Live Cricket Score - India vs South Africa, 5th T20I

Official: Match Abandoned

The writing was on the cards. There was no respite from the Bengaluru rain tonight. That means South Africa draw a second straight T20I series in India. They haven't lost a white-ball series in India since 2011!

Cut-off times...

Yes we now start to talk about those. Prakash informs us that the cut-off time for a five-over game is 22.02 IST. The groundsmen will need about 25-30 mins to ready the ground, so we need the rain to stop completely by around 21:30...

Doesn't look too good!

Gaikwad falls to another Ngidi slower one

Superb variation this from Ngidi who can clock 140 kph and hit a hard length. There's appreciable Bravoesque dip to that slower one too. Gaikwad tries to loft him over the in-field, gets no timing on it and chips a simple catch to mid-on.

India are 28/2 into the fourth over before the rain returns. Ugh!

Ishan takes on spin straight away but (change of) pace gets him

Maharaj brings him on straightaway hoping to see if there's spin on offer on a moist surface. Goes for 16 runs as Kishan slogsweeps him for a pair of sixes!

Pace from the other end in the form of Ngidi though proves to be his undoing. It's a dipping slower ball that slips under his bat and rearranges his stumps.