India defeated Zimbabwe by 72 runs, if it beats West Indies then it will enter the semi-finals.

IND vs ZIM LIVE: Today, the second match of the Super-8 match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was played between the teams of India and Zimbabwe at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Which the Indian team won by a huge margin of 72 runs. Hardik Pandya was the hero of this victory of India. In this match, Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Indian team scored 256 runs losing 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, in response the Zimbabwean team could score only 184 runs.

The storm of Indian batsmen came

Indian team, who came to bat first after losing the toss, got an aggressive start from the opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma. There was a partnership of 49 runs between the two for the first wicket. On the score of 49 runs, India got its first blow in the form of Sanju Samson who was out after scoring 24 runs. After Sanju’s dismissal, Abhishek took charge. Adopting an aggressive approach, he played a stormy inning of 55 runs in 30 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes.

Apart from Abhishek, the bats of Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya have spoken strongly against Zimbabwe. Thanks to Pandya’s brilliant fifty and Tilak’s stormy innings of 44 runs, the Indian team scored 256 runs against Zimbabwe after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav played important innings of 33 runs and Ishan Kishan also played an important role in making India a big score.

Zimbabwe batsmen kneeled down

Zimbabwe had a good start to chase the huge target of 257 runs given by India. But Zimbabwe’s batsmen could not stand long against the Indian bowlers and could score only 184 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took the maximum of 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs.

Playing 11 of both teams

India- Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.

Zimbabwe- Tadivanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Alexander Raza (captain), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Tinotenda Maphosa, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarawa.