India kept its hopes of semi-finals alive by defeating Zimbabwe in T20 World Cup Super-8. India scored 256 runs. Abhishek Sharma (55) and Hardik Pandya (50) scored fifties. Team India hit a total of 17 sixes.
IND vs ZIM T20 World Cup Match Result: Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 00 runs in the 8th Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup. With this, India still has hopes of reaching the semi-finals. Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and chose to bowl at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Team India, who came to bat first, scored 256 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Zimbabwe team could score only 184 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this way India won the match by 72 runs. Hardik Pandya was adjudged player of the match for his brilliant 50 runs.
Abhishek-Hardik’s fifty from India
Openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma gave a great start to the Indian team and added 48 runs for the first wicket. Sanju was out after scoring 24 runs in 15 balls. After this, Abhishek Sharma, who was struggling with poor form for a long time, scored 55 runs in 30 balls. He hit 4 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes in his innings. Ishan Kishan contributed 38 runs, Suryakumar Yadav 33 runs, Tilak Verma 44 runs and Hardik Pandya contributed 50 runs in India’s innings.
India hit 17 sixes while Zimbabwe hit 11 sixes.
Team India hit 17 sixes against Zimbabwe. Among these, Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma hit 4-4, while Suryakumar Yadav-Sanju Samson hit 2-2 and Ishan Kishan hit 1 six. At the same time, from Zimbabwe, opener Brian Brennet hit 6, Marumani-Sikandar Raza hit 2-2 and Musekiwa hit 1 six.
Zimbabwe’s Brennett missed a century
Zimbabwe’s brilliant opener Brian Brentt played a brilliant inning of 97 runs in 59 balls. He hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. However, he could not take the team to the threshold of victory. Apart from them, Marumani contributed 20 runs, captain Sikandar Raza contributed 31 runs and Munyongya contributed 11 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets in bowling for India. Apart from them, Varun Chakraborty, Shivam Dubey and Axar Patel got 1 wicket each.