- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.5 Madhevere's struggles end on 21! Quicker wrong'un that pitched on a good length homing in on off stump. Madhevere lines him up for another sweep, misses and the off stump takes a beating. 51/31.1 Oh, and he strike straightaway! Fuller-length ball outside off, and threatening to shape into Kaia, who looks to force a drive through covers. He doesn't account for the swing, gets a thick inside-edge that flattens the leg stump. What a start for Mukesh! 6/15.1 Has he struck right away? Jurel is convinced, so is Bishnoi. Nothing from the umpire though. Oh, hang on, has he been bowled here? Yep, he has. Wrong'un to start off that beats Bennett on the inside-edge, and just trims the outside half of the off stump. The off bail takes it time in falling, but eventually does. Slight confusion but the right decision has been made 40/211.5 Raza perishes in the attempt to break the scoring slump. India have kept it quiet in the last couple of overs and the skip wanted to cash in on the slight room. He went back and tried to pull the back of lengther but holed out to deep midwicket. Looked to have hit high on the bat 74/414.2 Soft is an understatement. Sundar doesn't even celebrate after taking the dolly, replay shows he kissed the ball before tossing it to the ump. Was a shortish ball fired in at 101ks around fourth, Myers went back and pulled but was way too late on the shot. Popped it back at the bowler's chest. Sundar didn't have to move. 89/611.6 Mix-up. Both batters run to the striker's end and Sundar, the fielder at point, smartly lobs it to the bowler. Stumps dislodged gently by the bowler. The question is who's out. Campbell has to go as Myers continued to run and slid the bat in while Campbell was turning with bat hovering over the ground. Was a length ball that was tapped off the back foot, and Myers took off, no half measures. Campbell took a couple of steps and reconsidered. By then, Myers was three-fourth of the way through. Back-to-back wickets for India 74/514.3 Jurel's confident about the stumping. Sent upstairs. Sundar loops this one to the lhb after firing one to the rhb. This is on the fuller side of length, landed outside off and seemed to have turned away. Masakadza reached out in front to try and push it with the full face. Beaten on the outside edge and Jurel was quick to whip off the bails. Easy enough call for the third ump 89/715.1 Starts with a wicket. Jongwe has reviewed. Must've been the googly, landed around fourth and came in. Jongwe was far across and had to play around it to try and get bat but couldn't, went across the line too. Was it doing too much? Almost, but managed to clip leg stump and that's good enough for India. 90/815.3 Bishnoi smashes middle stump this time to remove doubt. Muzarabani tried slog sweeping with the spin but the length ball went past the heave to hand Bishnoi his fourth 90/9Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL115/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.75)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Innocent Kaia, 1.1 ov), 2-40 (Brian Bennett, 5.1 ov), 3-51 (Wessly Madhevere, 7.5 ov), 4-74 (Sikandar Raza, 11.5 ov), 5-74 (Johnathan Campbell, 11.6 ov), 6-89 (Dion Myers, 14.2 ov), 7-89 (Wellington Masakadza, 14.3 ov), 8-90 (Luke Jongwe, 15.1 ov), 9-90 (Blessing Muzarabani, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KK Ahmed 3 0 28 0 9.33 9 6 0 0 0 Mukesh Kumar 3 0 16 1 5.33 10 2 0 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 2 13 4 3.25 17 1 0 1 0 Abhishek Sharma 2 0 17 0 8.50 3 2 0 0 0 Avesh Khan 4 0 29 1 7.25 13 4 1 0 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 11 2 2.75 15 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 A duck on debut for Abhishek. Not the kind of start he would have wanted. Short of a length on middle and leg, Abhishek looks to pull it away, gets a massive top edge that goes straight to Masakadza who takes a comfortable catch at deep backward square leg 0/110.2 Jaffa to kiss top of off, Raza is as jubilant as the crowd. Electric atmosphere, Raza jumps and gets big hugs from team-mates. Was a carrom ball on a length that landed around off and swindled Gill, who tried to punch through the line. Beaten neck and crop, ball deflects off the pad (so it could've been lbw) before knocking the stump 47/63.3 Edged and that is a super catch from Kaia. Or is it? The umpires want to check. Looked out on first viewing. Yep it is. Muzarabani drags his length back just a touch and reaps the rewards. The ball pitches and moves away late. Gaikwad feels for the ball and gets a thick outside edge to Kaia, who dives forward and takes a good catch 15/24.4 Parag's debut lasts just three balls, and Zimbabwe are on top here. On a length outside off, Parag looks for an on-the-up drive but the extra bounce does him in. Gets it off the splice of the bat with Mavuta taking another good catch at mid-off. Harare is buzzing alright. 