IND vs ZIM Highlights; 3rd T20I: Zimbabwe 159/6 (20); Madende, Myers impress but ZIM falls short by 23 runs

Avesh to bowl the final over. Six!! Short to Masakadza, who stands tall and pulls it over midwicket for six! Looks to loft another one, no timing, will get a single to mid off. Four!! Short outside off stump, Myers cuts and it flies behind third man for a boundary. Four!! Similar ball, cut through the otherside of short third this time for another boundary. Appeal for lbw off the last ball, not given on field. India opts to review. Looks to be heading down leg side. Ball tracking suggests its going down leg. 

ZIM 158/6 in 20 overs

IND beats ZIM by 23 runs

Bishnoi with his last over. Myers punches to the offside and gets a couple. Flat delivery again, no timing on the shot, Myers gets a single to long off. Four!! In the slot, Masakadza swings and pulls it to midwicket for a boundary. Six!! Full on the stumps, Myers lofts it over long on for a huge six to bring up his maiden T20I fifty! Myers pulls another one through midwicket, an excellent effort from Rinku prevents a boundary. 

Avesh into the attack. Myers hits one right back at the bowler, manages to get a hand to it but and the ball trickles behind. A couple taken. Six runs from the over. 

Washington into the attack. Myers steps down to go big, will only get a single to long on. WICKET!! Third wicket for Washington. Madande looks for the slog sweep to a wide delivery, can only hand a simple catch to midwicket. 

Madande c Rinku Singh b Washington Sundar 37(26)

Seven runs from the over. 

Khaleel into the attack. Brings out the off-cutter to beat the batter outside off. Just two runs from the over. 

Dube continues. Six!! On the hips, swivel pulled behind square on the leg side for six. Six!! Madande gets two in two. Steps down the ground before pulling a short one in the same area for six. 16 from the over. 

BIshnoi returns. Short and flat, cut to the cover fielder by Myers. Four!! Fifty partnership up between Madande and Myers! Myers cuts another short one through backward point to bring up the landmark. Myers tries to dab one to the legside, comes off the glove but falls safe. 

Dube into the attack. Slower ball on the stumps, Myers dabs it to long on for a single. Four!! Short ball, pulled to the legside, beats both the legside boundary riders and makes it to the boundary. Four!! Now a top-edge runs to the boundary for another boundary. 

Abhishek continues. Four!! Full outside offstump, driven straight down the ground by Myers for a boundary. Four!! Shorter in length, Myers pulls, finds the gap on the legside for a boundary. 

Washington continues. Concedes just three runs from the over. 

Abhishek Sharma into the attack. A touch short and Myers tries to pull, doesn’t time it though but gets a double. Full ball and this time he times it well. Goes straight over the bowler’s head for four. Short ball, pulled away for four towards midwicket by Madande. 

Sundar again. Not a lot can be achieved only via strike rotation but Zimbabwe have been strangled by the Indian bowlers here. 

Bishnoi again. Zimbabwe in a big trouble. Clive Mandade, the new batter, and Myers have a job to do. The duo run and get seven runs off the over. 

Washington Sundar into the attack. Raza slog sweeps straight into the hands of fielder at deep square leg. Looked like he had timed it well but it turned out a bit short of the boundary. Raza is gone for 15 off 16 balls. 

Johnathan Campbell in at six. OUT! He’s gone off his second delivery. Edges straight to first slip. Zimbabwe is five down.

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack. A slightly short ball, down the leg and Raza sweeps the ball towards fine leg for four. Six runs from the over. 

Khaleel for his third. He’s hitting the length hard and Raza isn’t able to find room to hit. Terrific over this over. Getting the ball to drift away from the right hander. Ends the over with a jaffa! Squared up Raza on length. 

Avesh. OUT! WHAT A CATCH!! Bennett smacks the ball towards point and the fielder had to jump with a full stretch and grabs the ball out of thin air. Ravi Bishnoi the fielder. More of Bishnoi’s wicket than Avesh. Bennett is gone. 

Sikander Raza is here. Four! Short ball and Raza times his pull well towards square leg. Another brilliant pull by Raza to end the over. Outstanding balance there to hit the ball towards midwicket boundary. 

Khaleel again. Short ball and Marumani upper cuts towards backward point for four! Superb shot, he was in complete in control. He then tries to slog a down the leg ball but misses it. Was on one knee to ramp it but couldn’t. OUT! He perishes. Marumani hits the full ball straight to mid on. 

Dion Myers in at four. Four runs and a wicket in that over. 

Avesh Khan. OUT! Madhevere is gone off the first ball of the over. Soft dismissal. Length back hit straight to cover fielder. Early breakthrough for India. 

Brian Bennett is the new man in. Avesh sticking to the back of the length. Zimbabwe batters need to find a way to score square off the wicket. 

Khaleel to Madhevere, hint of swing into the right hander and he pushes the ball towards leg side for a single. Marumani, left hander, ball swings away from the batter and beats on the outside edge as tries to cut the length ball. On the next ball, he comes down the track and lofts the ball over mid off for four! Lovely shot. Khaleel pulls his length back a bit and keeps the ball into the stumps. This time Marumani times his pull well and gets a boundary towards midwicket. 

Zimbabwe needs 183 runs to win. Tadiwanashe Marumani and Wessly Madhevere open the innings. Khaleel Ahmed with the new ball. 

Muzarabani with the last over. Samson mistimes his lofted shot, falls safely on the legside and he will get a single. Dropped!Length ball, Gaiwkad lofts it towards midwicket where the fielder drops it. WICKET!! Outside off, Gaikwad carves it on the offside, hands a simple catch to deep cover. 

