- India win over Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe’s attempt falls
- India’s hope still lingers
India has won against Zimbabwe with a superb innings. The Indian batsman performed extremely well in the match. While crossing the mountain of 256 runs set up by India, Zimbabwe got tired. Except for Bennett, none of the players managed to put up a big score. India has succeeded in this match despite India’s poor fielding at some places. Meanwhile Shivam Dubey’s last over was more runs
of 2026 T20 World Cup Now it is a complete knockout match for the Indian team. Although they beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs in their second Super 8 match, they are still behind West Indies in Group 1 in terms of net run rate. Batting first, India scored 256 runs, with Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya scoring half-centuries. On the other hand, Zimbabwe lost despite a strong innings from Brian Bennett (97 not out). He scored 184 for 6 in 20 overs. With this result, South Africa qualified for the semi-finals, while also securing their top spot in the group.
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Which team is India facing next?
The Indian team’s next match is against the West Indies on March 1. This means that the winner of the match on March 1 will qualify for the semi-finals. India and West Indies have 2 points each, but West Indies leads in terms of net run rate. West Indies net run rate is +1.791.
- India scored 256 against Zimbabwe, with half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya
- Earlier, in the match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, India lost the toss and elected to bat and scored 256 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted overs.
- India set a huge target of 256 runs to win against Zimbabwe. India’s opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson got off to a good start
- Both players added 48 runs in 3.4 overs. Sanju was dismissed for 24 runs off 15 balls, including 2 sixes and 1 four
- Ishan Kishan then added 72 runs for the second wicket in 42 balls with Abhishek Sharma
- Ishan batted explosively to score 38 off 24 balls with 5 fours before Abhishek added 30 runs for the third wicket with skipper Suryakumar Yadav.
- Hardik Pandya’s half-century came with a six off the last ball of the innings, India’s record score
- Abhishek returned to the pavilion with 55 off 30 balls with 4 sixes and as many fours, while skipper Surya scored 33 off 13 balls with 5 fours.
- By Tilak Verma He put on an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 84 off 31 balls with Hardik Pandya, which took India to 256, which is also Team India’s highest score in a T20 World Cup.
- Earlier, India scored 218 runs for the loss of 4 wickets against England in 2007. Pandya remained unbeaten on 50 off 23 balls with 4 sixes and 2 fours
- He completed his half-century with a six off the last ball, while Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 44 off 16 balls with 4 sixes and 3 fours.
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Highlights of Zimbabwe’s innings
Chasing a big score, Zimbabwe got off to a remarkable start. Tadiwanshe Marumani and Brian Bennett put on a great opening partnership of 44 runs for the first wicket in 6.2 overs. Akshar Patel dismissed Marumani for 20 runs, while Varun Chakraborty dismissed him for 6 runs. However, the runs continued thereafter. After that, captain Sikander Raza and opener Bennett not only took the team past 100 runs but also dealt a huge shock to India who were dreaming of victory by a margin of 148 runs. In the same 17th over, Arshdeep dismissed Ryan Berl before opening his account. He was lbw.
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