Suryavanshi-Abhishek flop, Ishan-Tilak Verma took command, India gave target of 220 runs to Zimbabwe

IND vs ZIM 2nd T20: The second T20 match between India and Zimbabwe is being played at Harare Sports Club. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the Indian team set a target of 220 runs for Zimbabwe thanks to the explosive half-century innings of wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan and vice-captain Tilak Verma.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma came to start the innings for India. Vaibhav could not convert the good start into a big innings. He was out after scoring 20 runs in 9 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Abhishek Sharma’s bat did not work for the second consecutive match. Abhishek was out after scoring 8 runs with the help of 2 fours in 8 balls.

Ishan Kishan scored a half century

After this, Ishan and Shreyas Iyer took charge and made a partnership of 66 runs for the third wicket. Iyer was out after scoring 25 runs in 20 balls with the help of 4 fours. After this, Kishan made an important partnership of 94 runs with Tilak Verma for the fourth wicket. Kishan was out as the fourth wicket. Kishan, who scored his 12th T20 half-century in 31 balls, scored 81 runs in 44 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Tilak Verma played a brilliant innings

Tilak Verma completed his half-century in 23 balls. He remained unbeaten after scoring 60 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. Along with him, Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten after scoring 6 runs on 3 balls. Rinku Singh was out after scoring 12 runs on 8 balls.

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The Indian team has scored 219 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. For Zimbabwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngwara, Newman Nyamahuri, Brian Bennett and Brad Evans took 1 wicket each. The Indian team has won the first match of the series. If the Indian team wins this match, it will take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

-with agency input