10:28 PM IST and 6:48 PM Local Time: The match has been called off in the ongoing EUT20 Belgium. The points will be shared between the two teams.
Amidst the pause of rain in between two games on the curtain-raiser, we could get 7.4 overs of play where the Temba Bavuma-led Ghent Gladiators seemed scratchy with the bat. The ball danced low off the strip, and nibbled around, making life hell for the batters. Put to bat first by Faf du Plessis during the coin flip, the Gladiators failed to glide in these tough batting environment. Sam Harper and Josh Brown struggled with the blade, getting dismissed for single digits.
The pacers were thrown constantly against the batting side, as the overhead conditions went in favour of the bowlers here. Temba Bavuma looked to play a few shots -- smoked one in the zone over long on for a six -- but failed to mark a lasting impact in the innings. Hayden Kerr got his ticket while Corey Anderson shattered Richie Berrington's timber with some right on the money medium pace shoot. Eventually, the rain poured down during the eighth over and had the final say, forcing the game to be abandoned.