12India vs West Indies series cancelled: The fans who were expecting to see exciting cricket in the fifth T20 match between India and West Indies were disappointed by the rain. The match started after a delay of about two and a half hours at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but it was reduced to 99 overs instead of 20 overs. The Indian team had scored 118 runs at the loss of five wickets in 7.4 overs, when it started raining heavily again. Even after a long wait, the game could not start and the match was cancelled. With this, the five-match T20 series ended in a tie at 2-2.
Rain spoiled the thrill of the decisive match
The fifth and last T20 match of the series between India and West Indies was decisive. Both the teams had already won two matches, so the winner of the series was to be decided by the result of this match. But due to bad weather in Bengaluru, the toss and start of the match was delayed. Eventually the match was reduced to 99 overs. Rain again stopped play during the Indian innings. Due to poor field conditions, the umpires had to take the decision to cancel the match.
Ishan Kishan scored 30 runs in 10 balls
The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and Abhishek Sharma was out early. After this, Ishan Kishan batted aggressively and scored 30 runs in just 10 balls. His innings helped the Indian team to score runs quickly. Sanju Samson scored 16 runs, while captain Shreyas Iyer contributed 22 runs in 14 balls.
India’s score is 118 runs due to Naman Dheer’s fast innings.
Naman Dhir scored runs rapidly in the last part of the Indian innings. He scored 24 unbeaten runs in just 6 balls. Tilak Verma contributed 7 runs. By the time the game was stopped due to rain, India had scored 118 runs after losing five wickets in 7.4 overs. After this the weather did not allow the game to start again and the match ended without any result.
India West Indies T20 series tied 2 2
This five-match series saw a tough competition between India and West Indies. Both the teams won two matches each, while the last match was canceled due to rain. In this way the series ended in a 2-2 tie and the spectators waiting for the decisive match did not get a chance to see the winning team.