ZIM vs IND: The third T20 match against India in Zimbabwe was played on July 10. The match was played at Harare Sports Club. India won the toss and decided to bat first and won the third T20 match against Zimbabwe by 23 runs.
With this win, Team India led by Shubman Gill has taken a 2-1 lead. Chasing the target of 183 runs given by India, Zimbabwe’s team could score only 159 runs in the stipulated overs. 3 consecutive wickets by Indian bowlers in the powerplay put Zimbabwe on the backfoot.
Dion Mayers played a brilliant innings of 65 runs for Zimbabwe and played an important role in taking the team to a good score. But his efforts were not enough to give the team victory. Zimbabwe’s team could score 159 runs for six wickets in 20 overs.
Washington Sundar took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs and bowled at an excellent economy of 3.80. Sundar took the wickets of Sikandar Raza, Campbell and Madande. His bowling made India’s position very strong.
Zimbabwe started the match with a jolt and after that the wickets kept falling. Within seven overs, Zimbabwe lost five wickets. In this match, Marumani got out after scoring 13 runs, Bennett four, Raza 15, Campbell one run. After this, Myers and Madande took over the charge. There was a partnership of 77 runs between the two for the sixth wicket, which was broken by Washington Sundar.
He dismissed Madande, who was out after scoring 37 runs in 26 balls. At the same time, Myers remained unbeaten after scoring 65 runs in 49 balls and he scored his first T20 international half-century in 45 balls. Apart from this, Masakadza remained unbeaten after scoring 18 runs. For India, Washington Sundar took three wickets and Avesh took two wickets. At the same time, Khalil took one wicket.