India vs West Indies 5th T20I washed out in Bengaluru: series shared 2-2 after just 7.4 overs

Key takeaways

• The fifth and final T20I between India and West Indies in Bengaluru on Saturday, 17 October, was abandoned because of rain, so the series ends 2-2.
• The match began late, was cut to nine overs a side, and lasted only 7.4 overs — about 48 minutes of cricket.
• Put in to bat by West Indies captain Shai Hope, India were 118 for 5 when the rain returned for good.
• Ishan Kishan (30 off 10 balls), Sanju Samson (16 off 7) and Naman Dhir (25* off 6) gave the crowd a brief show.
• India keep their record of no home bilateral T20I series defeat since February 2019, Sportstar notes.

How the short match went

Rain held up the start at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, and the drainage system helped get the ground ready once it stopped, Sportstar reports. India raced to 56 runs in the first three overs. Kishan hit Romario Shepherd for two big sixes in the second over, one of them out of the ground, which Dawn says was the 100th six of the series.

West Indies pulled things back through Shamar Springer, who bowled Samson with his first ball and gave away only seven runs in his over. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma scored 29 runs between them from 20 balls. Naman Dhir then hit three sixes in his first five balls before the rain came back and the umpires called the match off just after 10pm local time, with no chance of even a five-over game.

Scorecard snapshot

India hit eight fours and seven sixes in the innings, according to Dawn.

Why it mattered

It was the first international match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium since India's Test against New Zealand in October 2024, and more than 20,000 fans waited through the weather, Dawn reports. Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a favourite with Bengaluru's IPL fans, was in India's XI.

For West Indies, the draw means they have now gone two T20I series in a row against India without losing, Sportstar notes. The teams won two games each in the first four matches, with Hope's unbeaten century in the fourth match levelling the series before the decider.

What's next

India now turn to their tour of New Zealand, for which ODI and Test squads have already been picked. For Pakistan fans, the home ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka and England starts today in Rawalpindi.