India vs South Africa halted after light tower stops functioning in Guwahti

The second T20I between India and South Africa was interrupted after a light tower stopped functioning at the Barsapara Stadium, Guwahti on Sunday. Players were called off the pitch. 

The incident occured during the third over of the second innings. Chasing 238 runs, South Africa were 5/2. One of the light towers in the Baraspara Stadium stopped working. However, in a few minutes the issue was resolved and play resumed. 

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Earlier in the game, a snake was spotted in the stadium. Several Twitter users urged Cricket Assam to look into the matter. 

“If the snakes were not enough we have a play stopped due to power cut in one of the Light Tower this is really shameful and embarrassment for Guwahati city after this I’m sure there won’t be any international matches soon in the city , @assamcric has a lot to answer #IndVsSA,” a Twitter user said. 

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“After the snake invades the field at Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati – now light has gone off as the match is suspended temporarily. This series of instances aren’t often witnessed in a single game. Definitely an ‘Only in Guwahati’ moment,” another one tweeted. 

“If you are going to have flood lights failure in todays day and age then forget getting another match for some more years,” a third one said. 

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The Indian top-four batters put up a superlative show in the first innings to post a massive total of 237 runs. 

A sellout crowd witnessed raining boundaries at the small ACA Barsapara Stadium as the Indian batters smashed 25 fours and 13 sixes. They scored 178 runs in boundaries.

Rohit Sharma (43 off 37 balls) and KL Rahul (57 off 28 balls) started it before Suryakumar Yadav (61 off 22 balls), Virat Kohli (49 not out) and Dinesh Karthik (17 not out) finished it off in style.