Razeen Gutta
South Africa’s tour of India ended level at 2-2 after the final T20 international in Bangalore was abandoned due to rain.
The Proteas won the toss once more and put the hosts into bat yet again, at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Keshav Maharaj captained the side in the absence of Temba Bavuma, who was out through injury.
A rain delay just before play could get underway meant that the game was initially reduced to 19 overs a side – after kicking off 50 minutes later than originally scheduled.
Once play had begun, Ishan Kishan got off to a flying start, hitting Maharaj out the park twice in the first over.
Lungi Ngidi showed that variation could be a problem, with the right-armer picking up the Mumbai Indians opener in the next over, before getting Ruturaj Gaikwad out in his following over, to make it 28/2 inside 3.3 overs.
Indian skipper Rishabh Pant came out to bat but faced just one delivery before the showers started again.
This time the delay meant no further deliveries being bowled before the cut-off time, leaving the series between the two sides shared.
The 2-2 result means that South Africa are still unbeaten in white ball cricket series in India since 2010.
The Proteas will now turn their attention to their upcoming tour of England, which kicks off with three ODIs on 19 July.
India will play two T20s in Ireland at the end of June, before their rescheduled test match against England in Southampton on 1 July.
