ZIM vs IND Highlights, 1st T20I: Zimbabwe pulls off shock win vs India in series opener

16 runs for India, one wicket for Zimbabwe. Tendai Chatara looks to defend it for his team. Sundar takes two runs after the pushing the ball at the fine leg. Zimbabwe’s fielded beautifully here to save a boundary on the third ball. They have the match. India’s all out at 102. Zimbabwe’s won the match. Amazing scenes from Harare!

Muzarabani is the man for Zimbabwe. Four balls, no runs for India, that also includes a wide. Muzarabani’s length deliveries are working for him to keep Sundar quiet. Khaleel survives the last ball.

Jongwe to bowl this crucial over. A couple of outside-off deliveries to Sundar, tries to build pressure. Sundar dispatches the ball to the mid-wicket and then hits a four. He’s got answers to Jongwe’s deliveries. A happening over for India. 

Tight over from ZIM. It is just one wicket away.

Raza throws some outside-off deliveries, gets one wide. Zimbabwe review for stumping, gets it wasted. Just the next ball, gets Mukesh Kumar. Bowls him!

Mukesh Kumar and Sundar out in a middle. Wicket for ZIM in the over and some runs for IND.

Wellington Masakadzacomes back into the attack, gets hit for two boundaries by Avesh Khan. India looks to release pressure. Asking rate is 7 now, with 4 more overs to go. Masakadza gets Avesh to the long-off!

Captain Raza continues from the other end, in search of a wicket. Bowls it on a leg stump, Sundar finds two runs. Avesh and Sundar take singles to keep the scoreboard going.

Jongwe continues from the other end, India on a back seat. Some risky singles in the over to get off the striker’s end by Avesh Khan. Jongwe gets hit through the mid-wicket and mid-on by Avesh for a boundary.

Bishnoi hit a boundary over extra cover but got out in the over. Seven down for India. Avesh Khan comes to the crease!

India reviews it but it goes to waste as Bishnoi has to go back. He tries to play the sweep shot but has to go back to the pavilion. 

Jongwe bowls a silent over, with Washington Sundar facing four dot balls. Pressure builds up for India.

Ravi Bishnoi comes to the crease, hits a four just on his second ball. A 10 run over for India that also includes its captain’s wicket.

Sikandar Raza gets captain Gill! Zimbabwe skipper bowls him over! Shubman Gill b Raza 31(29) [4s-5]

Luke Jongwe into the attack. Three singles to start the over with. Length from Jongwe. Jurel crashes it through covers for a four. Jongwe keeps it outside off. Jurel goes for a cover drive again. Lofted this time. Caught at short extra cover. 

Dhruv Jurel c Madhevere b Jongwe 6 (14b 1x4 0x6)

IND 43/5 in 10 overs

Masakadza up against Gill. Spins one away from the Indian captain. Beaten. Nudges the next one to leg side to get off strike. Jurel on strike. He is unable to get going, again. 

Muzarabani with his third. On the pads from the pacer. Clicked away for a four by Gill. But only six runs from the over as Zimbabwe continues to put India pressure. 

Chatara nips one away from Jurel. Strikes him high on the back pad. Zimbabwe burns a review in hopes for another breakthrough. Jurel finds it hard to get going. Maiden over for Chatara. 

Oh it gets worse. Muzarabani jags one back in to strike Gill on the front pad. The umpire gives it out. But the Indian skipper succesfully overturns the decision with a review. Gill punches one past point to get a double. Gill manages to subside the pressure with an elegant flick off his pads for a four. 

Rinku looks to get off the strike with a pull shot. Top edge. Easy, easy catch for 

Rinku Singh c Bennett b Chatara 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)

Gill breaks the shackle by lofting Chatara back over his head for a four. A single brings Parag on strike. He looks to chip one over mid off. No timing there. Good low catch. 

Riyan Parag c & b Chatara 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Blessing Muzarabani with his first over of the day. Gill drives one uppishly through the off side. Three runs added there. Muzarabani angles one in outside the off stump. Gaikwad has a poke at it. Outside edge and gobbled up at first slip. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad c Kaia b Muzarabani 7 (9b 1x4 0x6)

IND 16/2 in 4 overs

Chatara with the third over. Full and wide outside off. Gaikwad leans onto the cover drive and pierces the in field. FOUR!! Indian chase gets some momentum. 

Spin from both ends. Left-arm spin of Wellington Masakadza. Three dot balls to start with. Short and wide. Gill slices it past point for a four. First runs on the board for India. The only runs from the over. 

Abhishek Sharma on strike. Bennett refrains from pushing it full early on. Three dot balls to start the over. Short from Bennett. Abhishek fails to latch onto the pull shot. Easy catch for Masakadza. 

Abhishek Sharma c Masakadza b Bennett 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Maiden over to start with. 

IND 0/1 in 1 over

Indian openers Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are out in the middle. Zimbabwe to start with spin. Brian Bennett with the ball. 

Madande plays a crucial knock of 29(25) to help his team go past 100.

He mistimes the last ball, but still manages to get a boundary on the last ball!

Madande wants to accumulate as many runs as possible, plays and misses on multiple occasions. The crowd looks happy and cheerful. Madande finally connects and plays a straight drive!

Madande plays it over the fine leg!

Mukesh Kumar to Madande, he takes two runs, shows his aggressive intent. 100 up for Zimbabwe. Mukesh Kumar bowls a slower delivery, Madande still manages to take two runs. A single and a dot ball to end the over.

Avesh Khan comes to finish his quota of overs, India looks for the one last wicket. Madande plays two dot balls as his team is in the pressure and looks to play all the remaining overs. Third ball, cuts it through the deep backward point for four. Takes another valuable two runs for his team. Last ball, one run to the third man.

