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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 T20 series. This is India’s biggest win over Zimbabwe in terms of runs.
Team India won the toss and chose to bat at Harare Sports Club 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 of any team against Zimbabwe. Earlier, Australia had scored 229 runs in 2018.
In the reply innings, Zimbabwe’s 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
He came to open and scored a century. He batted for 14 overs. He scored 100 runs in 47 balls. Abhishek scored runs at a strike rate of 212.77. His innings included 7 fours and 8 sixes.
2. Hero of victory
Rituraj Gaikwad
He came to bat after captain Shubman Gill was out on a score of 10. Gaikwad played an innings of 77 runs in 47 balls. He scored runs at a strike rate of 163.83. This innings included 11 fours and a six.
Rinku Singh
After Abhishek’s wicket fell, Rinku came in at number 4. Rinku played an explosive innings of 48 runs not out in 22 balls. His innings included 2 fours and 5 sixes.
Mukesh Kumar
He gave a blow in the very first over of the innings. He took 2 wickets in his first spell. Then he got the wicket of Luke Jongwe in the 19th over and got Zimbabwe all out.
Avesh Khan
He took two wickets in his first over. After a quick start, Zimbabwe came under pressure. Then he sent Muzarabani to the pavilion in the 18th over. Avesh took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 3 overs.
3. Turning point- Abhishek-Gaikwad key record partnership
After losing the wicket of captain Shubman Gill on 10 runs, Abhishek Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad made a partnership of 137 runs in 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 was between KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh.
4. Reasons for defeat
- Could not take advantage of the power play pressure The Indian team lost the wicket of captain Shubman Gill on a score of 10 runs. The Indian batsmen were under pressure inside the powerplay. In such a situation, the Zimbabwean bowlers could not take advantage of the pressure and Abhishek Sharma managed to make a partnership of 137 runs with Rituraj Gaikwad.
- Poor bowling, India scored 234 The Indian team’s score in the powerplay was 36/1. From here on, Zimbabwe’s bowlers could not take any wickets. Zimbabwe’s bowling was also poor in the death overs. The Indian team scored 71 runs in the last 4 overs.
- Poor fielding led to many catches being dropped Zimbabwe’s fielding was poor during the Indian innings. The team dropped 4 catches of Indian batsmen, including 2 catches each of Abhishek Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad.
5. Fighter of the Match – Wesley Madhavre
He came to open the innings and stood at one end. Madhavare scored 43 runs in 39 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six, however he could not make the team win.
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India : Shubman Gill (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Rituraj 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 Madhevere, Brian Bennett, Campbell Johnathan, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Clive Madande and Muzarabani Blessing.
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