ZIM Vs IND: India has taken a lead by a margin of 2-1 in the five-match series of the shortest format. After losing the opening encounter, the visitors, India, have played well in the 2nd and the 3rd T20 Internationals and that has helped Gill and Co to ahead of the hosts, Zimbabwe. The Blues won the third match by 23 runs.
In both the encounters which the Men in Blue won, they batted first and defended that score. Abhishek Sharma scored a magnificent century in the 2nd game and along with the contributions from Rutu and Rinku, India posted a mammoth score of 234 runs. Then won the match by 100 runs.
Yesterday as well, India batted first in the 3rd T20I and scored 182 runs. The Men in Blue reached that score because of their skipper Shubman Gill’s 66 runs and Gaikwad’s 49 runs. Then with the bowl it was Washington Sundar who picked up three wickets which helped India to restrict Zimbabwe to 159 runs in their allotted 20 overs and they fell 23 runs short of that target.
But what if India is asked to chase down a score again just like the 1st T20I match? Gill and his men fell 13 runs short of that target and Washington Sundar couldn’t finish off the game. Players like Abhishek, Rinku, and Riyan were dismissed for low scores and India’s bowling in the backend overs was also not great.
In the 4th match of this series, Zimbabwe should look to win the toss and opt to bowl first which would put some pressure on the current World Champions of the shortest format. However, India has a good bowling lineup and their batters are well-experienced to chase down a score. But despite all that, the visitors fell short of the score in the opening match and this will be there in the back of their minds.
Zimbabwe also needs to improve their batting which is their major concern. Their bowling was good in the 1st match of this series. But in the last two matches, the home side needs to step up as an all-round unit in front of a team like India. Sikander Raza needs to fire with the bat and as a leader, he needs to show the way for his young brigade, that might help them to square the series to 2 all.
ZIM Vs IND: Match Details –
Match – Zimbabwe Vs India 4th T20 International Match
Venue – Harare Sports Club in Harare
Live Streaming App – SonyLiv
TV Channel – Sony Sports Network
Day – Saturday
Date – July 13th 2024
Toss Timings – 4 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 10.30 AM GMT and 12.30 PM Local
Match Timings – 4.30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 11 AM GMT and 1 PM Local Time.
ZIM Vs IND: Head-To-Head Stats In Shortest Format –
- Overall Matches from 2010 to 2024 – 11
- Team India has won 8
- Team Zimbabwe has won 3
ZIM Vs IND: List Of All T20I Matches Played Between Zimbabwe Vs India –
- India won by six wickets in 2010 at Harare
- India won by seven wickets in 2010 at Harare
- India won by 54 Runs at Harare in 2015
- Zimbabwe won by Ten Runs in 2015 at Harare
- Zimbabwe won by Two Runs in Harare in 2016
- India won by Ten wickets in Harare in 2016
- India won by Three wickets in 2016 at Harare.
- India won by 71 runs in Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2022
- Zimbabwe won by 13 runs in Harare in 2024
- India won by 100 runs in Harare in 2024
- India won by 23 runs in Harare in 2024.
ZIM Vs IND: Probable Playing XI Of Both The Teams –
India – Shubman Gill (C), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bhisnoi, Mukesh Kumar/Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
Zimbabwe – Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett , Sikandar Raza (c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara.
ZIM Vs IND: Fantasy Team Of The 1st And 2nd Match –
Batters – Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube and Wessly Madhevere.
Bowlers – Avesh Khan, Blessing Murzarani and Washington Sundar
All-Rounders – Abhishek Sharma and Brain Bennett
Wicketkeeper – Clive Madanade
Vice Captain – Ruturaj Gaikwad
Captain – Sikandar Raza.
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