IND vs WI

10:50 PM local time and IST: So that is it - the 5-match T20I series ends at 2-all, with the final match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium abandoned due to rain. Many will call it a fair result, but one has to say, the West Indies have batted exceedingly well in Indians conditions, led by their skipper, Shai Hope. Now, the Indian T20 team will leave for New Zealand for another 5-match series. The first game begins on the 22nd of October at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, from 8:00 PM local time (12:30 PM IST). Do join us for that one as our coverage for India's tour of New Zealand begins with that match! This is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda. 

Shreyas Iyer (India captain): "It could have definitely been different, if we had bowled well in the second and the fourth games. But credit where it's due, they batted phenomenally! Also Shai Hope, he was sensational! The ability to bounce back even after a loss is what we'll take away from this series. Great learning, and a lot of positives as well. It is going to be a challenging series in New Zealand now. (On his conversation with young teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi) I keep telling him that you'll get your opportunity. There are two batters who have won the World Cup, and they have been consistent. We've got two fantastic openers. So, that's the conversation basically! We've been making a habit of it! We've been doing that pretty well. We are adapting to the conditions well and hopefully, taking it forward from here into New Zealand." 

261 runs in 4 innings including 2 match-winning centuries, the West Indies skipper Shai Hope is unsurprisingly the Player of the Series: (how close did they get to winning the series?) We were very close. Something that we have not done in so many years. 20+ years, not exactly sure of the number but it certainly shows we are going in the right direction, progressing well. (positives from the series?) Plenty of positives. We talked about going up front up with the ball and executing, the way Springer bowled and Keemo as well and guys stepping up at key points. Chase did not bowl today, it was one of those things, if Tilak was on strike at the start of the second over which Motie bowled I would have given it to Chase. (on his own batting) It is still about that self belief, even if I have not scored runs in the last 4-5 games, my processes never change and I try to stay as neutral as I can and back my abilites.

10:19 PM local time and IST: NO RESULT DUE TO RAIN. Series ends in a draw, 2-2. 

Ishan Kishan 30 (10) 
Shamar Springer - 2/17 (1.4)

It was a series filled with runs, and the final match was poised to be no different! There were still 8 balls left in the 1st innings, and India had the chance of going past 135. 

It would have been fascinating to watch the Indian bowlers in operation tonight, looking to defend the target! But, that opportunity got taken away by rain. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar versus Shai Hope up front with the new ball was the contest of this match! We've all missed it! Anyway, we don't have any control over the weather and that's where it ends. 

10:16 PM local time and IST: It is so, so unfortunate, but rain has won! Players from both teams are shaking hands, and that is that for the game! Time was running out, and the rain came in at just the wrong time. We were hopeful of a full game still, especially with the drainage here in Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium, but, it was just not to be! 

10:09 PM local time and IST: India score 118/5 in 7.4 overs. 

Ishan Kishan 30 (10) | Naman Dhir 24* (6)
Shamar Springer - 2/17 (1.4) | Keemo Paul - 2/34 (2)

It was another brisk start for India, even with Abhishek Sharma not firing. Ishan Kishan more than made up for it, with some attacking shots, with a terrific intent! Sanju Samson was bereft of strike, but that was because of the carnage from Ishan. 

But his stay at the crease was cut short by a Shamar Joseph hard-length delivery, when he spliced it to mid-on. After that though, came a spell of lull. Samson felt the heat of skipper Shreyas Iyer chewing up balls and went for a big shot, only to be castled! 

Then came a period of not-so-intelligent T20 batting in a shortened game, with both the Indian captain and the vice-captain struggling to get going straightaway. While Shreyas struggled to time the ball, Tilak Varma's tendency to go hard leg-side, made his off-side shots either disappear, or weak. 

Post that, with much-needed injection of pace, Naman Dhir saved the day for India, scoring a 6-ball unbeaten 24 and taking the score past 115. That came as a breath of fresh air for the hosts. 

West Indies gave away 13 runs as extras, dropped a catch, misfielded a few times. Otherwise, it was a decent effort with the ball on a wicket like this, in conditions like these. But, will those extras, particularly 12 wides, come back to haunt them? 

10:04 PM local time and IST: The rain is back! Yes, the drizzle has intensified and the umpires had no choice but to take the players off. The covers come on now. We wonder, if that will be that for the innings! 

That wasn't exactly a shot attempted over the off-side, that was more a shot attempted to drag it leg-side. End of another not-so-fluent innings from Tilak.

7.4 Shamar Springer to Tilak Varma, DRAGGED ON! Another strike for Springer. Tilak was not at his fluent best and he will have to go back now. Springer nails the wide yorker this time, Tilak hangs deep in his crease and tries to carve it away but only gets an inside edge that crashes into the stumps. Out comes the typical celebration from Springer who makes a P and a V using both his hands, he now has the most wickets in the series