India are in control here thanks to a solid partnership between Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Richard Ngarava has done himself justice by bowling an excellent over despite earlier leaking runs with one over.
Abhishek Sharma’s 46-ball century propelled India to 234 for two against Zimbabwe, but Washington Sundar’s three wickets kept them at bay. In this article, we will discuss about the matches of Zimbabwe national cricket team vs india national cricket team match scorecard.
Zimbabwe vs India 1st T20I
Zimbabwe were bowled out for a subpar total of 152/7 by India at Harare Sports Club. Sikandar Raza scored an outstanding 28-ball 46 but several wickets throughout put Zimbabwe back on its heels.
Washington Sundar quickly dispatched two wickets early in their innings through quick-fire deliveries from Ruturaj Gaikwad, as Abhishek Sharma tapped a loose delivery straight to midwicket fielder for four and Abhishek was bowled by a yorker on his thigh for one run. Ravi Bishnoi then struck again, dismissing Gaikwad twice consecutively to secure victory for home team.
Blessing Muzarabani joins the party, but gets off to an unimpressive start when his initial ball is put down by fielders. On his sixth ball he hits one for four – clearing the short third man fence by hitting it swat-style; also, four more runs come off another short delivery on his leg side from which Muzarabani grabs another boundary hit with an aggressive sweep shot off an offspinner delivery.
Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag have made their international debuts today after impressing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024.
Washington Sundar begins the final over with a wide ball. Mukesh Kumar takes two singles as India batsmen make quick runs.
India brought on Avesh Khan for their final innings against Zimbabwe and immediately hit an inside edge off his first ball; but he was caught off his fourth delivery – making the score 9-9 with only 24 balls to go.
Zimbabwe vs India 2nd T20I
Zimbabwe and India are set to renew their five-match Twenty20 International series at Harare Sports Club today, after suffering an unfortunate defeat in game one. After suffering a defeat in game one, Zimbabwe will look to stage a strong performance in order to make up ground on India.
Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad have taken their places at the Indian crease while Wellington Masakadza leads Zimbabwe’s bowling attack. Gaikwad has made an early impression, hitting a boundary off his fourth delivery; but India’s batsmen continue their assault against Zimbabwean bowlers.
Ravi Bishnoi takes over for Mukesh Kumar who overstepped on the previous delivery. Madhevere immediately punished Ravi with an four toward extra cover that helped generate 16 runs from this over.
Mukesh returns with his bowling arm in hand and begins by bowling a full length outside off to Luke Jongwe, but the ball sails high over the slip fielder’s head and into the air.
Avesh Khan comes into bowl, and hits a short delivery that Tendai Chatara attempts to ramp away but misses entirely.
India’s batters steadied the ship after an initially disjointed start. Gaikwad and Sharma led by example with some powerful hits that propelled their team beyond 200 runs.
India have drawn level in their three-match series after an easy victory against Zimbabwe. Abhishek scored a brilliant hundred while India’s bowlers excelled, helping thrash Zimbabwe.
After suffering an unexpected defeat in the opening T20I, India have rebounded strongly by winning by an innings and 92 runs in the second T20I match. Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 93-ball run and some remarkable bowling by India saw them secure an innings and 92 run victory against the hosts – India’s 14th consecutive T20I win – breaking their previous record of 13 victories! Despite playing under difficult conditions with batsmen outstripping bowlers more frequently than expected on an uneven pitch, India managed to exploit these conditions to their advantage to put together an outstanding show before their home crowd!
Zimbabwe vs India 3rd T20I
India managed to recover quickly after losing their opening match of this series by winning both subsequent ones, taking an unassailable 2-1 lead into Saturday’s finale at Harare Sports Club at 1:00 pm local time (approximately 3.5 hours behind Indian Standard Time (IST)).
Rohit Sharma hit a fifty in India’s 22-run win against Zimbabwe in their inaugural T20I series matchup, led by Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad who each scored half centuries to put Rohit on top and help put his side ahead in terms of runs scored.
The Men in Blue got off to an impressive start, scoring 112/5 in 20 overs before losing three wickets during their powerplay and falling backwards in their pursuit. Blessing Muzarabani and Sikandar Raza took key wickets including Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, and Clive Madande to reduce them down to 85/4 as chasers.
But they managed to score some big runs – including an amazing six from Rinku Singh – to reach 200 runs before Washington Sundar took Johnathan Campbell’s wicket and sealed India’s win.
Khaleel Ahmed delivers India’s fourth over, yielding only two runs off it. Washington Sundar takes another wicket in the final over when Campbell attempts to hit one off an outside off short ball he bowled – however he gets an inside edge which Riyan Parag catches at first slip for Riyan Parag’s catch and India are all out for 155, ending their hopes for a comeback.
Zimbabwe vs India 4th T20I
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill’s outstanding unbeaten 93 helped India level the five-match series 1-1 as Zimbabwe were sent reeling. Young Indian batsmen tore apart Zimbabwean bowlers at Harare Sports Club with an absolute batting carnage at Harare Sports Club, amassing 234 for two from 20 overs to record their highest T20I total against Zimbabwe yet.
India Vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Young India batsmen have been on an excellent run and it will likely only be a matter of time before their visitors make it 3-0 in this series. Skipper Shubman Gill will aim to continue his good form while pacers Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel Ahmed aim to cement their spots in the team – not forgetting young IPL talents Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag who all hope to impress during national team matches.
Zimbabwe openers Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara could not capitalize on their early bright start as the Men In Blue picked off wickets at an alarming rate to bring their total down quickly to 154/6 after 20 overs as their hosts struggled to match scoring rate.
Men In Blue will soon begin their run-chase.
Jaiswal continued his impressive form by hitting Sikandar Raza for six off the first ball of an over. Later he hit him again for another boundary to put his team in an advantageous position.
Zakir Hasan’s first over is costly as he concedes five runs off three balls. But his fortune changes drastically in the second over when Chatara fails to hold onto one of Hasan’s short balls that lands safely at midwicket; then Dion Myers clears a short third man fielder for four runs as Zimbabwe reach 76/2 after 10 overs.
