Sooryavanshi the star as India complete 3-0 sweep
The opener scored 81 to set Zimbabwe a target of 193, which they never threatened to chase
The opener scored 81 to set Zimbabwe a target of 193, which they never threatened to chase
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Abhimanyu Bose
5.10pm Shreyas Iyer lines up with the rest of the team to lift the trophy, which is first handed to Ashok Sharma to lift. Lot of laughs among the boys as they pose for the photos. A good series wrapped up in style. If you missed the action, you can catch up thanks to Ashish Pant's report. For now, on behalf of Ashish and Ranjith, it's Abhimanyu signing off.
4.55pm Time for the presentation ceremony. Brian Bennett and Ryan Burl get accolades for crossing 2000 T20I runs.
Shreyas Iyer: "[Takeaways and positives] As we saw, how fearlessly they are. A young bunch of players showing tremendous energy and intent on the field. To have that kind of energy is what I demand as a captain and we saw that. Special series win. Clinical. 3-0 so it's a special one. I think if you see the record, I've played the same number of matches as all of them (laughs). They have a lot of experience thanks to the IPL. Special bunch. I try to make sure they are comfortable and relaxed. That's how you can get the best out of them. You see boys taking that responsibility and winning games, you need that. The amount of calmness that we possess and if we show the same courage going forward, it's going to be good for Indian cricket. If we keep levelling up and not think about the results... that's the message we gave to the players. It doesn't matter what situation we are facing, we just have to perform to the best of our abilities and see the team through."
Sikandar Raza, who is also honoured for becoming the most capped international across formats for Zimbabwe: "[Takeaways] A lot of them. Firstly, well done to ZC for hosting these fixtures because if we can't play top teams, we can't grow. Cricket is a lot more entertaining when everyone is playing well. Our biggest takeaway is the experience. Nyamhuri, Marumani were very good. The journey started long ago. We wanted to change things in the dressing room. We wanted to bet here for each other in success and in bad times. We wanted to die for every ball. We wanted to match the intensity of world cricket. We will have some bad days and I'm okay with that. I'll certainly try and buy a run for myself (laughs). The team has held up well without my contribution but I need to stand up and lead from the front. Hopefully when I start contributing I'll add a lot more to the team's success."
The POTM is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. His first in international cricket. Chants of "Vaibhav, Vaibhav" ring out as he is also announces as the Player of the Series. Here's what he has to say: "It felt very good. The preparation here has been good. I played the U19 World Cup here as well and I feel good playing here. Everyone backed me, including the coach and the captain. I tried to play my usual T20 game and tried to give the team a good start and then play a long innings if I manage a good start. [On his best attributes] What I do in practice, I try and replicate that in the matches. It is a dream come true. First man of the match and man of the series."
Ravi Bishnoi: "The work I put in at the CoE, the results were showing. Because I was making some errors. I got a lot of support from the coaches [after the poor series in England]. I had started to go out a bit too much which usually doesn't happen but I fixed that. The ball doesn't turn much here but it sometimes skids and stays low, which helps my bowling. [On playing on bigger grounds] 100% we also need big grounds as bowlers."
4.45pm After the disappointments in Ireland and England, Shreyas Iyer will feel happy to have not just his first series win as captain, but a series whitewash. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set it up, with his 81 the foundation of India's 192 before Mayank Yadav set the tone for the chase by striking first ball for the second time this series. Mayank finished with three wickets, Yash Thakur with two and there was one each for Ravi Bishnoi and Ashok Sharma as India restricted Zimbabwe to just 157, despite some very ordinary fielding, including a slew of dropped catches. That's something for them to work on, but for now, they can put their feet up and celebrate a series well played.
B Evans c Singh b Yadav 14 (14m 13b 0x4 1x6) SR: 107.69
After making his domestic debut at the age of 14 and his India debut a year later, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has broken a number of age and speed records
His game awareness in the third T20I against Zimbabwe may just have offered the first sustained glimpse of the batter he can yet become
The opener scored 81 to set Zimbabwe a target of 193, which they never threatened to chase
Zimbabwe brought in Wellington Masakadza in place of the injured Richard Ngarava
Former India batter particularly impressed with how far he has come on since his chart-topping IPL season