- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR14.6 Oh, what a screamer from Brad Evans and Sooryavanshi falls for 81. Madhevere tosses it up wide and Sooryavanshi reaches out for it as he looks to go down the ground. Evans, who was furious at Nyamhuri in his last over for not attempting a catch running in from long leg, runs in some ways from long-off and dives in front at full stretch to show his team-mates how it's done! 145/31.5 Edged and gone! Abhishek falls for a third low score. The third time in a row, he falls to Muzarabani. On a length angling across Abhishek outside off, he gives himself room and skips down the track trying to go over covers. The angle of the ball, however, allows him to only manage a thick outside edge with Marumani doing the rest. 20/110.1 Raza goes through Ishan Kishan! Kishan comes down the track and Raza follows him with a length ball that doesn't allow him to free his arms. Kishan tries to jab it away but plays down the wrong line as the ball crashes into leg stump 95/217.1 Iyer hasn't got the distance on that! On a length outside off with the pace off, Iyer tried to force the pace on it as he swings it away on the leg side but ends up picking out deep midwicket where Madhevere holds on 164/419.6 Oh, good catch at deep cover and that's the end of the innings. Low full toss and Rinku doesn't quite time it and Madhevere runs in from the deep and takes a good catch. India end up with 192, which should be above par 192/5Extras17 (b 1, lb 1, w 15)TOTAL192/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.6)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Abhishek Sharma, 1.5 ov), 2-95 (Ishan Kishan, 10.1 ov), 3-145 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 14.6 ov), 4-164 (Shreyas Iyer, 17.1 ov), 5-192 (Rinku Singh, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sikandar Raza 4 0 40 1 10 5 2 1 2 0 B Muzarabani 4 0 33 1 8.25 9 3 1 1 0 NT Nyamhuri 2 0 18 0 9 7 3 0 3 0 B Evans 4 0 41 2 10.25 8 4 1 2 0 WP Masakadza 1 0 14 0 14 0 1 1 0 0 W Madhevere 4 0 37 1 9.25 7 4 1 2 0 BJ Bennett 1 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Just like the first T20I, Mayank Yadav has removed Brian Bennett for a first-ball duck! That is a sharp catch from Sooryavanshi at first slip. Short of a good length ball at 147kph that lands on off and shapes away ever so late. He opens the batter up with that late movement, with Bennett pushing at the ball with hard hands, getting a thick outside edge to the left of Sooryavanshi who makes no mistake 0/17.2 Tame catch at short third! Curran, running out of time to accelerate, tries to take on this long hop with a reverse-swat. Wrong option probably, as he could have just tried to pull it away, and he ends up lobbing it to Mayank Yadav 65/43.4 That's a weird dismissal to say the least. Myers backs away, telegraphing his move early. Thakur follows him with a slower delivery and Myers deceived by the lack of pace meekly shovels it straight up. Iyer takes a couple of steps back from mid-off and takes a simple catch 34/23.5 Leading edge and Thakur completes a spectacular caught and bowled. Length ball on middle and leg, Raza looks to work that to the on-side, but closes the face of the bat early. He only manages a leading edge to the left of Thakur, who pauses in his follow-through, changes direction, leaps to his left and takes a lovely one-handed catch 34/315.4 This time the catch is taken! back of length at 138kph and Madhevere looks to pull it away. Ends up skying it to deep midwicket and Tilak now makes amends by holding on 125/517.1 off stump sent cartwheeling, and isn't that the fast bowler's dream? Couple of chances went down off his bowling in this series, including today, so he's taken matters into his own hands. Full outside off from around the wicket and it jags in a touch as Marumani drives down the wrong line, leaving a gaping hole between bat and pad. First international wicket for Ashok Sharma! 134/619.5 Full and wide, he looks to take it on and slices it up high off the toe end. Rinku Singh at cover is a safe pair of hands and mops up nicely. Mayank gets his third. These are his best T20I figures 156/7Extras20 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 13)TOTAL157/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.85)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brian Bennett, 0.1 ov), 2-34 (Dion Myers, 3.4 ov), 3-34 (Sikandar Raza, 3.5 ov), 4-65 (Ben Curran, 7.2 ov), 5-125 (Wessly Madhevere, 15.4 ov), 6-134 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 17.1 ov), 7-156 (Brad Evans, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MP Yadav 4 0 29 3 7.25 11 0 1 4 1 Yash Thakur 4 0 45 2 11.25 6 4 2 2 0 Ashok Sharma 4 0 20 1 5 12 2 0 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 24 1 6 11 2 0 1 0 Suryansh Shedge 2 0 15 0 7.5 3 0 0 1 0 Abhishek Sharma 2 0 18 0 9 3 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 3-0
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
26 July 2026 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 10
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (V Sooryavanshi 31, Ishan Kishan 17, Ex 5)
- V Sooryavanshi: 50 off 31 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 95/1 in 10.0 overs (V Sooryavanshi 50, Ishan Kishan 29)
- India: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 14
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (V Sooryavanshi 31, SS Iyer 18, Ex 1)
- India: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: India - 192/5 in 20.0 overs (NT Tilak Varma 11)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (36 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 77/4 in 10.0 overs (RP Burl 21, W Madhevere 4)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 14
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (RP Burl 27, W Madhevere 24, Ex 1)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 18
- RP Burl: 50 off 42 balls (5 x 4)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAll the records Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has broken in his young career
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
The Sooryavanshi innings that was more about progress than power
His game awareness in the third T20I against Zimbabwe may just have offered the first sustained glimpse of the batter he can yet become
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
India bring in Ashok and Shedge and bat with an eye on series sweep
Zimbabwe brought in Wellington Masakadza in place of the injured Richard Ngarava
Laxman: 'Very, very mature knock' from Sooryavanshi
Former India batter particularly impressed with how far he has come on since his chart-topping IPL season

