Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan
81(44) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 23 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
2 4 9 7 36 9 1 13
NT Tilak Varma
NT Tilak Varma
60(29) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 16 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
4 5 15 1 13 7 9 6

Best performances - Bowlers

Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma
O2.5
M0
R17
W3
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Prince Yadav
O1.2
M0
R10
W2
Eco7.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu

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Shreyas Iyer says he feels exultant. This was a comprehensive win. Brilliant contribution from each and everyone. Starting from the batting, the way Ishan and Tilak played were rakanaka (Shona word which means beautiful). He thought 180-200 was a par score. 220 was icing on the cake. In bowling, they executed lines and lengths precisely. Bundling them over for 130 odd, that says the story. You have to be fearless. Not dwell too much on past performances. Be in the present. Maximise the opportunity you're getting. Tomorrow is a new day. Prince got injured so there might be a couple of changes in the final T20I.

Ishan Kishan is the Player of the Match. He says when you get runs for your team, you get a good total and being on the winning side is a good feeling. He didn't feel like the wicket was something like going in and scoring 200 runs. The bounce was a bit off for him. As a No. 3 batter, when you're set, you want to score big runs so your team gets going. You don't have to think about the wickets that have gone. You just have to keep watching the ball and trust your strength and assess which bowlers to target. He's happy to see Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav and Yash Thakur coming on and doing well. They all have a great story behind their success. Their fielding is good as well. They're going to make a big name for themselves. He explains the missed run-out opportunity, saying he thought the batter had already reached the crease.

Sikandar Raza says he thought the boys bowled well in patches. He credits India for the shots they played and the skills they showed. He is disappointed with their fielding today though. Raza praises Kishan for his consistency. Says he's batting well at No. 3 which could be a tricky role. He and Tilak batted really well. Zimbabwe can learn from their partnership. Raza says Zimbabwe were going to go for the chase. Sometimes it's the shot selection and the experience that lets them down. He owns up to letting the team down with the bat. The team could do really well with my runs.

Sampath from the Cricinfo stats team says, Abhishek Sharma is the first Indian opener to take a three-for in a men's T20I match. Last Indian opener to take a three-for in any men's international was Virender Sehwag against Australia in 2012

Grateful to play this game, grateful to my family who has always supported me, says debutant Yash Thakur who picked up 2-30. He says the wicket was good to bat and he and Shreyas Iyer spoke about the slower ones were good options here [and that's how he got Bennett out]. Last month, I played white-ball series for the A team and it went well. I like both white-ball and red-ball cricket.

A comfortable win for India. They take a 2-0 lead in this three-match T20I series. So the Shreyas Iyer regime is off and running.

The one big takeaway from their defeats in Ireland and England is that India's batters weren't able to cope when there was pace and bounce on offer. Harare has tested them similarly and this time they were up for it. They'll be happy with this result but again can't read too much into it. There was a sore point though - Prince Yadav's injury. He pulled up bowling his second over and went off the field clutching his left hamstring.

17.5
W
Abhishek Sharma to Ngarava, OUT, taken at long-on. That's the game. Tossed up well wide of the left-hander's reach as Abhishek responds to Ngarava charging him. The batter still goes for the slog. Mistimes it and is taken safely by Rinku.

R Ngarava c Singh b Abhishek Sharma 1 (9m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.5

17.4
1
Abhishek Sharma to Muzarabani, 1 run, sees the batter shaping to advance and lobs it up wide. Muzarabani takes it on the full and drags it to long-on
17.3
4
Abhishek Sharma to Muzarabani, FOUR, steps out and smears a full ball outside off down the ground to the long-on boundary
17.2
1
Abhishek Sharma to Ngarava, 1 run, pats a shortish delivery outside off to long-on
17.1
1
Abhishek Sharma to Muzarabani, 1 run, steps out to the pitch of the ball outside off and drives to long-off

END OF OVER:
17 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ZIM: 122/9 (98 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.17, RRR: 32.66)

  • Richard Ngarava0 (6b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani1 (3b)
  • Yash Thakur4-0-30-2
  • Abhishek Sharma2-0-10-2

Shatansh: "The times at which Abhishek is given the bowl has allowed him to amass decent bowling figures. An average of 27 and a strike rate of under 22. Stats can be amusing."

16.6
0
Yash Thakur to Ngarava, no run, swing and a miss and it almost crashes into off stump. Thakur knows how close that was

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34BJ CurranBJ Bennett
2nd0BJ CurranD Myers
3rd14RP BurlD Myers
4th1Sikandar RazaRP Burl
5th16RP BurlW Madhevere
6th17RP BurlT Marumani
7th23B EvansT Marumani
8th14T MarumaniNT Nyamhuri
9th2R NgaravaT Marumani
10th8R NgaravaB Muzarabani