Sundar into the attack. First ball, Madande takes a single. Bowls outside off, a tossed-up delivery, Chatara doesn’t take a run. Sundar keeps the new batter quiet in this over.

A very crucial over for India. New batter Tendai Chatara walks in. Plays two last deliveries, doesn’t score a run.

Bishnoi bowls a googly the umpire gives out to Muzarabani. The batter reviews it and gets a life. Can’t survive another blow, Bishnoi gets him this time! Muzarabani b Ravi Bishnoi 0(2)

The player reviews it but it goes to waste, 8th wicket down for Zimbabwe!

Zimbabwe is 7 down. Madande and Luke Jongwe in the middle. Sundar bowls a flatter delivery to the new batter, no run. The next delivery, a little quicker from Sundar Jongwe takes a single. 

Another blow to Zimbabwe. Sundar gets the left hander batter.

Washington Sundar bowls a beautiful delivery and then claims the wicket!

Bishnoi bowls a wide and full, Myres drives it through covers! Three singles and one double in this over. Zimbabwe stitches its partnership carefully.

Sundar comes back, Myres plays it to mid-wicket for a single, now Myres and Madande building a partnership as Zimbabwe avoids a collapse.

A bad mix-up costs Campbell his wicket! He backed out too late and that costs the host its fifth wicket!

Avesh Khan returns to attack, Myres takes a single on the first ball. Raza on the strike, plays three dot balls, the pressure builds on Zimbabwe. Avesh gets Raza on a short ball, Bishnoi takes the catch.

Washington Sundar into the attack, Sikandar Raza takes a single. Myres plays 2 dot balls. On the 4th delivery, he takes a double. Last ball, pushed over to third man.

Sikander Raza with the best shot of the day, so far. Pitched up by Avesh Khan and Raza lofts it straight over the umpire with a clean shot. Raza and Myers keep it moving with a few singles. 

Wide from Abhishek and Myers gets enough bat on it to put it past the slip for a four. Sharper line from Abhishek for the rest of the over. Just four runs from the rest of the over. 

Bishnoi continues. Starts with a leg-side wide. Jurel attempts to stump Madhevere. He is just back in. Madhevere brings out the paddle sweep to get a single and bring up Zimbabwe’s fifty. 

Flatter and quicker from Bishnoi. Madhevere goes for a sweep, but can only under edge it to the stumps. 

Wessly Madhevere b Ravi Bishnoi 21 (22b 3x4 0x6)

ZIM 52/3 in 8 overs

Abhishek Sharma gets an over on his debut. Madhevere with a single to the off side to get the over underway. Pushed full. Raza sweeps it for a four to the square leg fence. Couple of singles to close off the over. 

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack and he strikes straight away. Doosra first ball. Gets the ball to clip the stumps. The right bail just comes off. Another wicket for India. 

Brian Bennett b Ravi Bishnoi 22 (15b 5x4 0x6)

Zimbabwe batters finding it hard to deal with Bishnoi. Wicket maiden for the Indian leg spinner. 

ZIM 40/2 in 6 overs

Bennett gets lucky again. Khaleel draws another edge from the right-handed batter and it flies over the slips again for a four. Khaleel forces another mistake from Bennett. Goes high. Avesh has a go at it from deep point. But he can’t hold onto the catch. FOUR!!! Madhevere too breaks free. Short from Khaleel and the Zimbabwe opener flat-bats it over mid wicket for a four. Zimbabwe finally breaks free. 

Sharp bounces for Mukesh. Hits Madhevere on his helmet. The team physio is out to have a look at the batter. He is good to continue. Couple of singles to get the game back on. Another quiet over for India in the PowerPlay. 

Khaleel continues. Short from the left-arm pacer and Madhevere has a swing at it. Beaten. Back of a length from Khaleel now and Bennett lofts it over covers for a four. Cracking shot!! Khaleel closes the over well. Just five runs from it. 

Brian Bennett is the new batter for Zimbabwe. He gets going with a square drive, which runs away for a four. No width from Mukesh for the rest of the over as he keeps Bennett down. Mukesh squares up Bennett with one that swings just enough away. EDGED!! Flies over slip for a four. 

Mukesh angles it in first ball. Inside edge from Kaia. BOWLED!! Early blow for Zimbabwe.

Innocent Kaia b Mukesh Kumar 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Full first ball from Khaleel and Wessly Madhevere drives it on the up for a four. Khaleel pulls the length back. Edged by Madhevere to deep third for a couple. No other scoring shots from the rest of the over. 

Tadiwanashe Marumani and Innocent Kaia are the openers for Zimbabwe. Khaleel Ahmed with the ball for India. 

The players of both sides have come out for the national anthems and the game will start soon. 

India - Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed

Zimbabwe - Tadiwanashe Marumani, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza(c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wessly Madhevere, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara

I don’t mind batting first. The wicket looks good. Zimbabwe cricket has trusted me with this transition phase. I look for young boys to come out and fight. It is humbling to lead this bunch. Sean has retired. It is a young side. Ervine will have a role in future.

We will field first. I think it looks like a good surface. It won’t change much later. It has been long coming. We won an ICC event after 11 years. You always have some expectations from yourself. We have three debutants. Sharma, Jurel and Parag make their debuts.

India wins the toss and elects to field first. 

Three T20I debutants for India - Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag.

Matches played: 8

India: 6

Zimbabwe: 2

Last result: India won by 71 runs (Melbourne; 2022)

Shubman Gill (C), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar

Tadiwanashe Marumani, Milton Shumba, Innocent Kaia, Wessley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza (C), Luke Jongwe, Clive Madande (WK), Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara

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