As it turned out, South Africa retained their record of not losing a T20I series in India, just as the latter protected their unbeaten record at home dating back to 2018. The elements conspired to render the final game of the five-match series, fascinatingly poised at 2-2, a damp squib, with only 16 minutes of play possible either side of rain interruptions at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on a bleak, dismal Sunday.

It has been raining on and off at different times of the evening in different parts of the IT capital for the last several days. On Sunday, while several areas reported no rain, the CBD wasn’t as fortunate.