India was dominant with the ball as Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar ran through Zimbabwe’s batsmen with ease. Wessly Madhevere was first to fall, yet Zimbabwe kept up their attack hitting Tushar Deshpande and Ngarava for further runs.
Abhishek Sharma has been dismissed by Wellington Masakadza’s catch. Ruturaj Gaikwad comes in to replace him.
In this article, we will discuss the main points or high lights of India National Cricket Team Vs Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
IND vs ZIM
On July 13 at 4:30 PM IST, India and Zimbabwe will compete in their fourth Twenty20 International. The match is set to commence in Harare.
Zimbabwe and India met in an intense T20I last time out and India prevailed by 16 runs, but Zimbabwe will hope to gain the upper hand here and take an unassailable 2-1 advantage in their series.
Indian Team under the leadership of Shubman Gill has shown tremendous promise thus far, led by young stars like Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh and Riyan Parag. But they must improve if they hope to claim a victory against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl first. India’s bowlers did an outstanding job of restricting Zimbabwe to just 116/6 after 20 overs, thanks in large part to Clive Madande’s late innings effort of scoring 29 runs off 25 deliveries in just 16 deliveries!
Yashsasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill have made solid starts to their innings and look to be exerting pressure on Zimbabwean openers by already passing 50 runs each.
Muzarabani has bowled an accurate over with several dot balls, but Indian batters haven’t hit anything big off his bowling so far. Zimbabwe will face serious difficulties without hitting boundaries quickly enough.
Ngarava begins his 19th over by giving away several singles but then Sanju Samson hits him for four across the cover! Sanju then followed it up with another six!
Abhishek Sharma is now the only player in T20I cricket history to achieve both a century and wicket in one match – something he will attempt to repeat this coming Sunday against Zimbabwe.
Harshit Rana could make his T20I debut today as well, after impressing during practice games for Kolkata Knight Riders and becoming an essential performer on their side. If so, India might benefit greatly.