India, Nov. 14 -- The third T20I match between India and South Africa was interrupted for a lengthy period on Wednesday in Centurion due to flying ants. There were thousands of them at the SuperSport Park, most flying near the floodlights, few on the ground, and few swarming the players as the on-field umpires were forced to stop the play.

The flying ants were spotted during the start of the second innings, when South Africa scored just seven runs in the opening over, in their chase of 221. They were initially spotted flying near the floodlights as Arshdeep Singh kick-started the first over, but umpires soon intervened after few of those insects were seen on the pitch.

Fearing safety for the players, the umpires had a quick chat with bo...