Gaikwad c Madhevere b Muzarabani 49(28)

Rinku in at 6. Four!! Samson lofts the last ball of the innings through covers to take the score to 182/4.

Ngarava with his fourth. Four!! Short of a length, cramps Samson for room and the inside edge runs away to the fence. Six!! Slower ball fulltoss, Gaikwad lofts it over long on for six. 

Muzarabani into the attack. Gill looks to lofts a length ball over the legside, no timing and he will only get a double. Six!! Gill looks to loft a slower one on the offside, mistimes it and hands a simple catch to mid off. 

Shubman Gill c Raza b Muzarabani 66(49)

Raza with his fourth over. Gill looks to go big but misses, runs away to the boundary for four byes. Fifty partnership up between the pair. Six!! In the slot on the stumps, Gill lofts it over midwicket for six! Six!! Full on the stumps, Gaikwad lofts it straight down the ground for six. Dropped! A straight forward chance after Gaikwad looks to cut, grassed. 

Ngarava returns. Gill pulls one to midwicket but will only get a single. Gaikwad looks to make room and punch but directs it straight at mid off. Just the three from the over. 

Masakadza into the attack. Four!! Outside off, Gaikwad makes room and lofts it over covers for a boundary. Nine runs from the over.

Four!! Ruturaj welcomes Chatara by lofting him over extra cover for a boundary. Four!! Wide outside off, guided past short third by Gill for a boundary and brings up his fifty in the process. A bit of yes and no on the last ball but Gaikwad makes his ground. Ten from the over. 

Six!! Madhvere bowls one full outside off, Gill waits and lofts it over cow corner for six. Six!! Tossed up on the stumps, Ruturaj steps down and lofts it over the fence for six. Four!! A misfield at the boundary line hands Ruturaj a four. 19 from the over. 

Masakadza with his second over. Four!! Slightly short, Gill flat bats it straight down the ground for a boundary. Six runs from the over. 

WICKET!! Slightly short from Raza, Abhishek looks to pull but holes out to the deep midwicket fielder. 

Abhishek Sharma c Marumani b Raza 10(9)

Gaikwad in at 4. Gets off the mark with a single to the offside. 

Wellington Masakadza into the attack. Indian batters continue to rotate strike as the boundaries have dried up in the last 15 minutes. FOUR! Short ball and Abhishek slaps it straight. Long off fielder dives but can’t stop it. 

Raza. OUT! Jaiswal is gone. Reverse sweeps straight to point. He goes for 36 off 27 balls on his return to playing XI. 

Abhishek Sharma in at number three. Takes a quick single off his second ball. Three singles and a wicket in that over. 

Chatara is back. Jaiswal comes down the track and smacks the ball towards extra cover. The fielder in the deep was interested for a while and almost got a hand to it but the ball goes past him for four. Jaiswal attempts a ramp and but doesn’t get the elevation. The ball lands in front of short fine leg. Replays show, the ball hit Jaiswal’s helmet before going in the air. Keeper has come up to the stumps. Jaiswal drives towards covers and gets a double. 

Sikander Raza into the attack. He too begins by attacking the off stump, asking Jaiswal to take risk and play square of the wicket. Just four singles in that over. 

Muzarabani for his second. He beats Jaiswal with a jaffa! The ball seamed away just past Jaiswal’s outside edge. The bowlers have stuck to wicket to wicket lines and that has helped them stop the run scoring in last 15 balls or so. Just one run from the over. 

Ngarava is back. Jaiswal takes a single and that’s 50-up for India in 4.1 overs. Zimbabwe bowlers have switched to wicket to wicket lines. On the hips and Gill tucks it away for four behind square leg. Just five runs from that over though. 

Blessing Muzarabani is here. FOUR! Another poor fielding display. Gill cuts the ball towards deep third and the fielder isn’t able to pick a straight forward ball and it deflects for four. Another four and another lucky boundary for Gill. Outside edge JUST over the first slip. 

Change in bowling, Tendai Chatara into the attack. Jaiswal cuts to deep third and gets a single. A slightly better so far from Zimbabwe’s POV. Only two singles in four balls. Jinxed! On the hips and Jaiswal pulls over short fine leg and finds a four. Jaiswal goes for another pull, top edges but it way over the keeper for a SIX! 

Richard Ngarava from the other end. Full on the pads and Gill pushes the ball between the gap of mid on and midwicket for four. Short ball and Gill top edges it. The midwicket fielder runs and dives in front but can’t get to the ball. Lucky escape for the skipper. On the hips and this time Gill times his pull to perfection over short third for a SIX. Ends the over with a beautiful straight drive for four. 

Bennett to Jaiswal, defends the first ball and the second. Short ball, Jaiswal pulls and poor fielding by the short fine leg fielder gets him a boundary. Another length ball and Jaiswal cuts fine this time past short third for another four. It’s a no ball as well. Jaiswal comes down the track on free hit and slogs towards midwicket for a SIX. 15 runs from the over. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill to open today for India. Brian Bennett with the new ball. 

India: Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed

Zimbabwe: Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wessly Madhevere, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara

India wins the toss and opts to bat first. Gill confirms that Samson, Gill and Jaiswal are back in the playing XI

Two changes for Zimbabwe. Innocent Kaia misses out due to injury. Marumani replaces him. 

India: Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.

Zimbabwe: Innocent Kaia, Wessly Madhevere, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (capt), Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe/Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara.

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Gautam Gambhir appointed as Indian men’s cricket team head coach

Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as head coach of Indian men’s cricket team after Rahul Dravid completed his three year stint.

Zimbabwe Squad: Innocent Kaia, Wessly Madhevere, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Brandon Mavuta, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Faraz Akram, Antum Naqvi 

India Squad: Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Tushar Deshpande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube

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