The fifth and final match between India and South Africa was canceled due to rain. It was a closely contested series where the visitors took a 2–0 lead in the first two matches, India later came back strongly and won the Vizag and Rajkot T20Is to level the five-match series. But rain spoiled the decider and the series was tied at 2-2. However, there were many young players in the team like Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh who never got a chance to play. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar took a jibe at the issue.
“Well, when you pick 15, they all deserve a chance. But if there could have been a change, it should have been the third game,” he told Star Sports during the rain interruption.
“But after winning the fourth game and the fifth game, there was a certain momentum,” he argued when he was answering a fan question, who questioned why two players – Venkatesh Iyer and Umran Malik – didn’t get a chance to play. found.
“But not only these two (Venkatesh Iyer, Umran Malik), others could have been given a chance. But the opportunity was only for the third game, not after that.”
Meanwhile, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith said that he too thought India would make a change.
“I thought India would change a game, but they didn’t. Nobody has the right to play. You have to push your way in,” he said.
India and South Africa shared honors in the five-match T20I series, with only 3.3 overs of play possible after the last game was canceled due to rain here on Sunday. India and South Africa were tied 2-2 after four matches.
After putting in the bat, incessant rain delayed the game by 50 minutes. It started raining as soon as the game started.
The winding match began at 7:50 pm, but was called off after only 16 minutes of play, in which India could score 28 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Lungi Ngidi took both the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad on slow deliveries.
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