India vs South Africa, 5th T20I Bengaluru Weather Update: Rain Could Play Spoilsport

19.06.2022 - 10:41 sports.ndtv.com

The ongoing five-match T20I series between India and South Africa is currently level at 2-2 and both teams have everything to play for in the series decider on Sunday evening at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

In the fourth T20I, Team India defeated the Proteas by 87 runs to level the series, and in the decider, it would be interesting to see whether both teams make any changes to their playing XI.

However, as things stand, the biggest question right now is whether rain would play spoilsport in the fifth T20I? It has been raining in Bengaluru since the last week and Ranji Trophy games between Madhya Pradesh-Bengal and Mumbai-Uttar Pradesh were also affected by rain.

As per Accuweather, thunderstorms are expected at 7 PM with cloud cover at 99 per cent much through the evening and night. The humidity is also expected to be around 92 per cent.

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India captain Rishabh Pant hailed the fighting spirit of the side after the hosts came back from two games down to take the five-match series against South Africa into the decider, which was washed out here on Sunday. The wicketkeeper-batter said there are a lot of positives to take from the series that ended 2-2. "It might get a little bit frustrating, but there are a lot of positives, especially the way the whole team showed character after the series was 2-0. We are trying to find different ways of winning matches, we are trying to play in a new way.

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