The first day's proceedings of South Africa's warm-up match was called off in the post-lunch session as rain lashed the PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex.
Vizianagaram: The opening day of the warm-up game between Board President's XI and the visiting South Africa side was washed out after heavy rain played spoilsport on Thursday.
The first day's proceedings was called off in the post-lunch session as rain lashed the PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex. This is South Africa's only warm-up game before the first Test begins in Visakhapatnam on 2 October.
The focus of the warm-up match is Board President's XI skipper Rohit Sharma, who will be opening the innings as a pre-cursor to the opening Test.
The other two India players in action are opener Mayank Agarwal and pacer Umesh Yadav.
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was not too impressed with Chahal’s approach in this game. He said that the leggie wanted to just keep it tight and did not come up with enough variations or wicket-taking deliveries.
After a clinical 48-run win on Tuesday, India will hope to take the five-match T20I series to the decider when they take on South Africa at Rajkot on Friday.
India ended their home T20I series winning streak at seven and T20I match-winning streak at 12 in the series against the Proteas.