Colombo weather update today, Pakistan vs Netherlands T20 World Cup 2026: Will rain affect tournament opener at SSC?

Colombo weather update today, Pakistan vs Netherlands T20 World Cup 2026: Will rain affect tournament opener at SSC?

3 min readUpdated: Feb 7, 2026 09:57 AM IST

Colombo weather today, PAK vs NED T20 World Cup 2026 The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is slated to begin in a few hours with a morning start at the iconic Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Cricket Ground in Sri Lanka on Saturday.

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The group A contest will be the first men’s T20I played at the Colombo venue in 16 years since February 2010. However, a looming rain threat hangs over the tournament opener involving Pakistan, who are slated to play all their group games in Sri Lanka. Salman Agha’s men have also announced a boycott of their fixture against India on February 15, making the weather status all the more important for them.

Colombo weather today, February 7 2026

According to Accuweather.com, a few afternoon showers have been predicted this afternoon before the horizon with the probability of rainfall scaling up to 68 percent.

Rain showers are expected to hit likely at the halfway stage of the match, with precipitation chances peaking around 1 pm.

Colombo rainfall chances today

Other matches today

West Indies vs Scotland, 3 PM IST – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

India vs USA, 7 PM IST – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

PAK vs NED T20 World Cup match squads

Netherlands Squad: Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Zach Lion Cachet, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Noah Croes, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Paul van Meekeren, Timm van der Gugten, Saqib Zulfiqar, Fred Klaassen.

Pakistan Squad: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Salman Agha(c), Khawaja Nafay(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq.

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