22/34.6 Zimbabwe have four wickets in the powerplay and the crowd in Harare Sports Club is on their feet! Back of a length ball into Rinku's midriff, he looks for a pull, gets a top edge that balloons straight up for short fine leg to take the simplest of catches. Are we on to something here? 22/49.5 Oh, Jongwe has struck and India are now five down! Slower offcutter outside off, Jurel looks for a repeat of the previous shot, but this one stuck in the surface. The bat turns in Jurel's hand and he ends up chipping a simple catch to extra cover. Jongwe is up in celebration 43/519.5 Skied. Muzarabani takes a tumbling catch and there's a huge pop from the crowd! A new-look Indian side have been humbled by Zimbabwe. Sundar and Khaleel trudge in disarray, the crowd are jubilant and the players exult. Was a shortish ball that Sundar had similarly pulled for four, but that was off Jongwe, not Chatara who has more pace. Ball skied off the splice to the right of the fielder. Great catch 102/1012.5 Has Raza finally got one right? Ump thinks so, Bishnoi challenges the lbw. Raza is roaring. Was a seam-up ball on a fullish length to which Bishnoi danced down. He probably expected a carrom ball and was expectedly very late on it. Bishnoi's three-fourth of the way back before Hawk-Eye loads. Hitting middle of middle and leg, that's why. Bishnoi, who isn't a gun with the bat, showed promise but Raza cuts it short 61/715.5 Avesh in disbelief as he slashes a full toss straight to long-off! Raza can, the fans can, Zimbabwe can believe though. India are trying to MacGyver a few runs with the lower order, they are getting close but the hosts keep clawing back. This ball should've gone the distance in fairness. It was a lobbed-up fully around knee height, but Avesh went on one knee, which meant it got higher than he expected. 84/816.6 Raza finishes his spell with a jaffa that goes through the gate!. He wheels away, Mukesh trudges back desolately. Looked a stock ball delivered with a cross-seam, landed on a shortish length on fifth and ragged back sharply to go between bat and pad. Mukesh tried to keep it out but couldn't play the right line. Raza, whose early overs had a few bad balls, has course-corrected and has taken his team to the point where they can win with one ball. 86/9Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL102 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 5.14)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Abhishek Sharma, 0.4 ov), 2-15 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3.3 ov), 3-22 (Riyan Parag, 4.4 ov), 4-22 (Rinku Singh, 4.6 ov), 5-43 (Dhruv Jurel, 9.5 ov), 6-47 (Shubman Gill, 10.2 ov), 7-61 (Ravi Bishnoi, 12.5 ov), 8-84 (Avesh Khan, 15.5 ov), 9-86 (Mukesh Kumar, 16.6 ov), 10-102 (Washington Sundar, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Bennett 1 1 0 1 0.00 6 0 0 0 0 WP Masakadza 3 0 15 1 5.00 12 3 0 0 0 TL Chatara 3.5 1 16 3 4.17 15 2 0 0 0 B Muzarabani 4 0 17 1 4.25 17 2 0 1 0 LM Jongwe 4 0 28 1 7.00 11 3 1 1 0 Sikandar Raza 4 0 25 3 6.25 12 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Zimbabwe led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20
Match days
6 July 2024 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 1
- Over 15.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - LM Jongwe (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 15.2: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - B Muzarabani (Upheld)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 115/9 in 20.0 overs (C Madande 29, TL Chatara 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 5.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - Shubman Gill (Upheld)
- Over 6.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - F Mutizwa, Batter - DC Jurel (Struck down)
- India: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 1
- Over 12.5: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - F Mutizwa, Batter - Ravi Bishnoi (Struck down)
- India: 100 runs in 18.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 4
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