IND vs ZIM: The battle will start from July 23, know what was the record of Team India on the last Zimbabwe tour

IND vs ZIM: The Indian team is ready to play its next T20 series. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Team India will play a series of 3 T20 matches on the Zimbabwe tour, which will start from July 23. Recently, during the tour of Ireland and England, Team India had to face a clean sweep in the T20I series. Now the Indian team would like to get back on its winning track from the Zimbabwe tour. So, before this series starts, let us know when the last T20 series was played between India and Zimbabwe and what was its result.

The last T20 series was played between India and Zimbabwe 2 years ago.

The last time a T20 series was played between India and Zimbabwe was in the year 2024. For this T20 series, Team India visited Zimbabwe, where a series of 5 T20 matches was played. This series was played on Zimbabwean soil from July 6 to July 14, 2024. Just after winning the title of T20 World Cup 2024, Team India, adorned with young players, visited Zimbabwe.

The command of the team was in the hands of Shubman Gill

India’s senior players Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah were rested in this series. In such a situation, Shubman Gill was given the command of the team. All the young players were included in the team. New faces like Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel got a chance in this series. Sikandar Raza had the responsibility of captaining Zimbabwe.

Team India had lost in the first match

The first T20 match of this series was played at Harare Sports Club. In the very first match, host Zimbabwe defeated Team India by 13 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, Zimbabwe had scored only 115 runs, but in response, the strong batting order of the Indian team fell apart like a pack of cards and the entire team was all out for 102 runs.

Indian team’s explosive comeback

After the defeat in the first match, Team India under the captaincy of Shubman Gill made a brilliant comeback. In the second T20 match, India made a big score of 234 runs for 2 wickets. Abhishek Sharma had played a stormy century inning of 100 runs in just 47 balls. In reply, Zimbabwe team was reduced to 134 runs in the 19th over. In this way Team India had won the match by 100 runs. After this, the Indian youth team did not look back and won 4 consecutive T20 matches and won the series 4-1.

Team India will field under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer

Now after 2 years, the Indian team will tour Zimbabwe for the T20 series, where it will play 3 T20 matches. Team India will play its third T20 series under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas Iyer was made the T20 captain before the Ireland tour, but the performance of the Indian team under his captaincy was very poor. India lost the match against Ireland for the first time and also lost the series. After this, Team India had to face a 4-0 clean sweep on the England tour. For the first time, Team India has faced a clean sweep in T20 in England. In such a situation, now Iyer would like to bring Team India back on the winning track under his captaincy.

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