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Abhishek Sharma was the player of the match. He scored 100 runs in 47 balls.
The Indian team defeated Zimbabwe by a huge margin of 100 runs in the second match of the T-20 series. This is India’s biggest win over Zimbabwe in terms of runs.
At Harare Sports Club, Team India won the toss and chose to bat and scored 234 runs with the help of innings of Abhishek Sharma (100 runs), Rituraj Gaikwad (77 runs) and Rinku Singh (48 runs). This was the highest score by any team against Zimbabwe. Earlier, Australia had scored 229 runs in 2018.
In the reply innings, Zimbabwe team was all out for 134 runs in 18.4 overs. Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan took 3-3 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi got 2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points…
1. Match Winner- Abhishek Sharma
Came to open and played a century. He batted 14 overs. Scored 100 runs on 47 balls. Abhishek scored runs at a strike rate of 212.77. His innings included 7 fours and 8 sixes.
2. Hero of victory
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Captain Shubman came to bat after the dismissal of Gill on the score of 10. Gaikwad played an inning of 77 runs on 47 balls. He scored runs at a strike rate of 163.83. This innings included 11 fours and one six.
Rinku Singh
After the fall of Abhishek’s wicket, he landed at number-4. Rinku played an explosive inning of 48 unbeaten runs on 22 balls. His innings included 2 fours and 5 sixes.
Mukesh Kumar
Shocked in the very first over of the second innings. He took 2 wickets in his first spell. Then in the 19th over, Zimbabwe was all out by taking the wicket of Luke Jongwe.
Avesh Khan
Zimbabwe took two wickets in its very first over. After a fast start with these wickets, Zimbabwe came under pressure. Then in the 18th over Muzarabani was sent to the pavilion. Avesh took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 3 overs of bowling.
3. Turning Point- Abhishek-Gaikwad’s record partnership
After losing the wicket of captain Shubhman Gill for 10 runs, Abhishek Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad made a partnership of 137 runs on 76 balls for the second wicket. This is the biggest Indian partnership against Zimbabwe. The previous record was of a partnership of 132 runs. Which happened between KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh.
4. Reasons for defeat
- Couldn’t take advantage of powerplay pressure The Indian team had lost the wicket of captain Shubhman Gill on the score of 10 runs. Indian batsmen were under pressure inside the powerplay. In such a situation, Zimbabwe’s bowlers could not take advantage of the pressure and Abhishek Sharma managed to make a partnership of 137 runs with Rituraj Gaikwad.
- Bad bowling, India scored 234 Indian team’s score in powerplay was 36/1. From here Zimbabwe’s bowlers could not take wickets. Zimbabwe’s bowling was poor even in the death overs. The Indian team scored 71 runs in the last 4 overs.
- Bad fielding dropped many catches Zimbabwe’s fielding was poor during the Indian innings. The team dropped 4 catches of Indian batsmen, which included 2-2 catches of Abhishek Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad.
5. Fighter of the match- Wesley Madhavare
Came down to open and stood at one end. Madhavare played an inning of 43 runs on 39 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six, although he could not lead the team to victory.
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India : Shubman Gill (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudarshan, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Kaia Innocent, Dion Myers, Wesley Madhevar, Brian Bennett, Campbell Jonathan, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Clive Madande, Muzarabani Blessing.
