blue would want to be as ready as they can be for Australia and hence, wouldn’t want to take foot off the pedal on Sunday against Bangladesh.

Colombo leg is done for the tournament, but it seems like the Sri Lankan capital has activated its proxy in Navi Mumbai with some gloomy weather around. There were a couple of interruptions during the India-New Zealand game in Navi Mumbai, and the forecast doesn’t look like the best for the rest of the matchday.

As per Accuweather, there are afternoon and evening showers predicted in Navi Mumbai and apart from a couple of hours, the radar shows rain throughout the day in the city on Sunday. The probability of precipitation varies from 70-78 per cent until 6 PM, before it reduces to under 50 per cent for a couple of hours, before rising back again to the 70s from 8 PM onwards. Hence, another stop-start day is likely on the cards and a washout is quite possible as well.

On the other hand, weather.com shows a more optimistic forecast, with rain expected to stop by 1:45 PM IST. The forecast suggests cloudy weather for the rest of the day, but no rain until maybe a small isolated shower at 9 PM. 

Hopefully, there is a result on Sunday as a washout won’t sit well with the fans and the stakeholders, but such has been the weather along the coast, either in India or Sri Lanka. Navi Mumbai is set to host a couple of marquee games – one of the two semi-finals as well as the final – in the ongoing World Cup and hopefully, the weather clears up for the next week, given the high stakes of the knockouts.