The 3rd One Day International between India and South Africa at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk has been abandoned without a ball being bowled. The 5-ODIs Series is now leveled at 1-1 and the two teams clash again on the 25th at Eden Gardens, Kolkatta. A depression in the Bay of Bengal meant heavy downpour in the city of Chennai for the last two days but the workers in the ground toiled hard to try and get the ground in shape once the rain stops although it was clear that they were fighting a lost battle against the nature. This is now the third match in a row at Chennai that has been spoiled by the rain - the last one was the final day's play of the India-Australia Test Series with the home side looking pretty to win and had they done that they would have saved the Series from being won by the Aussies. Previous to this was the TVS Cup match between India and New Zealand that got affected by the rain. The stadium was about to witness yet another big score from Sachin Tendulkar, but the rain gods had other ideas as they ended the match in little less than 27 overs with Tendulkar remaining unbeaten on 48 and India at 141/3. The 1st Test between India and Sri Lanka is on the 2nd of next month at the same venue and it's going to be interesting if Chennai can break its dubious record of rain affected games or not.