Delhi:India won against Zimbabwe by 90 runs in the second T20 on Saturday due to the excellent performance of Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma and Abhishek Sharma. With this victory, Team India has also achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Team India won the first T20 series under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer.

In this match held at Harare Sports Club, India had scored 219 runs at the loss of 5 wickets due to the stormy half-centuries of Ishan Kishan and Tilak Verma. In the reply innings, the entire Zimbabwe team was reduced to 129 runs in 17.5 overs. Abhishek Sharma bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets. Ishan Kishan was chosen player of the match.

Zimbabwe team disintegrates under the pressure of target of 220 runs

Zimbabwe did not have a good start while chasing the target of 220 runs. The team suffered its first setback on the score of 34. Brian Bennett tried to give a fast start by scoring 32 runs in 19 balls, but wickets kept falling from the other end.

Ben Curran (1), Dion Myers (12), captain Sikandar Raza (0) and Wesley Madhevere (2) were dismissed cheaply by the Indian bowlers. By the score of 65, the visiting team had lost the wickets of its 5 key batsmen. After this, Ryan Burl (20), Tadivanashe Marumani (24) and Brad Evans (19) put up some fight, but could not make any big partnership against the Indian bowlers. This was the reason why Zimbabwe’s team was reduced to 129 runs in 17.5 overs and India won the match by 90 runs.

Abhishek Sharma took 3 wickets

Even though Abhishek Sharma could not contribute to the team’s victory with the bat, he troubled the Zimbabwe batsmen a lot with the ball. Abhishek took 3 wickets for just 17 runs in 2.5 overs. Yash Thakur and Prince Yadav got 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each.

Indian team’s innings account

The Indian team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, had a bad start. Abhishek Sharma (8) and first match hero Vaibhav Suryavanshi (20) returned to the pavilion cheaply. The team looked to be in trouble after losing two wickets for just 29 runs.

After this, Ishan Kishan and captain Shreyas Iyer took over the innings. Both added 66 runs in 42 balls for the third wicket. Iyer was out after scoring 25 runs in 20 balls, but Ishaan continued his aggressive style.

Ishaan was successful in scoring 12 half-centuries in his T20 International career. The left-handed batsman played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. After Teeshan’s dismissal, Tilak Verma took charge and scored unbeaten 60 runs in just 29 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. In the end, with the help of Rinku Singh (12) and Shivam Dubey (6 not out), India scored 219 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.