IND vs ZIM Super 8: Zimbabwe blown away by India’s storm, won the match by a huge margin of 72 runs; Now there will be competition with WI

IND vs ZIM Score Updates: India defeated Zimbabwe by a huge margin of 72 runs in the Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Chasing the target of 257 runs, Zimbabwe stopped at 184/6. Earlier, Abhishek Sharma returned to his form with a quick half-century and Hardik Pandya scored a half-century, helping the hosts post a strong score of 256 runs for four wickets.

India’s biggest score in T20 World Cup

it T20 World Cup This is India’s highest score so far and the overall highest score in this ICC tournament. Abhishek, who had been out for three consecutive ducks at the start of the tournament, provided the early lead with a quickfire 55 off 30 balls, while Hardik Pandya managed the score in the end with an unbeaten 50 off 23 balls. Tilak Verma scored 44 runs in 14 balls and both of them played their unbroken partnership by adding 84 runs in 31 balls. On the other hand, for Zimbabwe, Richard Ngarwa and Blessing Muzarabani, Tinotenda Maposa and Sikandar Raza took one wicket each.

Bennett’s innings went in vain in Chennai

Talking about the run chase, Zimbabwe started their innings with Brian Bennett and Tadivanashe Marumani. Bennett played a brilliant innings, while Marumani also scored 20 runs on the same number of balls. Dion Myers added six runs on the board, while Sikandar Raza scored 31 runs off 21 balls.

Ryan Burl was out without opening the account, but Bennett stood firm and scored 97* runs in 59 balls. However, his innings went in vain, because none of the other batsmen could do anything special.

Arshdeep took 3 wickets

India’s Arshdeep Singh was the highest wicket taker with three wickets. Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel also took one wicket each. In the second innings, Zimbabwe were bowled out for just 184 runs and India won the game by 72 runs and kept their dream of reaching the knockout stage alive.

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