- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 gone! First sign of aggression from Gill, and he smacks one straight to mid-on! Full, angling in towards off stump, and he whips it firmly, but maybe it's a touch too full for him to get elevation, and he doesn't get it wide of the mid-on fielder either. Hits it more or less straight at Bennett, who catches it in front of his chest 10/113.6 100 and gone but that was a remarkable blitz. Abhishek looked to keep flying. Masakadza went for an arm ball on a length, angling it away outside off. Another heave across the line was duly brought about but the angle and bounce worked against the batter and the ball ballooned to short third 147/2Extras7 (w 7)TOTAL234/2 (20 Overs, RR: 11.7)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shubman Gill, 1.2 ov), 2-147 (Abhishek Sharma, 13.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Bennett 2 0 22 0 11.00 3 2 1 1 0 B Muzarabani 4 1 30 1 7.50 14 1 3 1 0 TL Chatara 4 0 38 0 9.50 5 4 1 2 0 Sikandar Raza 3 0 34 0 11.33 3 3 2 0 0 LM Jongwe 4 0 53 0 13.25 4 7 2 1 0 D Myers 1 0 28 0 28.00 0 3 2 1 0 WP Masakadza 2 0 29 1 14.50 1 0 3 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 bowled him, lovely nip-backer from a length. Kaia gets into a firm front-foot press, but his front foot hasn't really gone that far forward. Looks to drive on the up from there, probably to loft down the ground, and ends up with a big gap for the ball to sneak through and knock back his off stump. Not dissimilar to his dismissal yesterday 4/116.3 Madhevere dances down and plays all around it. His struggle ends. Bishnoi went shortish and fired it at 100ks, goes straight on and onto top of leg stump uninterrupted. 117/82.6 gone, Mukesh has two wickets in two overs for all the punishment he's taken. Length ball, a bit of inward nip into the stumps, and it wasn't quite short enough for the cleared-front-leg leg-side hoick. Sneaks under the bat, and hits the top of middle stump 40/23.2 length ball wide of off stump, and Myers could have hit that anywhere, but he's hit it straight to the man at short cover. Flat-bats it, and did that stop on the batter? Maybe. He's looking at the spot where the ball hit his bat, and it's low down, near the toe-end. First-ball duck for Zimbabwe's No. 4 41/33.6 oh man, this is such a difficult surface when the ball is banged into the pitch. Raza is out to an unplayable ball. Smacks the pitch with a bouncer, and Raza, stepping across to hook, realises the ball is skidding through much quicker than expected, and he makes a late attempt to fall to the off side and evade the ball. But he leaves his gloves in the way, and pops a catch behind the wicket 46/49.4 gone, Sundar strikes, Campbell fails to control a slog sweep. Length ball going with the angle from outside off, and maybe a bit of extra bounce. He was a little late in getting into position, still not fully down on his back knee, and ends up top-edging high in the air for Bishnoi to catch, moving to his right at deep backward square leg 72/510.3 Pinned in front. Given out lbw. A chat between the batters and review. Ball was fired in on a shortish length, 100ks, Madande was well inside the crease. Hopped up with jammed feet trying to punch it to long-on. Hit flush on the pad. Three reds, hitting off after turning in a bit. 73/611.1 This time Jurel pings the stumps at the non-striker's with the batter not in the frame. Never a run in that as Masakadza nudged it a few feet to the diagonal right. Non-striker took off and the partner had to follow. Jurel hit the pitch and trimmed the bails 76/718.4 Wow, that's good field placement. Somewhere between deep third and deep-backward point and that's exactly where the ball goes. Was full and wide, Jongwe's square drive was aerial and snagged 134/1017.4 Skied. Sundar takes it at mid-on and grins end to end. Shortish ball angling in sharply towards off, Muzarabani made room but couldn't cope with the angle or the bounce as he pulled. India on course for a 100+ run win 123/9Extras11 (lb 2, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL134 all out (18.4 Overs, RR: 7.17)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Innocent Kaia, 0.3 ov), 2-40 (Brian Bennett, 2.6 ov), 3-41 (Dion Myers, 3.2 ov), 4-46 (Sikandar Raza, 3.6 ov), 5-72 (Johnathan Campbell, 9.4 ov), 6-73 (Clive Madande, 10.3 ov), 7-76 (Wellington Masakadza, 11.1 ov), 8-117 (Wessly Madhevere, 16.3 ov), 9-123 (Blessing Muzarabani, 17.4 ov), 10-134 (Luke Jongwe, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mukesh Kumar 3.4 0 37 3 10.09 12 4 2 1 1 Abhishek Sharma 3 0 36 0 12.00 5 2 2 1 0 Avesh Khan 3 0 15 3 5.00 10 1 0 2 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 11 2 2.75 15 0 0 0 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 28 1 7.00 8 3 0 0 0 R Parag 1 0 5 0 5.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
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
7 July 2024 (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (Abhishek Sharma 32, RD Gaikwad 17, Ex 1)
- Abhishek Sharma: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 64 balls (Abhishek Sharma 64, RD Gaikwad 33, Ex 3)
- Over 12.6: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - Abhishek Sharma (Upheld)
- Abhishek Sharma: 100 off 46 balls (7 x 4, 8 x 6)
- India: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 5
- RD Gaikwad: 50 off 38 balls (7 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (RD Gaikwad 30, RK Singh 18, Ex 2)
- India: 200 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: India - 234/2 in 20.0 overs (RD Gaikwad 77, RK Singh 48)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 3.1: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - W Madhevere (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 9
- Over 10.3: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - F Mutizwa, Batter - C Madande (Struck down)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 9
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