South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj 'disappointed' with 5th T20I against India getting abandoned

20.06.2022 - 10:21 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

The fifth and final T20I between India and South Africa at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru was abandoned due to rain. With this, the series stays level at 2-2 and will be shared by both sides. "Very disappointed we didn't get a full game for the end of an exciting tour.

We started pretty well, pity we could not see the outcome. We can't control the weather. We tried a few combinations. Still a work in progress for Australia.

You may still see changes," said Maharaj after the match got abandoned. "I am sure the future series against India will be interesting like this one.

We were disappointed with our performance in the last two games. We carried our confidence from past tours at the same time we didn't want to take anything for granted," he added.

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