- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Beauty first up and Kishan goes up in a vigorous appeal. India review Length ball outside off squares the batter up as it jags away off the seam. Goes close to the bat. UltraEdge shows a thin spike and Mayank Yadav has struck first ball! Brian Bennett goes for a golden duck. Perfect start for India 0/13.2 Prince gets Curran! This is a length ball outside off and Curran tries to take him on with the pull. Miscues it and midwicket takes a catch to his left. Curran's debut knock ends after a quick cameo 19/24.2 Another one for Mayank! Back of length, not quite short enough for the pull but Myers tries anyway. Ends up chipping a simple catch to mid-on where Dube holds on 20/37.2 That's a massive wicket! Raza's hit this straight down deep midwicket's throat! Back of length outside off and Raza tries to take him on with the pull. Ends up hitting it high but not far enough, and it's a simple catch 32/413.1 taken at long-off! A full-ish delivery around off. Burl goes for the big hit but ends up slicing it. Tilak takes a regulation catch at the boundary 64/519.2 run out by some distance. Down the ground but ends up yorking himself. Gets an inside edge towards fine leg. Madhevere wants the strike back but Dube's throw to the keeper finds him way short 122/619.3 full outside off and Evans ends up hitting it straight to Iyer at mid-off 122/7Extras12 (lb 3, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL125/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.25)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brian Bennett, 0.1 ov), 2-19 (Ben Curran, 3.2 ov), 3-20 (Dion Myers, 4.2 ov), 4-32 (Sikandar Raza, 7.2 ov), 5-64 (Ryan Burl, 13.1 ov), 6-122 (Wessly Madhevere, 19.2 ov), 7-122 (Brad Evans, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MP Yadav 4 0 18 2 4.5 17 2 0 2 1 Ashok Sharma 4 0 29 0 7.25 12 4 0 2 0 Prince Yadav 4 0 19 2 4.75 15 2 0 2 0 S Dube 4 0 32 1 8 7 1 2 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 24 1 6 12 1 1 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Oh, there's the first wicket for Zimbabwe! This is full and angled across and Abhishek looks to loft it on the off side. Ends up slicing it high and behind point and it's a simple catch in the deep! Muzarabani is pumped, and he's been rewarded for a good start to this spell 23/16.2 Oh, the Sooryavanshi party comes to an end! The wily Ngarava finds a way to get him out. Sooryavanshi was backing away and Ngarava goes pace off and wide. Sooryavanshi adjusts and looks for the cut but ends up spooning a catch to deep third off the top edge. Entertaining knock, that's put India in a very comfortable position 68/211.3 extra bounce does the trick. A length ball around off. Kishan comes forward but gets surprised by extra bounce. Ends up pushing at it tamely. The ball hits high on the bat and balloons towards covers where the fielder completes an easy catch 114/3Extras6 (w 6)TOTAL126/3 (13.2 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Abhishek Sharma, 2.5 ov), 2-68 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 6.2 ov), 3-114 (Ishan Kishan, 11.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Muzarabani 4 0 26 2 6.5 14 3 1 1 0 R Ngarava 2.2 0 30 1 12.85 4 2 2 2 0 B Evans 2 0 26 0 13 3 2 2 1 0 NT Nyamhuri 2 0 30 0 15 3 4 1 2 0 Sikandar Raza 3 0 14 0 4.66 6 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20
Match days
23 July 2026 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Over 0.1: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - P Sizara, Batter - BJ Bennett (Upheld)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 5.5: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - RP Burl (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 9.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - W Madhevere (Upheld)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 46/4 in 10.0 overs (RP Burl 12, W Madhevere 5)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (63 balls), Extras 9
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (105 balls), Extras 12
- Over 18.4: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - P Sizara, Batter - T Marumani (Struck down)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (W Madhevere 26, T Marumani 25, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 125/7 in 20.0 overs (T Marumani 27, NT Nyamhuri 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 1
- V Sooryavanshi: 50 off 18 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 6.4: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - I Chabi, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 96/2 in 10.0 overs (Ishan Kishan 26, SS Iyer 17)
- India: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 3
Match Coverage
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Sooryavanshi, Mayank help India end T20I losing streak
India were on top right from the first ball, and ended up with a comfortable seven-wicket win
India hand Ashok Sharma a debut and bowl in opening T20I
Zimbabwe, meanwhile, handed debuts to batter Ben Curran and left-arm seamer Newman Nyamhuri
Mayank Yadav: 'I wanted to make a comeback and perform as I did before'
"It is a great feeling to have him in my team especially because in the IPL, when we played against them [RR], he smashed us," Mayank Yadav says about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Iyer: Need to 'adapt as soon as possible' after getting a 'reality check'
The India T20I captain said a lot of positives came out of the series losses against Ireland and England



