Rain washes out first T20I in Durban

The first T20I between South Africa and India - one of only six matches in the format for each side before next year's T20 World Cup - was called off without even the toss taking place in Durban. Steady drizzle through the day meant that a capacity crowd was denied any action as the fixture was abandoned an hour and 54 minutes after it was due to start, at 4pm local time. The waste of time was especially disheartening for Kingsmead, which has no other worldwide installations this late spring and is praising its century this year. This was likewise because of be veteran groundsman Wilson Ngobese's last worldwide pitch, as he will resign toward the finish of the time. Kingsmead will in any case have homegrown matches, including a top notch match between the Dolphins and Lions what begins next Thursday, and SA20 apparatuses right on time one year from now. For the groups, the powerlessness to get any game time will scupper a portion of their arrangements to give players game time in a restricted worldwide timetable. South Africa will presently have Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen accessible just for the second match before they are delivered to plan for the Tests and will handle a second-string pace assault in the third match. Their main different installations before the T20 World Cup are preceding the competition, against West Indies, where they will go with their Reality Cup crew. India play three matches against Afghanistan in January, where they can in any case fiddle with their mixes. The second and third matches in the series occur on Tuesday and Thursday in Gqeberha and Johannesburg separately, with downpour figure at St. George's Park on Tuesday evening and shady skies over the Drifters as the week progressed.