IND vs SA 5th T20 Highlights: Match abandoned due to rain, India & South Africa to share series

 

Keshav Maharaj and Rishabh Pant share the trophy after the 5th Match was washed out due to rain in Bengaluru(Source:PTI)

Highlights from India's 5th T20 match vs South Africa: After the deciding fifth and final match in Bengaluru was called out owing to rain, India and South Africa shared the Twenty20 International series. The visiting team won the first two matches but India came back to tie the series at 2-2, forcing the series to a Sunday final. Rain kept the players off the field at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium just as play was scheduled to begin, and South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi removed the hosts' opening batters to reduce India to 28-2 following the resumption. With only 3.3 overs bowled, it began to rain again, and no further play was possible.

India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj(c), Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje

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With a couple of slower deliveries, Lungi Ngidi took the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Kishan smashed two sixes off Kehsav Maharaj's first over, but was undone by Ngidi's loopy slower delivery, which he committed to early and played all over.
Gaikwad also failed to pick up a slower delivery and was holed out in the middle of the game before the rains came down again to put an end to the series decider.
Following the washout, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announced that 50% of ticket money will be refunded to spectators.