Thanks to Rebecca M who sends this message from the ground:
“I’m sitting here with Gabba members, currently in our sixth round of Mexican Golf. Still lightning in the area, but the rain has subsided, at least for now!”
Is there perhaps still hope? We lost about 80 minutes so it will be a shorter game if they manage to get back on the park.
I’m afraid it’s still raining and still lightning at the Gabba.
Maybe time for a quiz?
Weather update: It pelts it to the Gabba.
The bad weather has seemingly sent Kabira Namit into a toss-based paranoia:
“Has anyone considered sending Indian captains for remedial lessons in coin tossing? Asking about a country that has apparently forgotten what winning a toss looks like in 2025. Between Harman’s World Cup tosses (all but one lost, if I remember correctly), England’s Test series (cleaning for Stokes and Pope at the toss), and now this T20 series, I’m starting to think we’ve inadvertently angered the toss gods.
Or perhaps we’re conducting a long-term scientific experiment on whether it’s possible to win games despite never getting first pick? I would really like to know the actual percentage of throws that India have lost this year (partly for statistical purposes), but mainly to confirm whether my growing paranoia is justified.
Rain (and lightning) halts play – Australia 52-0 after 4.5 overs
Lightning bolts flash through the sky around the Gabba and the referees have seen enough, just as the players are sent off from the middle, it also starts to rain.
The scoreboard is now illuminated with a severe weather warning and fans in the lower stands are being evacuated as a precaution. I’m afraid this could be a long old delay, folks.
4th over: India 47-0 (Abishek Sharma 20, Gill 27) A new chance is begging! Dwarshuis is the guilty fielder this time, no doubt a little confused after being put to the sword by Gill in the previous over. He runs in from good leg but never looked confident and the ball fell through his fingers. Sharma survives again and celebrates by hitting a SIX over midwicket.
3rd over: India 35-0 (Abishek Sharma 9, Gill 26) Shubman Gill taps! He takes Dwarshuis for four boundaries from the over, he uses his feet to dance down and clip through midwicket, drive through cover, cut through point and pull through square. It’s fair to say he sees things big.
2nd over: India 19-0 (Abishek Sharma 6, Gill 10) Xavier Bartlett shares the new ball, Gill greets him with a flat crack through extra cover. Shades of Virat in that one.
1st over: India 11-0 (Abishek Sharma 6, Gill 5) Ben Dwarshuis starts with the new white ball under bright Brisbane floodlights. There’s a big swing but Sharma isn’t too worried, he makes space and hits a boundary over middle! DROP! Glenn Maxwell spills a tricky chance by backpedaling midway! Tough chance, but Maxwell will hate to spill it. Salt meets wound. Shubman clips the next ball through midwicket for four.
Radar doesn’t look too bright, but Mitch Marsh and his men take the field.
Weather permitting, we will be heading out soon… in the meantime, and appropriately enough given his last name, there’s just enough time to dive into this piece with Jake Weatherald.
Teams: Australia remains unchanged, for India Rinku Singh replaces Varma.
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (c), 4 Rinku Singh, 5 Axar Patel, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Australia: 1 Matt Short, 2 Mitchell Marsh (c), 3 Josh Inglis (wk), 4 Tim David, 5 Josh Philippe, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Ben Dwarshuis, 9 Xavier Bartlett, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Adam Zampa
Australia wins the toss and chooses to bowl first
“Looks like a good surface, great to get to this great ground.” say Australian skipper Mitchell Marsh. “It’s not exactly the same as a tournament final, but there’s a lot to play for, we can level the series and it’s a last chance for us tonight.”
Preamble
James Wallace
Hello and welcome to the fifth and final T20I between Australia and India from Brisbane’s Gabba. The home side will be looking to level the series after being confused and deceived by India’s spin attack in the previous few matches in Hobart and Carrara.
The Gabba pitch may not be too favorable for the twirlers, but the most pressing issue is the fact that storms are forecast in the area. If we keep our fingers crossed we can play a full match. Things are fine at this point and the two captains head off for the toss…
Barring any wet conditions we should be on our way in about fifteen minutes: 6:15pm local/7:15pm AEDT/1:45pm IDT and 8:15am here in lovely old England.
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