India vs SA 5th T20I: Rain stops play at M Chinnaswamy Stadium again after Kishan, Gaikwad fall cheaply

Earlier
in
the
day,
a
sharp
spell
of
shower
delayed
the
proceedings
in
front
of
a
packed
stadium.
The
Indian
openers
had
already
entered
the
field
of
play
and
just
before
the
first
ball
was
supposed
to
be
bowled,
heavens
opened
up
and
there
was
a
burst
of
rain
for
close
to
20
minutes
which
left
the
outfield
soggy.

The
match
was
reduced
to
a
19-over-a-side
game
and
started
at
7:50
pm
but
it
didn’t
last
long.
But
prior
to
that,
Kishan
scored
a
7-ball
15
before
South
Africa
pacer
Lungi
Ngidi
cleaned
him
up
with
a
slower
one.
The
right-arm
pacer
impressed
once
again
when
dismissed
Gaikwad
in
his
next
over.
Gaikwad
–
while
trying
to
up
the
ante
in
a
rain-curtailed
game
–
couldn’t
connect
well
with
the
bat
and
was
caught
at
mid-on
by
Dwaine
Pretorius.
Gaikwad
could
only
muster
10
runs
tonight
and
the
hosts
were
two
down
in
the
powerplay.

For
India,
Shreyas
Iyer
and
captain
Rishabh
Pant
were
in
the
middle
but
soon
the
skies
opened
up
once
again
and
the
umpire’s
signaled
the
players
to
walk
back
towards
the
pavilion.
India’s
scorecard
read
28
for
2
in
3.3
overs.

Earlier
in
the
day,
India
skipper
Pant
lost
his
fifth
successive
toss
as
the
visitors’ stand-in
captain
Keshav
Maharaj
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
field
first
in
the
series-deciding
fifth
T20I.

Playing
XIs:

India:
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:
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.