Indian pacers broke Zimbabwe’s back, restricted them to 125 runs in 20 overs, Mayank and Prince burst on fire with the ball.
IND vs ZIM 1st T20 : The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe is being played today in Harare. In this match, Indian captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first against India, Zimbabwe team was able to score 125 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Mayank Yadav and Prince Yadav took the maximum wickets for India. Now to win this match, the Indian cricket team will have to score 126 runs.
Mayank Yadav took the wicket on the first ball itself
Brian Bennett and Ben Curran came to open the innings for Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe had a very bad start and India got its first success on the very first ball of the match. Mayank Yadav gave the first wicket to Team India. He got Brian Bennett caught out by Ishan Kishan on a brilliant fast length ball with the score of zero.
Wicket on the very first delivery! ✓️
How’s that for a start from Mayank Yadav 😊
A successful review from #TeamIndia 👏👏
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Prince Yadav took the second wicket
After this, Prince Yadav gave the second blow to Zimbabwe. He sent Ben Curran to the pavilion on the second ball of the fourth over on a personal score of 10 runs. Prince got him caught out by Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Mayank Yadav again gave the third success to Team India and sent Dion Myers to the pavilion on the second ball of the fifth over of the innings on a personal score of 6 runs.
Zimbabwe 3⃣ down now inside the powerplay
Prince Yadav 🤝 Mayank Yadav
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Shivam Dubey and Ravi Bishnoi took wickets
After this Shivam Dubey came into action. On the second ball of his first and 8th over of the innings, he got Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza caught out by Suryansh Shedge on the personal score of 4 runs and gave the fourth blow to the opposing team. After this, Ryan Burl, who was batting brilliantly on 26 runs, was dismissed by Ravi Bishnoi. At one time, half of Zimbabwe’s team had lost 5 wickets for 64 runs in 13.1 overs.
Shivam Dube introduced to the attack and he strikes immediately 😊
He gets the wicket of the Zimbabwe captain 👏
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Wesley and Marumani saved the team’s honor
After this, Wesley Madhevere and Tadivanashe Marumani took charge of the innings and the team’s score crossed 100 runs. For the team, Wesley scored 39 runs in 34 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Marumani played an unbeaten inning of 27 runs with 2 fours and 1 six in 20 balls for the team and took the team to 125.
Five overs remaining, Zimbabwe are 78/5
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— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) July 23, 2026
These bowlers took wickets for India
Mayank Yadav took 2 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs. Whereas Prince Yadav gave away 19 runs in 4 overs and took 2 wickets. For the team, Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket for 32 runs in 4 overs. Ashok Sharma made his debut for India in this match. He spent 29 runs in 4 overs and did not get any wicket. Whereas Ravi Bishnoi took 1 wicket for 24 runs in 4 overs.
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